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ACC and AISD Announce 2015 Vision + Voice Poetry Contest Winners
Austin Community College and Austin ISD announced the winners and honorable mentions for the 2015 Vision + Voice Poetry Contest this week. The annual contest is made possible through a collaboration between the Austin Community College Department of Arts and Humanities and the Austin ISD Office of Academics.The Vision + Voice Poetry Contest began in 2014 to provide AISD students an opportunity to…
Board Briefs: Work Session (Jan. 14)
Public Hearing: 2004 and 2008 Bond Program Contingency FundsCommunity members had the opportunity to comment on the proposed use of the 2004 and 2008 surplus contingency funds prior to scheduled action at the regular board meeting Jan. 28.Demographic Analysis and Enrollment Projections for the AISD 2012-13
Board Briefs - May 23, 2011
Facility Master Plan Austin School Trustees approved a timeline presented by Superintendent Meria Carstarphen for completing a comprehensive Ten-Year Facility Master Plan. The schedule is as follows:
District Monitoring Weather Overnight; Check Back for Updates
Update since original post: The information in this announcement has been updated since it was posted at 5:30 p.m. AISD is scheduled to operate on a two-hour delay Tuesday, Jan. 28. For the most recent information, please review the new announcement.
Austin ISD Launches School Bus Stop Arm Safety Initiative
Austin ISD is partnering with American Traffic Solutions to address motorists illegally passing school buses that are stopped and boarding or disembarking children.
A Holiday Reminder: Missing School Matters
In this Season of Giving...Give students the chance to learn: Only miss school on scheduled school holidays.Give teachers the chance to teach: Teachers can’t teach effectively when they are “catching up” students who miss extra days.Give school districts needed dollars: Every day missed costs schools money that could support more teachers, sports programs and electives.
Maplewood Elementary School
Maplewood Elementary serves as a model for dual-language learning. With more than 400 students, the Maplewood's mission is to instill with positive attitudes, academic foundations, and a lifelong love of learning. School events and traditions include Peacefest, Garden Days, Friday Enrichment, STEM…
AISD Graduation Rates Reach All-time High, Increasing Nearly 10 Percentage Points During Past Five Years
AUSTIN, Texas—Graduation rates for the Austin Independent School District have reached an all-time high of 84.1 percent for the Class of 2013, which is a 1.6 percentage point increase from the previous year and nearly a 10 percentage point gain during the past five years, according to the Texas Education Agency's new report on graduation and completion rates.Graduation rates increased for every…
AISD Announces Schools Frozen to Transfers for 2017-18 / El AISD anuncia la lista de escuelas que no aceptarán peticiones de traslado para el ciclo escolar 2017-2018
Austin ISD has announced the names of 23 schools that will be frozen to transfers during the 2017–18 school year.Each year, AISD determines which schools should be frozen to transfers because they have, or are expected to have, enrollments that exceed their capacities.Schools frozen to transfers for the 2017–18 school year are:
Board Votes in Favor of Recommendation for In-District Charter with IDEA Public Schools
On Dec. 20, Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to establish a college preparatory, in-district charter program with IDEA Public Schools. The Board voted in favor of the recommendation by a vote of 6 to 3. The proposal is one of six Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendations, five of which the board approved Dec. 12.The in-district charter program will: