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Tag Archives: AISD
AISD board reacts to threat from charter schools
Austin Independent School District board members have urgently requested a policy change that would curtail area charter school districts’ access to student information. At the board’s dialogue meeting last Monday, members learned that nearby charter schools have been filing Public…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Apr 14, 2015
AISD board discusses student transfer changes
Austin Independent School District board members approached student transfer policies last Monday with a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer, with the goal of trying to ease high enrollment in certain schools. After much discussion, they ended the meeting with an…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Apr 13, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Appointment drama continues
Casar challenges District 6 appointment … Last Friday, Council Member Greg Casar used the City Council Message Board to announce that he will be asking Council to rescind the District 6 nomination to the Commission on Immigrant Affairs, Rebecca Forest.…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 13, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: AISD Trustee Paul Saldana
AISD Trustee Paul Saldana joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin and reporter Courtney Griffin to talk system equity, resources, and more. Sponsored by Kerbey Lane Cafe. Audio is embedded below.
AISD • By Michael Kanin • Apr 10, 2015
AISD cautiously expands dual language program
The Austin Independent School District board of trustees decided Monday to extend its dual English and Spanish language program to two additional middle schools, but not before criticizing the administration’s lack of evidence supporting the expansion and a faulty application…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Apr 2, 2015
AISD to move forward with equity assessment
The Austin Independent School District Board decided Monday to move forward with a self-assessment on educational equity in the district, although what that assessment will look like is still in the works. The board voted 7-1, with District 7 board…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Mar 31, 2015
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AISD committee tweaks equity presentation
The Austin Independent School District’s ad hoc Historically Underutilized Business Committee prepared its presentation for board members on equity and equality issues Monday, leaning toward providing the public a more recent history of the relationship between the Texas Civil Rights…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Mar 30, 2015
Planning Commission wants AISD representative
The Planning Commission is looking into adding a new member to the dais to advise its members about how zoning changes might affect Austin schools. At a meeting Tuesday, Commissioner James Nortey said Austin Independent School District President Gina Hinojosa…
Austin • By Kara Nuzback • Mar 16, 2015
Council funds AISD software, debates relationship
When it comes to using tax dollars to serve children in the Austin community, there can be a fine line between education and health and human services. Before passing an agreement Thursday to help fund truancy tracking software for the…
Budget • By Tyler Whitson • Mar 13, 2015
AISD board decides deadline for land purchase
The Austin Independent School District board of trustees directed district staff Monday to — after many years of discussion — create a timeline ending in January 2016 for the district to spend bond money to buy land for a proposed…
Education • By Courtney Griffin • Mar 10, 2015
Council backs application for Obama Promise Zone
The Austin City Council threw its support behind an Obama administration initiative Thursday when it backed the city’s application to have a large tract of East Austin dubbed a “Promise Zone” by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 6, 2015
Five seats open on Austin School District board
The Austin Independent School District has seen some tough times over past years, and it does not look like things are going to get better anytime soon. Earlier this year, Superintendent Meria Carstarphen resigned to take the superintendent’s job in…
