August 2017

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Do’s and Don’ts: Communicating about the 2017 November Bond

This article was written specifically for Austin ISD employees.

The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved a November 7, 2017 bond election for $1,050,984,000, which would bring 21st century learning spaces to students without increasing our tax rate.

This bond is designed to modernize or construct 16 new campus facilities, some of which will be replacement schools. It is also planned to update campuses with capital improvement projects. Some key projects included in the bond proposition are:

Connecting with Community Resources

Date
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Where
Travis High School, 1211 E. Oltorf Austin 78704

The AISD Family and School Support Team and the Travis High School Special Education Department are co-hosting a resource fair for students with special needs and their families.

More than 20 organizations, agencies and district transition experts will be available to answer your questions and help you plan for your child's future. The event is free and open to all, but registration is requested. Spanish interpretation will be provided. 

Please call 512-414-5833 for more information.

Austin High Students Prepared with Chromebooks for First Day of School

By: Auston Abrego, Ausitn High School student

Every student at Austin High is able to check out one of over 2,000 Chromebooks this year through the Everyone:1 initiative. Originally piloted at Garza, it is now being implemented  for the first time on a large scale at Austin High. As the year progresses, it will be rolled out at all the other high schools in the district.

MEDIA ADVISORY: #AISDProud Moving Into New School Year

Austin ISD Superintendent Paul Cruz will kick off the new year while visiting students and staff at 16 campuses Aug. 21 and 22.

Campus visits will highlight back-to-school events and programs throughout AISD, including the tie-tying ceremony at the Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy, solar eclipse viewing and the distribution of Chromebooks for LBJ Early College High School students.

The first day of school press conference will be held Aug. 21 at 9:45 a.m. at Covington Middle School, 3700 Convict Hill Road.

Focus On Your Future

Date
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Where
10701 S. 1st Street

Focus On Your Future is an all-campus, all-day event at Akins High School in which every student and staff member is engaged in activities educating students on succeeding in high school and post-secondary endeavors.

Akins will leave its normal bell schedule and allow each grade level to have a unique experience that day with classes focused on what they should be focusing on that year:

  • 9th grade, "SOAR! Eagle Expectations & Supports"
  • 10th grade, "Don't Just Survive High School - THRIVE!"
  • 11th grade, "Reality Check"
  • 12th grade, "Transitions and Adulting 101" 

The day will include motivational speakers, alumni panels, college rep visits, online college prep activities and a community connections fair. Teachers and staff will be wearing their  college t-shirts and sharing stories of getting to college and earning a degree. Our hope is to continue to build deeper, more authentic relationships with our students while giving them the time to focus on their future.

For more information, please contact sarah.simmons@austinisd.org

Photo Opportunity: Padron Elementary School Teachers Get Classrooms Ready to Welcome Students

Teachers from Padron Elementary School will be setting up their classrooms before the first day of school, which begins Aug. 21.

Who: Teachers at Padron 

What: Decorating and setting up elementary school classrooms before the first day of school.

Where: Padron Elementary School, 2011 West Rundberg Lane

When: 9-10:30 a.m. Aug. 17

Editor’s Note: Interviews available through prior request. Please call media hotline at (512) 406-1550.

 

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TEA Says AISD Exceeds All Targets of State Accountability System; 117 AISD Schools Obtain State's Highest Rating

According to the Texas Education Agency's preliminary accountability ratings, 117 of the district's schools have met standard or met alternative standard–the highest rating schools can earn-on the state's accountability system, and 58 schools earned a total of 162 Distinction Designations.

Five schools earned every available distinction designation: Liberal Arts and Science Academy and Blackshear, Blazier, Cowan and Gullett elementary schools. The district overall exceeded all targets of the state accountability system and earned a rating of met standard.