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Celebrate AISD Teachers During Teacher Appreciation Week
Every year, AISD joins school districts across the nation in celebrating National Teacher Appreciation Week. This year, Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, and AISD invites families, staff and community members to help us celebrate the crucial role and essential contributions of AISD's more than 6,000 teachers and substitute teachers across the district.
Austin ISD Pride Week - Know Your Rights
Austin ISD Pride Week Events Every year, to celebrate LGBTQIA+ students, staff and families Austin ISD hosts its own Pride Week, a time to highlight the district's commitment to creating a safe, supportive and inclusive environment. This year's weeklong celebration is April 19–24, which aligns with GLSEN’s student-led National Day of Silence on Friday, April 23.
Budget Briefs: Task Force Continues Subcommittee Work, Prepares Recommendations
The Budget Stabilization Task Force continued to work in subcommittees refining its recommendations at its Oct. 10 meeting. The eighth meeting of the task force was the final meeting dedicated to subcommittee work before each group reports to the whole task force for discussion. The Board of Trustees this summer approved the school year 2018-19 budget, which included a $29 million dip into…
Burnet Middle School 2nd Annual Spring Fiesta
All are welcome at the Burnet Middle School's 2nd Annual Spring Fiesta! This resource fair will host many exhibitors for our families to connect with including health, education, housing, food pantry, legal aid*, employment and support services of many kinds! Lunch is free and food pantry items will be available. Fun Zone activities include: bouncy houses, climbing wall, "train rides"…
AISD Trustees Vote to Extend Superintendent's Contract; Superintendent Carstarphen's Employment Contract Extended to June 2015
Austin, TX—Tonight, the Austin Independent School District's Board of Trustees voted to extend the term of Superintendent Meria Carstarphen's employment contract by one year to June 2015.
City Recognizes AISD for Districtwide Recycling Practices
Keep Austin Beautiful has recognized Austin ISD as a leader in the goal of becoming a zero-waste city.This spring, Keep Austin Beautiful teamed up with Austin Resource Recovery to support the Austin Recycles Games, a competition from December to April initiated by Austin Resource Recovery as a way to increase recycling rates and help residents understand what is and is not recyclable.
Harvest Fest 2018
Join the Eastside Memorial ECHS family of schools and Austin Voices for the annual Harvest Fest.This free event aims to bring together our community and our Eastside family of schools to celebrate the fall season.The day will include:Live music performancesRaffle for gift cards and prizesChildren’s activitiesResources for families and much, much more!See you on Saturday, November 10 from 10 a.m.–…
Students, teachers will see more standard face-to-face instruction in 2021-22
By Scott Thomas Next school year will “absolutely” look more like a typical year, Austin ISD’s superintendent said at a community meeting Thursday. “There is no substitution for the majority of our students, they need to be in a face-to-face type environment,” Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde said. “Especially now that so many of our staff have received the vaccine. We will continue to use…
Energy & Water
Energy bills are the second highest operating cost for our school district behind salaries. Austin ISD is committed to providing optimal learning environments for students while pursuing opportunities to reduce energy and water use, operating costs, and greenhouse gas emissions.
MakerMania 2020
Join us for MakerMania from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Navarro High School, 1201 Payton Gin Road. Families, faculty, and the community are invited to attend this free, fun reading event that helps inspire children to become lifelong readers. Learn how to make useful literacy tools from recycled and upcycled materials; and experience making predictions, recording…