For the second consecutive year, the Anti-Defamation League has named Austin ISD the largest No Place For Hate district in the nation, with all schools participating.
ADL’s No Place for Hate initiative was developed to organize schools to work together and create projects that enhance the appreciation of diversity and foster harmony among diverse groups.
The campaign is designed to empower schools to promote respect for individual and group differences while challenging prejudice and bigotry.
Beginning June 22 and ending Aug. 14, Austin ISD will operate on a summer efficiency schedule.
The program is design to reduce energy costs, and in 2014, saved the district about $716,000.
All schools and offices adopt a four-day week during this time. Business hours will be 7 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday–Thursday. All district and campus offices will be closed on Fridays.
The district also will be closed for one week, from Monday, June 29, through Friday, July 3. All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period.
Austin ISD has been named the largest No Place For Hate district in the nation—with all schools participating—by Anti-Defamation League for the second consecutive year.
ADL’s No Place for Hate was developed to organize schools to work together and develop projects that enhance the appreciation of diversity and foster harmony among diverse groups. The campaign empowers schools to promote respect for individual and group differences while challenging prejudice and bigotry.
The Office of Academics is hosting a Parent Learning Walk to give families the opportunity to learn about curriculum development and what / how their students are taught.
Families will also learn how to help their students navigate social media, and will learn about digital citizenship and cyber safety. Attendees will also receive an Austin ISD Parent Guide.
The session is 10–11:30 a.m. June 16 at McCallum High School, 5600 Sunshine Drive. Spanish interpretation services will be provided.
Austin ISD invites the community to join faculty, staff, students and their families as we march in the 150th annual Juneteenth Emancipation Parade on June 20.
This year's parade is 10 a.m.–noon. Participants should meet at 9:45 a.m. at Disch-Falk Field, 1300 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., for the parade to Rosewood Park, 2300 Rosewood Ave.
More than 100 people marched in the 2014 parade, and organizers have set a goal of 150 celebrants this year.
Austin ISD invites the community to join faculty, staff, students and their families as we march in the 150th annual Juneteenth Emancipation Parade on June 20.
Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
This year's parade is 10 a.m.–noon. Participants should meet at 9:45 a.m. at Disch-Falk Field, 1300 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., for the parade to Rosewood Park, 2300 Rosewood Ave.
Austin ISD is proud to announce that its graduation rates have again improved, reaching their highest ever at 86.3 percent. "The numbers speak for themselves as they continue to show all of the solid work we have going on in Austin ISD," Austin ISD Superintendent Paul Cruz said. |
Speedometry, a math and science education curriculum co-created by researchers at the Mattel Children's Foundation and the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, will be introduced to Austin ISD fourth-grade classrooms this fall. |
Austin ISD programs will receive about $200,000 of $908,109 total grants given by the Central Texas Summer STEM Funders Collaborative to nonprofit organizations and schools.
