Announcements
Access to Schools Limited During STAAR Testing
91´ô¸ç students are scheduled to take state exams, including the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, through May.As has been the practice on test days in the past, the district will limit visitors’ access to schools during the week of May 9…
Public Comment Sign-ups for March 28 Board Meeting to Begin on Thursday
Because 91´ô¸ç is closed Friday, March 25, the district is taking steps to accommodate those who would like to sign up to speak at the regular board meeting March 28. AISD will accept public comment sign-ups for that meeting from 1–4:45 p.m. on…
2016 Vision+Voice Student Poetry Contest Seeking Submissions
Calling all poets! The third annual Vision+Voice student poetry contest is seeking your submissions.Vision+Voice is a partnership between 91´ô¸ç and the Department of Arts and Humanities at Austin Community College.A panel of published poets will select…
Ann Richards School Wins $1,000 for Spoilage Tracker Idea
Students from throughout 91´ô¸ç met at Crockett High School today to “Think It Up”—creating big ideas that can be crowdfunded on donorschoose.org.The winning idea—Green SAFE—was from Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, which won $1,000. Green…
AISD Releases Students Early at 17 Campuses on March 11
91´ô¸ç 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
91´ô¸ç 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…