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Welcome, Austin ISD Athletics fans and guests!The vision of the Austin ISD Athletics Department is to instill a passion for lifelong learning in all student-athletes through the development of the athletics programs at the high school, middle school and elementary school levels.Our mission is to create an environment that fosters mutual respect, integrity, quality and a commitment to excellence.…
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Multilingual Education
News & Events Multilingual Education at Austin ISD The Multilingual Education team puts into action Austin ISD’s belief that the linguistic and cultural richness of our students is a resource that should be recognized, valued, and sustained.
AISD Names Edmund Oropez Interim Chief Schools Officer
AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD has named Edmund Oropez, the district’s associate superintendent of high schools, interim chief schools officer to lead, manage and support AISD’s more than 120 schools.Earlier this month, the trustees named Paul Cruz, the district’s chief schools officer for the past five years, as interim superintendent.
Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees Receives $10,000 KCAAEN and NSBA Award
This press release is being distributed by AISD on behalf of the Kennedy Center.For media inquiries, please contact Tiffany Young 414-0024. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Announces
Austin ISD Principal Sews Masks For Community In Need
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Austin, Garza Independence High School Principal Linda Webb decided to act. “I was watching the news one night, and they were talking about the need for masks. I knew that AISD workers were going out and feeding our kids, and I was worried,” Webb said. “I picked up the phone and called my quilting group, and I told them what was happening. We all immediately got…
Bowie Journalism Teacher, Michael Reeves, Awarded National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year
Every year the Columbia Scholastic Press Association recognizes Journalism teachers across the country with the Special Recognition Adviser Award. The 2019 National High School Journalism Teacher Awards competition was cosponsored by the Dow Jones News Fund and was given additional support from the Poynter Institute and the Wall Street Journal. The organization gave recognition to a number of…
Community members ask Austin ISD to examine past mistakes before moving forward on bond
The theme struck by community organizers and the Superintendent alike at Monday’s community meeting was reckoning with past mistakes so Austin ISD could move forward. “This is about giving the community the space to tell us how we’ve eroded trust in the past, and how we can earn it back,” Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said. “We want you — our community — to not just hear that this time is…
Lawmakers vote to fund virtual learning programs (En español)
Austin ISD may soon recoup some of the funding that went toward operating its virtual learning program for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Statement in support of our Asian American and Pacific Islander communities / Declaración en apoyo a nuestras comunidades asiáticoamericana y de las islas del Pacífico
Dear Austin ISD families, We know that for our families and staff, the news of senseless and terrible shootings in Georgia has cast a long and dark shadow. Our thoughts, grief and sympathy go out to the victims, their families, and the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.