AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD will be promoting reading throughout its elementary schools during International Read for the Record Day.
What: Interim Superintendent Paul Cruz will read “Bunny Cakes,” by Rosemary Wells to bilingual kindergarteners.
When: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21
Where: Barrington Elementary, 400 Cooper Drive
Austin, TX—The Austin Independent School District board election will be Nov. 4. The full board consists of nine members; five trustee seats are up for election.
Voters will elect single-member seats from geographic regions one, four, six, seven, and a districtwide trustee seat nine. Trustees serve four-year terms.
Read for the Record is an event that mobilizes children and adults to participate in a shared reading experience.
The goal of the event is to draw attention to the importance of literacy by highlighting reading.
On Oct. 21, people nationwide will unite to read the children’s book Bunny Cakes by bestselling author and illustrator Rosemary Wells.
What: Jumpstart Read for the Record Event
When: 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Oct. 21
Where: Austin ISD campuses, including PPCD, Pre-K and kindergarten
Questions: Jacquie Porter at jacquie.porter@austinisd.org or 512-414-4740
AUSTIN—Keep Austin Beautiful, in partnership with Austin Resource Recovery and the Bleed Orange Live Green initiative, awarded Austin ISD’s Mary Jane Sims Elementary as the 2014 Zero-Waste Champions.
The award recognizes a local Austin school each year for outstanding efforts to reduce waste and raise awareness on campus about the City of Austin's Zero Waste goal, which aims to decrease the amount of trash sent to landfills by 90 percent by the year 2040.
AUSTIN—Keep Austin Beautiful, in partnership with Austin Resource Recovery and the Bleed Orange Live Green initiative, awarded Austin ISD’s Mary Jane Sims Elementary as the 2014 Zero-Waste Champions.
The award recognizes a local Austin school each year for outstanding efforts to reduce waste and raise awareness on campus about the City of Austin's Zero Waste goal, which aims to decrease the amount of trash sent to landfills by 90 percent by the year 2040.
The Austin Independent School District willjoin other school districts and transporting agencies throughout the nation in celebrating the importance of National School Bus Safety and Transportation Employees Appreciation Week Oct. 20–24.
This year’s theme, “At my Stop, you Stop” reminds motorists to stop when a school bus has its red warning lights flashing for students to load and unload.
