Austin School District Hosts Discussions on Success at Lanier (February 6, 2008) The Austin School District is inviting parents, community leaders and current and former students of Lanier High School to engage in a community conversation about how to assist Lanier students in being more successful in school.
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AMD Provides Support in Outreach Effort to Johnston High Community (January 22, 2008) The Austin School District and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have formed a partnership to organize a series of neighborhood meetings to help parents and supporters of Johnston High School increase student attendance rates and monitor the school's progress.
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Johnston High School Plans Neighborhood Walk for Success (November 15, 2007) Johnston High School teachers, staff, students and parents will join Austin School District leaders and community supporters on the "Johnston Walk for Student Success," beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 17, at the school, 1012 Arthur Stiles Road. The goal is to reach every Johnston student's home that morning to distribute information to parents about the importance of attendance, and to share information regarding the broad range of support services that are available at Johnston.
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Announcement of Community Meetings at Three AISD High Schools Undergoing Redesign (August 17, 2007)
Parents and community members are invited to meetings at LBJ High School, Reagan High School and Travis High School on Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. These high schools are all implementing the First Things First program as part of High School Redesign. The meetings will take place at the cafeteria at each school.
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Community Meeting at Johnston High School (June 20, 2007)
Superintendent Pat Forgione is inviting stakeholders to a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, in the cafeteria at Johnston High School, 1012 Arthur Stiles Road. The purpose of the meeting is to continue the dialogue with those who share an interest in the future of the high school.
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Former Austin City Council Member to Assist with High School Redesign (June 7, 2007)
The Austin Independent School District announced today the hiring of Raul R. Alvarez, a former Austin City Council member, to aid the school district in its high school redesign work. Alvarez, who began his new position Monday, will be Grassroots Community Coordinator.
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Keep Johnston Open Urge Austin Trustees (June 5, 2007)
"Keep Johnston Open" is the message that Austin School Trustees are delivering to Texas Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley about the struggling school.
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Community Partners to Help Prepare More Local Students for College and Career Success (May 23, 2007)
A new initiative will ensure that the parents, students, community and business leaders across Austin's diverse community are engaged partners in the Austin School District's high school redesign plan. The effort, led by three local organizations, recognizes the important shared responsibility of the community and the district in the implementation of high school improvement efforts.
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Statement from Austin School District - Johnston High School (May 15, 2007)
The Austin School District has received preliminary results of the 2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge & Skills tests. We are continuing to validate, analyze and disseminate these preliminary district-level, campus-level, and student-level test data.
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Akins High School Showcases Small Learning Communities (February 28, 2007
Akins High School principal Mary Alice Deike and New Tech High Director Connor Grady today lead a tour for Superintendent Dr. Pat Forgione, elected officials, community members and representatives of the news media to see the school's New Tech High, one of six Smaller Learning Communities created at the school as a part of High School Redesign.
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Austin School Trustees Seek Guidance on High School Redesign (February 21, 2007
Austin school trustees will hear Thursday from representatives from the Boston Public Schools on the lessons learned there on High School Redesign. The Thursday meeting will be a Board Development Session, designed to inform the Redesign process in the Austin School District.
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Austin School District Invites Parents to Learn About High School Redesign February 19, 2007
Austin School District officials today invited parents to three meetings to learn about High School Redesign at four Austin high schools. The purpose of the meetings is to engage parents in a conversation about what the small learning communities might become at their schools.
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AISD partners with Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement District redesign plan and strengthen all 11 Austin high schools (November 14, 2006)
Austin School Superintendent Pat Forgione today announced a $15.6 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to support the implementation of AISD's districtwide high school redesign plan.
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Austin ISD High School Redesign Initiative Sets Series of Community Conversations’ About Creating 21st Century High Schools (May 6, 2005)
The Austin School District’s High School Redesign Initiative will hold a series of “Community Conversations” at area high schools next week to receive input from parents about creating high schools of the 21st Century.
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District to Seek Texas High School Redesign & Restructuring Grant for Johnston High School (December 6, 2004)
Superintendent Pat Forgione announced today that Johnston High School will be the “vanguard” of the Austin School District’s newly launched High School Redesign, and that AISD will seek a Texas High School Redesign & Restructuring Grant from the Texas Education Agency to again make JHS “the Pride of the East Side.”
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Community Conversations to Begin on Effective College & Career Preparations - Superintendent Forgione Announces High School Redesign Initiative (October 12, 2004)
“Tonight we begin a public process on what the Austin School District must do to more-effectively prepare our students for college and careers, and how we should redesign our comprehensive high schools,” Superintendent Pat Forgione said this evening, announcing the first steps of a comprehensive initiative to redesign Austin's high schools."
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Superintendent Seeks Input on High School Redesign - Forums Scheduled for November 9 & November 30 (November 2, 2004)
Superintendent Pat Forgione is seeking input from parents, students and teachers on the High School Redesign project. The first two of a continuing series of public forums are scheduled for Tuesday, November 9, and Tuesday, November 30.
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