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Texas Education Agency Recognizes AISD Campuses for High Performance, Progress
The Texas Education Agency has recognized seven Austin ISD schools as high-performance or high-progress Title I schools for 2014-15. Title I schools are campuses where at least 40 percent of students are from low-income households.The TEA recognized:
2016 Travis ECHS Fine Art Fest
Please join students from Travis Early College High School and the Travis family of schools for the inagural Fine Art and Craft Festival!The event will feature live perfomances and art from students at Travis ECHS, Fulmore and Mendez middle schools, and Dawson, Galindo, Linder, Rodriguez and Widén elementary schools. Visitors can sample creations form the Travis culinary students, take tours…
UpClose Program Deadline
APPLICATIONS FOR AISD UPCLOSE ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEARhttp://www.austinisd.org/upclose/application
New Blazier Groundbreaking
Please join Austin ISD and the Blazier Elementary School community for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the New Blazier Relief School modernization project. This school is intended to provide immediate overcrowding relief for Blazier Elementary School by constructing a facility to accommodate grades 4 through 6.
CANCELLED: BAC Meeting
What: Boundary Advisory Committe (BAC) MeetingsThe purpose of the Boundary Advisory Committee (BAC) is to assist in developing recommendations for the creation of, and adjustment to, school attendance zone boundaries. TONIGHT'S MEETING IS CANCELLED.For more information, please visit the BAC web page.
Austin ISD High School Students bring home highest honors from State Visual Arts Scholastic Event
Eight Austin ISD high school students from across the district received the highest award, the Gold Seal, for their artwork at this year’s Visual Arts Scholastic State event held in April. The Texas Art Education Association sponsors the Visual Arts Scholastic State Event (VASE) each year at the end of the VASE season. Artists from 20 regions across the state compete in regional…
AISD, City of Austin Partner to Prepare Students for the New School Year at 14th Annual Back to School Bash
Austin ISD and the City of Austin's Safe Routes to Schools will partner to emphasize safety at the 14th annual Back to School Bash on Aug. 3. The event, held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road, brings thousands of families together to prepare students for the new school year.
Benefits Information Meeting
After an extensive search and assessment process, Austin ISD has selected Aetna to provide district staff members with a variety of cost-effective health insurance plan options. Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, Aetna will replace our longtime partner, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas. To learn more, attend one of the following information sessions:
College Signing Day Celebration
Austin ISD seniors will participate in Central Texas College Signing Day, a community-wide celebration that brings together 1,000 college-bound seniors from school districts throughout the region.Inspired by the NCAA’s National Signing Day, College Signing Day reinforces the idea that excellence in the classroom should be given as much attention as excellence in athletics.
AISD One of 20 to Participate in Local Academic Accountability System Pilot
Commissioner of Education Mike Morath announced last week that 20 school systems, including Austin ISD, will participate in a pilot to develop their own local academic accountability system. The Texas Education Agency will oversee a small-scale pilot program in the 2017–18 academic year.Established by House Bill 22 and passed during the 85th Texas Legislature earlier this year, the local…