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Accepting Dual Language Applications for Elementary School
Applications for elementary school dual language programs for the 2019-20 school year will be accepted online beginning January 7. Application deadline is January 31, 2019 Apply For assistance or more information, contact your child's assigned school or the Austin ISD Multilingual Education Team at 512-414-4734. Las solicitudes para los programas de lenguaje dual de la escuela primaria para…
Accepting Dual Language Applications for Middle School
Applications for middle school dual language programs for the 2019–20 school year will be accepted online starting November 1, 2018. Application deadline is February 15, 2019. Apply For assistance or more information, contact your child's assigned school or the Austin ISD Multilingual Education Team at 512-414-4734.
Bowie High School Student Council Receives Keep Austin Beautiful Award
Bowie High School Student Council won the Keep Austin Beautiful 2011 Freescale Youth Achievement Award for their dedication to landscaping and maintaining the gardens around Bowie High School.This is not your typical student council. In addition to organizing and running school events, these students meet every Thursday after school to put in a few hours of work to keep the campus looking…
Russell Lee to Replace Robert E. Lee Elementary School
At tonight's board meeting, trustees approved Russell Lee as the new name to replace Robert E. Lee Elementary School.
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…
Volunteer Spotlight: Karen Yokum, with Austin Partners in Education
Every year, Austin Partners in Education trains more than 1,500 community volunteers to be classroom coaches and mentors throughout Austin ISD.Karen Yokum, an electrical engineer at IBM, has volunteered with APIE as an eighth-grade math classroom coach for three years, helping students understand real-world applications of their classroom studies.
Austin ISD Participates in Austin Pride Parade
For the fifth year in a row Austin ISD will participate in the annual Austin Pride Pa
AISD Reopening Update / Actualizacion de reapertura de AISD
(El español está disponible abajo) Thank you for your patience as we work on plans for the upcoming school year. I’m writing to bring you up to speed on what we have been working on to support our 81,000 students and 12,000 staff members. When will school start?
Families of Middle School, High School Students to Get Grades Faster
Austin ISD's technology department has found a way to get report cards and progress reports to families of middle school and high school students more quickly. The district will be going digital on all report cards for secondary students this month for their third six-weeks report cards.Of the approximately 23,000 secondary students overall, 9,292 students are already opting for digital report…
More information for our families / Más información para nuestras familias
Dear Austin ISD families, With the rapidly evolving situation, we remain committed to providing timely updates to help you plan. That’s why we moved swiftly this past week to close our schools and communicate with families. I realize as the weather warms you may wonder why we made the proactive decision to close Monday and Tuesday, return to remote learning Wednesday and Thursday and end…