Announcements
Austin All-Star Band, ready for Juneteenth 2021
"I feel like music is one of the things that is most unifying across all groups of people." - Simone Embry, Austin All-Star Band member & student at Navarro Early College High School.
Austin ISD all-in on in-class in 2021-22 (En español)
With COVID cases at a record low, Austin ISD plans to return all students to on-campus learning for the 2021-22 school year, with no virtual learning option.
AISD Employee Elizabeth Polk Retires After 55 Years
Even the cake was purple as a long-time librarian, leader, mentor and friend Elizabeth Polk wrapped a feathered purple scarf around her neck to match the decorations at the ALC gym. Colleagues, friends, and family gathered to celebrate her retirement after…
The Importance of Early Childhood Education (Video)
Join us for a conversation with the principal of Uphaus Early Childhood Center, Dr. Claudia Santamaria, to learn more about our Pre-K programs and enrollment efforts, as Austin ISD kicks off our Operation Reconnect enrollment clinics. Enroll now online…
Operation Reconnect: Austin ISD Hosts Districtwide Enrollment Clinics
Through June 28, families can come to Austin ISD enrollment clinics for support and resources to get their child registered for the 2021-22 school year. Additional enrollment opportunities will be announced in the coming weeks. Families can come to any one…
Guest Lecturer Discusses Importance of Family Engagement
In a Zoom meeting with community members on Wednesday, Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D., said family engagement is essential for student and school success now more than ever.
Austin ISD Recaps the 87th Legislative Session
The 87th Legislative Session has come to a close. The session had a real effect on how schools will operate in the coming year, between the passing of a bill that will revamp the social studies curriculum to inaction on a bill that would have allowed schools…
STAAR Scores Now Available via Parent Portal
Students took the STAAR tests earlier this spring as one of many ways to measure student learning. The STAAR tests will help schools and teachers better understand where students may have gaps from the disruptions to learning caused by the pandemic. Teachers…
Families receive free meals, books at Summer Kick-Off Event
As part of her Thursday routine, Austin ISD parent Diana Celis arrived at Padron Elementary — in one hand she held her daughter’s hand, in the other a reusable bag. The bag was to make sure she could haul home her free seven-day meal packs and the books her…
LBJ Boys Basketball Coach Heads Back to the Court
The timing just wasn’t sitting right with Freddie Roland, LBJ Early College High School boys basketball coach, who recently retired after 25 years of service. Just days into his retirement, Roland announced his plan to return as head coach of the Jaguars.…
Covington Fine Arts Academy presents ‘Aladdin JR.,’ performances
The Fine Arts Auditorium at Covington Middle School was once again filled with proud family and friends, who gathered Friday night to watch the Theatre Department’s pre-recorded performance of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.”
Austin ISD looks to tackle racial disparities in disciplinary data (En español)
Despite a reduction in overall disciplinary actions during the 2019-20 school year, Black students in Austin ISD were still nearly five times more likely than white students to receive disciplinary action, according to a report compiled by the district.