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Español YOU COUNT! Attendance Matters When you miss school, you miss out—not only on academic enrichment, but on fine arts and extracurricular opportunities and camaraderie with fellow students. Daily attendance in school is a strong indicator of future success. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of the instructional materials.
District Safeguards Classrooms As It Seeks To Cut Spending (En español)
Yesterday, Austin ISD proposed the preliminary budget for the 2024-25 school year that included $30 million in cuts to non-campus based expenses. Why it matters: Though we must make difficult cuts, we committed to finding savings in areas that protect the classroom as much as possible. How we’re proposing to do it:
Senior discovers passion for firefighting (En español)
Ava Martinez is graduating this month with her sights set on becoming a firefighter. A senior at Austin High School, Martinez enrolled in the Fire Academy Program at LBJ Early College High School during her sophomore year, which stoked her curiosity and passion for the trade.
VICTORY Tutorial Program
Volunteers In Communities Tutoring Our Responsible Youth (VICTORY) VICTORY Tutorial is an Austin ISD program that offers free tutoring to students in grades 1–12. Students are matched with volunteer tutors, and they meet for regularly scheduled sessions for a minimum of an hour each week to work on homework assignments and skills for which the student needs extra reinforcement and practice.…
Austin ISD Names New Police Chief (en español)
Austin ISD Interim Superintendent Anthony Mays announced at Thursday’s board work session that he had selected current Austin ISD PD Lt. Wayne Sneed to lead the AISD Police Department.
AISD Celebrates National School Counseling Week Feb. 3-7
The Austin Independent School District employs more than 200 counselors who serve our 129 campuses daily. AISD counselors play a tremendous role in helping our students achieve success and plan for the future.This year, the district invites staff members, families and the community to help us celebrate AISD counselors during National School Counseling Week, Feb. 3-7.
Austin ISD Hosts Districtwide Enrollment Clinics
Starting today through June 29, families can come to Austin ISD enrollment clinics for support and resources to get their child registered for the 2022-23 school year. Families can come to any one of the more than 20 districtwide enrollment clinics to get help in enrolling their child for any campus] for grades Pre-K-12. The clinics are scheduled at locations in north, central and south Austin…
District accountability ratings halted by county judge (En español)
The latest accountability ratings, originally slated to be released Aug. 15, have been blocked for the second year in a row after a Travis County judge issued a temporary restraining order in a new lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency. Why it matters: The goal of the A-F accountability system is to communicate school performance with families easily. However, the updated…
AISD News Brief: Ready for New School Year
Families are getting ready for a new school year in Austin ISD. Watch our news brief for more information on what families and staff are doing to get ready for the new school year.
Financial Aid Saturdays
Financial Aid Saturdays provide FREE help filling out federal and state forms for college financial aid. File by March 31 to increase your chances of getting financial aid!When: Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 3, 24, 31 From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.For more information about locations and to register please visit: http://www.austinchamber-…