Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

Laura Bush to Visit Blackshear Elementary School

On Monday, Laura Bush will visit Blackshear Elementary Fine Arts Academy to announce the 2015 grants from the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. Six schools in Austin ISD will receive grants up to $7,000 each, as part of more than $820,000 in grants being awarded to 123 schools in 35 states.AISD recipients include: Blackshear Elementary Fine Arts Academy, Anita Uphaus Early Childhood…

MEDIA ADVISORY: AISD Holds Community Meetings on Facility Master Plan

AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD is holding community meetings throughout the district to get feedback on the Facility Master Plan.FMP guiding principles were approved by AISD’s Board of Trustees at the Board's regular meeting on Sept. 30.

Mendez Middle School (only) First Day of Classes

For more information please contact MendezMiddleSchool@thirdfuture.org or visit the Mendez Website.  Para más información favor de enviar un correo electrónico a MendezMiddleSchool@thirdfuture.org o visite la página web de Mendez.

Classified Career Fair

At the Classified Career Fair, we will be actively recruiting and interviewing talented individuals for a variety of positions that are crucial to the smooth functioning of our educational system. Whether you're interested in working supporting our students' transportation needs or ensuring their nutritional well-being through food services, we have a place for you. Wednesday, June 25, 2025 9 a.…

Classified Career Fair

At the Classified Career Fair, we will be actively recruiting and interviewing talented individuals for a variety of positions that are crucial to the smooth functioning of our educational system. Whether you're interested in working supporting our students' transportation needs or ensuring their nutritional well-being through food services, we have a place for you. Wednesday, June 25, 2025 9 a.…

Splash Into Summer Reading with Austin ISD

Join Austin ISD for its Splash into summer reading with some of Austin’s favorite authors from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 at the AISD Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordon Blvd. The event is free and open to the public and is a celebration of books and reading for students and their families. Featuring exciting authors, interactive sessions, hands-on activities, book…

Safety Resources

Austin ISD's Police Department is dedicated to the healthy development of students and employees. We strive to add time and resources back where they count—the classroom. Education is the ultimate mitigator of risks. Please take time to review each resource, which address the risks associated with various threats and hazards, including bullying, gangs and drug abuse.

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…

AISD and University of Texas Host 2nd Annual Education Collaborative Research Forum

Distinguished members in the field of education and researchers gathered in the main hall at the AISD Performing Arts Center for the second annual UT/AISD Collaborative Research Forum on Friday.   The purpose of the forum was to tout the work that the University of Texas and AISD researchers are conducting in pre-K-12 education.