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An Important Message From Superintendent Elizalde / Un mensaje importante del Superintendente Elizalde
Dear Austin ISD Community, As we prepare to provide parents the option of face-to-face instruction on Monday, October 5, I first want to thank everyone for a successful virtual launch of the 2020-21 school year. Even though virtual instruction has challenges, our community has gone above and beyond in providing instruction and support for our students.
AISD Announces Schools Frozen to Transfers for 2015-16
AUSTIN, Texas—This week, the Austin Independent School District announced 23 schools will be frozen to transfers during the 2015-16 school year, while another 20 schools will be monitored.Each year, AISD determines which schools should be frozen to transfers because they have, or are expected to have, enrollments that exceed their capacities. Some schools also are frozen to maintain stability in…
Austin Schools Post Gains on Federal Report Card
En Español No District School on Improvement Plan for the First Time Since 2003
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…
MEDIA ADVISORY AISD to break ground on Career Launch addition at LBJ Early College High School
Austin ISD will break ground May 13 on an approximately 5,000-square-foot building to accommodate the new Career Launch program at LBJ Early College High School.The program, a partnership with Seton Healthcare Family and Austin Community College, allows students to earn an associate degree in health science, preparing them to further their education in the medical field.
22 AISD Teachers Earn National Board Certification
Tonight, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees recognized 22 newly certified or renewed teachers who have completed the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This is the 15th year that AISD's professional development department has worked to guide a group of committed teachers toward this powerful professional development opportunity. A three-year study by the National…
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…
District Will Not Need to Use Bad Weather Makeup Days / El distrito no tendrá que utilizar días de recuperación en caso de mal tiempo
The Texas Education Agency requires all districts to adopt a school calendar that provides 75,600 operational minutes.Districts also are required to make up two days of bad weather/safety closures. Any closures beyond two school days do not have to be made up.Austin ISD builds two bad weather makeup days into the school year calendar. Campuses also have the option to extend their school…
Online Student Registration Extravaganza
Families will be able to receive assistance with registering their students online for the 2018–19 school year as well as help with creating or accessing their Parent Cloud accounts.The extravaganza will be held at two locations: Lanier High School, 1201 Peyton Gin Rd. and Akins High School, 10701 S. 1st St. from 9 a.m. –3 p.m. March 30.Register at either location regardless of the AISD…
Media Advisory: ‘Dinosaur George’ Visits Maplewood Elementary School Today
AUSTIN, Texas—Today, “Dinosaur George” Blasing, a paleontologist and animal behaviorist, will visit Austin ISD’s Maplewood Elementary School. What: A travel "museum" presentation with George Blasing showcasing dinosaur displays in the gymnasium for a day of student visits.Where: Maplewood Elementary School, gymnasium, 3808 Maplewood Ave.