Tag Archives: AISD Board of Trustees
Chief equity officer calls Austin ISD's school closure process inequitable and 'short-sighted'
School closures and consolidations are not “equity strategies,” the Austin Independent School District’s chief equity officer says in a report released Monday. “They are short-term and often short-sighted approaches to cost savings that are seldom reinvested in programming in the…
AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Dec 10, 2019
Austin ISD wants to close 12 schools, expand academic programs throughout the district
The Austin Independent School District has released a plan to close 12 schools and move those students to other campuses. The district is also proposing boundary changes and wants to add academic programs at more than 30 schools. “Change is hard,” Superintendent…
AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Sep 6, 2019
Austin ISD board approves process to close some schools by August 2020
The Austin Independent School District’s board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to move forward with a plan for closing and consolidating schools. The decision to close schools comes as the district continues to face declining enrollment. Demographic reports show enrollment…
AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Feb 26, 2019
Austin school board, communities clash over names for Confederate-named schools
The Austin Independent School District’s Board of Trustees will vote next Monday on what to rename four schools currently named after members of the Confederacy. The board will decide between honoring the schools’ wishes, which in some cases means no name…
AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Nov 19, 2018
Cruz gets another year at helm of AISD
The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees only took a few minutes Monday night to approve a one-year extension of Superintendent Paul Cruz’s contract. The extension means that Cruz will continue getting paid $310,000 a year through 2021. After…
AISD • By Jack Craver • Nov 1, 2018
Here are the candidates for Austin ISD board of trustees
Five seats on the Austin Independent School District’s board of trustees will be on the ballot Nov. 6. The role of the school board is to oversee the AISD superintendent and district administration. The board votes on district policy and…
AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Oct 16, 2018
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Some argue proposed new names for Austin schools don't leave Confederacy behind
Despite momentum earlier this year to rid Austin Independent School District properties of links to the Confederacy, the district’s board of trustees is facing pushback over proposed new names. At a meeting last night to publicly discuss recommendations for Sidney…
AISD • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Oct 10, 2018
Here are the new names proposed for Austin ISD buildings tied to Confederate figures
The Austin Independent School District’s board of trustees is scheduled to vote Oct. 22 on the proposed new names for four AISD buildings named for Confederate figures. After a long dispute about whether the buildings commemorated the state’s struggle with…
AISD • By KUT News • Oct 4, 2018
Declining enrollment, segregation dominate AISD board meeting
The Austin Independent School Board’s unanimous decision to spend $25 million modernizing Sanchez Elementary School was welcomed by a substantial contingent of those who packed the board’s chambers Monday night, but it hardly assuaged long-term concerns from east side activists…
AISD • By Jack Craver • Sep 26, 2018
AISD Board President Kendall Pace resigns after text message controversy
Kendall Pace, president of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, said this morning that she would resign from her position as president and as Place 9 trustee after controversial text messages she sent to another board trustee surfaced…
AISD • By Andrew Weber, KUT • May 22, 2018
AISD Board of Trustees contemplates deep cuts to the budget
The Austin Independent School District’s preliminary budget for the 2018-19 school year was released on April 23. On April 30, the members of the AISD Board of Trustees weighed in with their thoughts on how to continue to fund administrators…
AISD • By Jessi Devenyns • May 3, 2018
AISD board debates how to prevent a financially insolvent school district
When Austinites passed the $1 billion Austin Independent School District bond that was intended for major improvements in school facilities as well as transportation and district-wide improvements to technology for teachers and students, they knew they were voting to provide…
