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Two AISD High Schools Earn National Ranking from Newsweek
Austin, TX—Two Austin Independent School District high schools are among the best in the nation, according to Newsweek's America's Best High School rankings for 2012. Liberal Arts Science Academy is 38th and Anderson High School is 551st in the country out of 1,000 schools featured in the annual report. Both schools also were recognized in Newsweek's America's Best High School rankings for 2011.
AISD Students Show Off New Talents During Afterschool Showcase
Austin, TX—Today, Austin Independent School District students showed off the new skills they learned in after-school programs during the 18th annual Afterschool Showcase. The event highlights student accomplishments and informs the community about the variety of after-school programs available to students. Student exhibits included Lego robotics, environmental science, golf lessons and creating…
AISD Earns Highest Award for Financial Transparency
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has awarded the Austin Independent School District the 2011 GOLD Leadership Circle Award for budget transparency for the second year in a row. The Gold Leadership Circle Award is presented to cities, counties and school districts which meet the highest standard for financial transparency online. “Gold” highlights those entities that are setting the bar…
Voters Choose Gordon, Saldaña, Pace in Trustee Runoff Election
Voters elected Edmund “Ted” Gordon, Paul Saldaña and Kendall Pace as the three newest members of the Austin ISD Board of Trustees.Today’s runoff election decided the races in geographical districts 1 and 6, and the District 9 at-large position. Those candidates faced each other in a runoff after none earned 50 percent or more of the vote in the Nov. 4 general election. According to…
UT Austin-AISD Partnership to Support Computer Science Education
AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin and the Austin Independent School District are partnering to offer college credit to computer science students in AISD high schools.
Mandatory Training: AISD Retires Workforce, Finance Systems. Are you Ready for BOLT?
Team AISD: Mandatory training for AISD’s new Business Operations for Learning and Teaching—BOLT—is underway.The new system, which integrates the district’s human capital and finance applications, rolls out July 1. Will you be ready?All AISD Employees: BOLT includes a self-service module to manage time and review payroll and compensation statements.
One Step at a Time: A Graduate’s Story
Most parents dream of the day their child will walk across the stage at graduation. But for Consolacion Gamez, a mother of an LBJ Early College High School student, seeing her son walk across the stage wasn’t something she expected even a month ago.In his junior year, Arturo Gamez—who was diagnosed with leukemia in fifth grade—found out his cancer was back.“I always told myself that if my…
Small Green Tech Academy Named One of Nation's Top 10 Eco-Schools
The National Wildlife Federation has named Small Green Tech Academy as one of the top 10 Eco-Schools in the nation.NWF ranked schools based on their commitment to environmental education and the school community’s work to making the facility more sustainable and wildlife-friendly.
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…
Crockett Vertical Team Selected to Join The Creative Learning Initiative
The Crockett Vertical Team has been selected to be the next vertical team to join the Creative Learning Initiative in 2014–15.A committee of parents, teachers and administrators participating in the Creative Learning Initiative evaluated four vertical team applications. All applications were kept anonymous. A 100-point scale was used to evaluate each application based on responses to two…