Announcements
AISD to Provide Free Produce Boxes featuring Texas-Grown Foods / El AISD distribuirá cajas de frutas y vegetales gratis que contienen alimentos cultivados en Texas
(El español está disponible abajo) Beginning July 22, families will receive free produce boxes at AISD curbside meal sites. The boxes will feature locally grown produce, such as peppers, melons, squash, carrots and other seasonal staples. The Common Market…
Summer Vision 2020: Edition 6, July 16 / Visión del Verano de 2020: Edición 6, 16 de julio
(El español está disponible abajo) Need to know: 2020–21 School Year to Begin with Virtual Instruction As you may have heard, Austin ISD will suspend in-person education and deliver virtual instruction for the first three weeks of the 2020–21 school year.…
Austin ISD Online Learning/Professional Learning FAQ // Preguntas frecuentes sobre el aprendizaje en línea y el aprendizaje profesional del Austin ISD
(El español está disponible abajo). Will my child be learning online or in the school building? There is lots of uncertainty right now about who will be face to face in our schools and at what point teachers will be back in classrooms with teachers.…
2020–21 School Year to Begin with Virtual Instruction / Año escolar 2020–21 comenzará con instrucción virtual
The health and safety of our students and staff are at the forefront of all of our decisions. Even though the first day of school is Aug. 18, we know that our teachers and staff need to report to school weeks before that date. Given our public health…
AISD Holds Community Equity Summit: Our Voices, Our Stories
The Austin ISD community gathered via Zoom on June 30th for the Community Equity Summit: Our Voices, Our Stories. The Summit was hosted by the AISD Office of Equity and Cultural Proficiency. In attendance were AISD students, families, teachers, staff and…
Statement from the Board President on behalf of the AISD Board of Trustees / Declaración del presidente de la mesa directiva
(El español está disponible abajo) Statement from the Board President- July 10, 2020 On behalf of the AISD Board of Trustees, we are excited to report the executive search for the next Austin ISD Superintendent has attracted an incredibly large, qualified…
Summer Vision 2020: Edition 5, July 2 / Visión del Verano de 2020: Edición 5, 2 de julio
(El español está disponible abajo) Need to Know: AISD Offices Closed July 6–10 and draft overview plan Austin ISD will be closed July 6–10 and “Summer Vision 2020” will not be published next week. The newsletter will return to its regular Thursday…
PEBT Application Deadline Extended / Fecha límite de solicitud P-EBT extendida
On Monday, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is extending the application deadline for the federal Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program to July 31.
Summer Vision 2020: Edition 4, June 25 / Visión del Verano de 2020: Edición 4, 25 de junio
(El español está disponible abajo) Need to Know: TEA Guidelines for Remote Learning The Texas Education Agency met Tuesday with superintendents across the state via phone conference to outline guidelines for remote learning opportunities. We anticipate…
Austin ISD Welcomes Four New Elementary School Principals
The AISD Board of Trustees has approved new principal appointments for four campuses at its June 22 Regular Voting Meeting. Harris, Oak Springs, Padrón and Pickle elementary schools will all welcome new campus leaders. Harris Elementary School The…
Statement Regarding Reopening / Enunciado sobre la reapertura
Austin ISD has planned extensively for reopening schools on Aug. 18 with guidance from state and local authorities and health officials, working to ensure that health and safety procedures are in place. We have been using what we learned from our…
Summer Vision 2020: Edition 3, June 18 / Visión del Verano de 2020: Edición 3, 18 de junio
Need to Know: COVID-19 models and procedures Even in the middle of a pandemic, AISD is committed to keeping the focus on student outcomes and achievement. In order for us to keep the focus on high student performance, we need to be prepared for a variety of…