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AISD Joins School Finance Lawsuit
The AISD Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to officially join a lawsuit on school finance to be filed by Thompson & Horton LLP. Although there are three other lawsuits that have or will be filed to protest the Texas school finance system, the District feels that the claims made by Thompson & Horton are most closely aligned with the goals and priorities of AISD.
GENaustin to Host We Are Girls Conference at Austin High
Austin's Girls Empowerment Network (GENaustin) will hold a youth conference for girls in grades 5-12 on Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Austin High School (1715 W. Cesar Chavez). This event is also open to parents, and will be a place that two generations can share a day of learning in a safe, non-judgmental environment.
TAKS Retesting Available In October to Out-Of School Students
The Austin Independent School District encourages all students who need to retest, or students who still need to pass a portion of the Exit Level TAKS tests to earn a high school diploma, to register for retesting on October 18-21, 2011. All testing will be held at campuses throughout the school district. Students may also register at their home campus on the day of testing.
Austin ISD Superintendent and Austin ISD Police Chief Join Hundreds of Students for "International Walk to School Day"
Austin, TX—Leading by example, Austin Independent School District (AISD) Superintendent Meria Carstarphen and AISD Police Chief Ernesto Riojas walked to school with hundreds of Wooldridge Elementary students during “International Walk to School Day” on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. The event, which is organized locally by Safe Kids Austin, is a worldwide day of celebration to get kids and…
AISD Transportation & Food Service Job Fair
Austin ISD is currently hiring Bus Drivers and Cafeteria Manager Trainees. Join us at our upcoming Job Fair from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, November 28 at the Saegert Transportation Terminal, 3300 Jones Rd. Starting salary for Bus Drivers is $13.90 per hour. Starting salary for Cafeteria Manager Trainees is $13.77 per hour.Minimum qualifications for Bus Drivers include:
Earth Week
Earth Week 2026 April 20th- May 1st! Every day is Earth Day at AISD! From April 20th-May 1st especially, we hope that everyone in our school community will take a moment to think about how they can make the earth and our community a better place and perform an action to do so. This year’s website offers fun ways to engage and take action from school and from home. Enjoy! More to come! We’ll add…
AISD Students Exceed Statewide Passing Rates on STAAR End-of‐Course Results
AUSTIN, Texas—AISD students met or exceeded the state average passing rates in all five of the STAAR end-of-course assessments administered to high school students in spring 2014, according to the preliminary statewide results released this week by the Texas Education Agency.
AISD Provides Nexus Tablets to Teachers and Nonprofits Through Grant Project with Google
Austin ISD is teaming up with Google to provide teachers or nonprofit organizations who work with AISD students with up to 100 Nexus tablets. The tablets will be provided through the Teaching with Google Nexus Project, which is sponsored and managed by AISD’s Office of Innovation and Development and made possible by Google’s contribution of 100 tablets.
AISD Schools Serve a Slice of Peace
The start to the semester gets a little bit sweeter for Austin ISD students this week as they promote Peace Through Pie throughout the district.Luanne Stovall began Peace Through Pie in 2009 at the Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville as a way to honor Martin Luther King Jr.Culinary arts students at Travis Early College High School hosted the first high school event in January…
AISD Names Sharon Roy the 2014 Middle School Teacher of the Year
Sharon Roy, a teacher at Kealing Middle School for 20 years, has taught magnet English, software design, Leadership 101 and pre-AP English. Roy earned her secondary teaching certificate in English and math at the University of Texas in Austin. She also holds a master’s degree in English from Yale University and a bachelor’s degree in English, minoring in math, from UT-Austin.