Tonight, Austin ISD is hosting AISD Answers, an opportunity for the public to call in questions or comments they may have on the district’s preliminary FY2016 budget. The event will also be available via livestream at austinisd.org or on Channel 22 at aisd.tv.
Who: Nicole Conley, chief financial officer
Austin ISD, in collaboration with Austin Partners in Education, will celebrate its best-of-the-best at Salute this evening. The annual event recognizes some of the district's outstanding team members for their continued dedication to student excellence and achievement in schools.
The Austin Area Jazz Festival is honoring Don Haynes with the Music Legend Award.
Haynes has served as the band director at LBJ High School for the past 39 years and is retiring at the end of this school year.
Mark Terry, the CEO of the Austin Area Jazz Festival, said, “Not many people have the enthusiasm, energy and the love for both music and teaching the way Mr. Haynes does.”
Haynes is being recognized for his significant contributions to the education of generations of young musicians in Austin through decades of award-winning teaching.
Faculty, students, trustees and special guests gathered at Blackshear Elementary Fine Arts Academy on May 18 as the school received a grant from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries.
Blackshear was one of six Austin ISD schools to receive grants that totaled $37,000.
The former first lady—who once served AISD's students as a librarian at Dawson Elementary School—was on hand to talk about the importance of reading.
More than 20 Austin-area professionals visited T. A. Brown Elementary School to speak with students about college and careers.
The speakers shared stories May 18 about their professions and how they used their skills and personal interests to prepare for a fulfilling career.
On Friday, Austin ISD held a completion ceremony for John H. Reagan and Lyndon B. Johnson early college high schools at the Allan Facility.
Thirteen students from the first ECHS cohort at Reagan and LBJ are completing their Associate of Arts degree and, last Thursday, participated in the Austin Community College District spring commencement.
ECHS Graduates
Tonight, Austin ISD's Board of Trustees approved new principal appointments for Dobie Middle School and Oak Hill Elementary School.
Dobie Middle School
Maggie Araujo was appointed to lead Dobie Middle School.
Araujo most recently served as assistant principal of testing and intervention at John B. Connally High School in Pflugerville ISD.
Austin families are reminded that Friday, May 22, is an inclement weather make-up day for Austin ISD, necessitated by the weather-related closure of schools on Thursday, March 5.
All schools in Austin ISD will be open on that day-Friday, May 22-and students and staff should report to schools and offices according to their regular schedule.
Conversation Corps, a program of facilitated dialogue on important community issues, will focus on budget priorities during the month of May.
Community members are encouraged to attend and share their thoughts on how tax dollars are spent.
Input from the dialogue will be shared with decision-makers, and participants will be given the resources needed to stay in the loop and hear how their feedback affected decisions.
Each round of conversations will begin the second Monday of the month at various times and locations throughout all areas of town.
