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Auditions for Districtwide Summer Musical Open March 12
DEADLINE EXTENDED! We've added one more week to give everyone a chance to get their submissions to us. Submissions will now be accepted until April 8. Details below! Calling all actors, singers, musicians, dancers, and tech students!Auditions for the 2018 Austin ISD Districtwide Summer Musical, Disney’s Newsies, open March 12.AISD students who are currently in grades 5–12 are encouraged to…
AISD Holds Public Hearing to Gather Community Opinion on Proposal to Open Single-Sex Schools
Austin, TX—The Austin Independent School District will host a public hearing meeting to discuss single-sex schools in District 1 at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, in the Board Auditorium at the Carruth Administration Center, 1111 West Sixth Street.
AISD Faculty Invited to Edcamp Austin, Free Participant-driven Conference
AISD faculty members are invited to attend the first ever Edcamp Austin, which is a free ‘un-conference’ hosted at Crockett High School, Saturday Nov. 9.An unconference is a participant-driven professional development, where teachers (and administration and tech specialists) come together and have organic conversations about the topics they want to learn most about. They are no keynotes or…
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…
AISD Back to School Bash Goes Virtual, Increases Backpack Distribution by 13K
Backpacks provided directly to campuses for distribution The annual Austin ISD Back to School Bash is going virtual this year, along with an increase of 13,000 additional backpacks distributed to students.
T. A. Brown Elementary Hosts College and Career Day Event
More than 20 Austin-area professionals visited T. A. Brown Elementary School to speak with students about college and careers. The speakers shared stories May 18 about their professions and how they used their skills and personal interests to prepare for a fulfilling career.
CBAC Public Hearing
What: The Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee (CBAC) is charged with developing recommendations on the scope of work for a proposed new district bond program. The CBAC is seeking community input on its work to date. To submit your comments online please visit:http://www.austinisd.org/advisory-bodies/cbac/commentsFor more information please call (512) 414-2667.
CBAC Public Hearing
What: The Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee (CBAC) is charged with developing recommendations on the scope of work for a proposed new district bond program. The CBAC is seeking community input on its work to date. To submit your comments online please visit:http://www.austinisd.org/advisory-bodies/cbac/commentsFor more information please call (512) 414-2667.
Help AISD Envision a Campus for All Northeast Austin Students
Austin ISD wants to hear from the community to discuss a possible facility on a 10-acre tract in the Mueller neighborhood in northeast Austin.The project is called Imagine Northeast Austin.Input is needed on the following questions:
LASA Grad’s Donation Supports Elementary School Scientists
LASA graduate Alex Mancevski donated $2,000 of his Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes winnings to the Austin Science Education Foundation. With Mancevski attending Harvard, his mother, Maria Teresa Graziani, presented the check on his behalf to Austin Science Education Foundation Executive Director Ingrid Weigand.