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AISD Holds Community Conversation About 2014-15 Preliminary Budget Wednesday
AUSTIN, Texas—AISD invites families and staff and community members to learn more about AISD's 2014-15 preliminary budget and the district’s strategic investment in priorities, projected shortfalls and long-range financial planning.What: Nicole Conley, chief financial officer, and the district’s budget team will provide information about AISD’s preliminary budget and will be available to…
Statement: Superintendent Carstarphen Named Sole Finalist to Lead Atlanta Public Schools (Board President)
AUSTIN, Texas—The Austin Independent School District released the following statement from Vincent Torres, president of the Board of Trustees, about Superintendent Meria Carstarphen being named as the sole finalist to lead Atlanta Public Schools:
Conversation Corps Designates May as Budget Priorities Month
Conversation Corps, a program of facilitated dialogue on important community issues, will focus on budget priorities during the month of May.Community members are encouraged to attend and share their thoughts on how tax dollars are spent. Input from the dialogue will be shared with decision-makers, and participants will be given the resources needed to stay in the loop and hear how their…
Flu Tips: Keep Yourself and Your Family Healthy
AISD Student Health Services, in collaboration with Dell Children’s Medical Center and Seton Healthcare Family, continues to monitor illness in the Austin region and absenteeism at AISD schools as a result of influenza and the common cold. The health of our students, staff members and AISD families is a priority. To help you stay healthy this time of year, AISD offers the following…
Donors Show Generous Support for AISD Staff and Students Affected by Oct. 31 Floods
AUSTIN, Texas--Austin ISD donors showed generous support to district students and staff members affected by the Oct. 31 flooding in Central Texas with a combined contribution of $142,900 to date.About 360 students and 25 AISD staff members lost their homes or were temporarily displaced due to extensive flood damage.
Perceptions of Staff's Social and Emotional Learning in AISD
This report explores teachers' and administrators' perceptions of social and emotional learning (SEL) in AISD. Based on analysis of responses to the 2019 Employee Coordinated Survey and the 2018-2019 Teaching, Empowering, Leading, and Learning (TELL) Survey, this report indicates…Seeds to Succeed: More than $110,000 in Grants Support Innovative Projects
The Austin Ed Fund will host a reception on June 6 at Google offices downtown honoring teachers from 23 different campuses who won innovative grants from Austin Ed Fund—totaling $110,615—to turn their projects from idea into reality.Projects focused on whole child every child, literacy and science technology, engineering and math. Grants are made possible by community contributions.The following…
Ann Richards School Earns Grant from MIT Organization
Austin, Texas—The Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam recently awarded a $9,500 grant to the Ann Richards School for Young Women leaders to create a pressurized produce preserver that runs on sustainable renewable energy. The school is one of just 16 high schools nationwide selected as an InvenTeam this year.
Services to Students with Dyslexia, 2018-2019
This report summarizes findings and outcomes from the revised Dyslexia Program at Overton Elementary School during the 2018-2019 school year and provides recommendations for future literacy intervention programs in AISD.