Announcements
AISD Releases Students Early at 17 Campuses on March 11
Austin ISD anticipates that the combination of SXSW and President Barack Obama's visit on Friday, March 11, will have a significant effect on district operations.To help minimize complications for our families, staff and students, the district will take…
LBJ ECHS Family of Schools Joins Creative Learning Initiative
The LBJ family of schools has been selected to be the next vertical team to join the Creative Learning Initiative in 2016–17.The Creative Learning Initiative provides professional development, community arts partnerships, dance and theatre specialists, and…
AISD Celebrates Youth Art Month
In celebration of Youth Art Month, student artists will have their masterpieces on display at schools throughout the district during March. Brentwood Elementary School kicks things off with an Encore Night on March 8, highlighting special programs…
Supply the Teachers Launches with $1.3 Million Donation of School Supplies
Supply the Teachers launched today with more than $1.3 million in 3M supplies for AISD teachers, which will be distributed as 6,300 gift boxes.The new nonprofit organization brings business partners and community members together to raise funds for the…
Classes to resume at Bowie High School Feb.17
Update 9:26 p.m. Feb.16: Classes at Bowie High School will continue as scheduled tomorrow, February 17. AISD plumbing staff were able to locate the water line break and make all necessary repairs. Bowie High School students were released at…
AISD Seeks Input at Imagine Northeast Austin Meetings
Austin ISD wants to hear from the community as we discuss a possible facility in the Mueller neighborhood in northeast Austin.We're calling this process Imagine Northeast Austin, and we want to get your input to help us answer several questions:
Sadler Means Young Women’s Leadership Academy Wins Lab Makeover Grant
Bertha Sadler Means Young Women’s Leadership Academy was one of five schools in the nation to receive a grant of up to $100,000 as a finalist in the Northrop Grumman Foundation’s Fab School Labs contest.Aimed at promoting science, technology, engineering and…
AISD Provides a Menu of Choices Found Nowhere Else in Austin
Selecting a school is one of the most important choices a family can make. Jan. 24–30 is National School Choice Week, and we want the world to know that AISD provides a menu of choices found nowhere else in Austin. AISD’s advanced academics prepare…
Mile 52: AISD Students Speeding Through Running Challenge
This September, Austin ISD launced a new initiative to have elementary students run the equivalent of four marathons throughout the school year. Students are embracing the challenge, with the majority at the scheduled halfway point of 52.4 miles.The…
Puppets, Jewelry and Recycled Art: Schools Collaborate to Bring MakerSpace to North Austin
Lanier High School, and the schools that feed into it, are hosting a literacy event to help inspire children to become lifelong readers.Who: Lucy Read Pre-K School, Cook Elementary School, McBee, Padron and Wooldridge and Wooten elementary schools; Burnet…
Apply for Pre-K Tuition Programs by Jan. 29
AISD is accepting applications for Pre-K tuition programs—including 12 dual-language programs—at 36 elementary schools. The deadline for applications to be included in the lottery is Friday, Jan. 29.Applications are available at the campuses…
Austin ISD Board Elects New Officers
AISD Board of Trustees elected new officers at its special meeting last night.Kendall Pace was named board president. Pace has served on the board at large since January 2015.Paul Saldaña was named vice president. Saldaña has served District 6 since…