June 2019

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Dressed to Include: Austin ISD Adopts New Dress Code

The Austin ISD Board of Trustees approved and adopted a revised student dress code June 17, the first revision since May 2007. 

The change was made after the district reviewed best-practice dress code policies from throughout the U.S.

Director of Health Services Tracy Spinner said, “The Board requested staff review and update the dress code policy because ultimately our goal is to have AISD policies contribute to safe and inclusive learning environments, including being able to dress in a manner that is comfortable so all students can focus on learning.”

Increase in compensation for AISD/Aumentos de compensacion en el AISD

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Dear Team AISD,

With deep appreciation, I thank you for the exceptional work you do every day to make sure the students we serve are encouraged, supported, and successful. Your efforts make me #AISDproud, and it is because of those efforts that I am excited to share some incredible news related to employee compensation.  

Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 3, a historic overhaul of the state’s public education finance system.

Austin ISD Increases Compensation for All

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Superintendent Paul Cruz announced this morning permanent salary increases for staff, made possible after Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law HB3, a historic overhaul of the state's public education finance system.

Cruz was joined by trustees, staff and representative from Education Austin and the Austin Association of Public School Administrators as he announced:

Austin ISD Celebrates Juneteenth in Annual Parade

Austin ISD invites the community to join faculty, staff, students and their families and the District All-Star Marching Band to march in the annual Juneteenth Historical Parade.

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.

Participants will meet at 9:45 a.m. at the staging area at Comal Street and East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Austin ISD Celebrates Juneteenth in Annual Parade

Austin ISD invites the community to join faculty, staff, students and their families to march in the annual Juneteenth Historical Parade.  

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.

What: Austin ISD faculty, staff, students and their families will be part of the annual Juneteenth Historical Parade, and the District All-Star Marching Band will perform.

Austin ISD's Buford's Book Bus giving children, families free books during summer program

This summer Austin ISD Library Media Services is hosting its annual Buford the Book Bus tour providing free books to children of all ages, from infants to teens, in English and Spanish-there is a book for everyone.

The programs are held in June and July at schools across the city.

During the summer many students lose their access to books and the district is providing these opportunities for families to keep their children reading over the summer to stop the summer slide.