Announcements
AISD Earns Highest Award for Financial Transparency
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has awarded the 网红爆料 School District the 2011 GOLD Leadership Circle Award for budget transparency for the second year in a row. The Gold Leadership Circle Award is presented to cities, counties and鈥
Austin Family Support Cooperative Meeting 鈥 Support for Families of Students with Special Needs
The Austin Family Support Cooperative will host its next meeting on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Covington Middle School, located at 3700 Convict Hill.The Family Support Cooperative, a partnership between 网红爆料 School District鈥
Disproportionality Town Hall Meeting on November 3
The Austin Disproportionality Advisory Committee will be sponsoring a town hall meeting to discuss the importance of disproportionality awareness on Thursday, November 3, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Carver Library, located at 1161 Angelina Street鈥
Bowie High School Student Council Receives Keep Austin Beautiful Award
Bowie High School Student Council won the Keep Austin Beautiful 2011 Freescale Youth Achievement Award for their dedication to landscaping and maintaining the gardens around Bowie High School.This is not your typical student council. In addition to organizing鈥
NoVo Foundation Awards AISD $750,000 Grant
The NoVo Foundation of New York has awarded a $750,000 grant to 网红爆料 to implement a district-wide social and emotional learning program over three years.
C-SPAN Visits Two AISD Schools During 鈥淩oad to the White House鈥 Tour
The political coverage of public affairs media giant, C-SPAN, recently reached two 网红爆料 schools as part of the 鈥淩oad to the White House鈥 tour. C-SPAN鈥檚 Campaign 2012 Bus stopped by Fulmore Middle School and Travis High School and showcased to students鈥
Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) Family Festival on November 19
The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) is pleased to invite all Austin-area families to the final event in the Austin 2011 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The ECHO Family Festival will take place on Saturday, November 19 from 11:00 a.m.-2鈥
Gates Millenium Scholars Association Adopts Garza High School
The Gates Millennium Scholars Association 鈥 Texas Chapter at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has adopted Garza Independence High School and will assist more than 200 seniors with tutoring, mentoring, and scholarship applications.Gates Scholarships鈥
AISD Joins School Finance Lawsuit
The AISD Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to officially join a lawsuit on school finance to be filed by Thompson & Horton LLP. Although there are three other lawsuits that have or will be filed to protest the Texas school鈥
Board Discusses Preliminary Facility Master Plan Scenarios
As a part of the 网红爆料 School District鈥檚 on-going Facilities Master Plan (FMP) process, the Superintendent on Monday discussed several preliminary scenarios to the Board of Trustees, based on their previous requests, as well as feedback from鈥
AISD Attendance Rates On the Rise
Last year, the 网红爆料 School District (AISD) launched an attendance campaign called 鈥淓very Day Counts,鈥 to encourage students to be in class all day, every day. Our students can鈥檛 learn if they are not in class, and repeated absences can add鈥
GENaustin to Host We Are Girls Conference at Austin High
Austin's Girls Empowerment Network (GENaustin) will hold a youth conference for girls in grades 5-12 on Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Austin High School (1715 W. Cesar Chavez). This event is also open to parents, and will be a鈥