Family Flight

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

"...for 550, it's the second most underenrolled elementary in AISD. Invoking the gods of Fiscal Prudence and Efficiency, Superintendent..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Overenrolled and Underenrolled

AISD's Elementary Schools

"...AISD considers a school to be underenrolled when enrollment falls..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Public and Trustees Blast AISD 'Repurposing' Plan

Speed and lack of public input criticized in hearings

"...Iraq. They're what critics had to say at Monday's AISD board meeting about Superintendent Pat Forgione's plan to "repurpose"..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Frank Rivera

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Reading this article ["AISD Gets the Ball Rolling on High School Redesign," News,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column

Smaller High Schools Better

"...Dear Editor: Reading this article [“AISD Gets the Ball Rolling on High School Redesign,” News,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Postmarks

West Side Showdown

The new political year begins with a four-way speed race for House District 48

"...other hand, believe her past name ID and her AISD school board experience make her likely to be a..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Engineering Quality – and Equality

The African-American Quality of Life plan gets aired out; NAACP unsatisfied

"...• Boost low-income enrollment at Huston-Tillotson..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Bad Medicine?

No Child Left Behind prescribed for Austin schools – although the cure may be worse than the illness

"...and out of every school in the district under AISD's long-standing policy of open enrollment. Unlike regular AISD transfers,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...at various points. "Mental Health," read one sign. "School Enrollment," read another...."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...school as we know it – also known as AISD's high school redesign initiative – is still rumbling along,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD Numbers

It's all about the money

"...AISD, on the other hand, argues that it should not..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...supplementary classroom curriculum to accompany the online timeline, which AISD teachers will pilot in their classrooms. – C.S...."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to fight for the school. This meant taking on AISD to get a great principal, and then working with..."

May 27, 2005 Column

Parents Can Make a Difference in Schools

"...to fight for the school. This meant taking on AISD to get a great principal, and then working with..."

May 23, 2005 Postmarks

Cured HAAM

Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is now served

"...Beth Atherton, director of health care access, referral, and enrollment for Seton: "Seton is providing access for 500 musicians..."

May 13, 2005 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

How to Get Your Kids Through College

Once students enter the 'pipeline,' can educational plumbers stop the leaks?

"...which in its pursuit of "excellence" intends to cap enrollment at 48,000, community colleges must serve this army of..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

AISD Goes Global

Johnston High School welcomes immigrant students and makes waves in the neighborhood

"...up: Last year, the dropout rate was about 50%. AISD administrators hope the international school-within-a-school can change that...."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Choose Your Dropout Rate

A big problem, or just a little problem? Either way, it's problematic.

"...own numbers. Lots of 'em. The TEA reports that AISD had a dropout rate of 1.1%, a four-year noncompletion..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

No Child Left Untested!

"...As of Oct. 1, this sanction applies to eight AISD campuses:..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Schools, Sprawl, and Citizenship

Vote begins on $520 million school bond package

"...Early voting began this week on the first major AISD bond initiative since 1996, with the election itself set..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Sources at AISD have told Naked City that Superintendent Pat Forgione sent..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...On Tuesday evening at the Delco Center, AISD introduced its new Secondary School Blueprint Initiative, covering Reagan..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will It Float?

Bring out the slots and dancing girls – the Governor wants excellence!

"...in additional money just to keep up with growing enrollment – roughly 75,000 new Texas students annually. In what..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...communities meet directly with and evaluate prospective candidates, but AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione described that process as cumbersome and..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

After Mosley Murder, Tough Questions About AISD Campus Violence

The stabbing of a Reagan High student is a symptom of a much larger problem, say community leaders

"...for East Austin schools. In his letter, Lands tells AISD board President Doyle Valdez that, according to an unnamed..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Money Makes AISD's World Go Round

Policy questions at Austin ISD are increasingly being answered by the district's fiscal crunch.

"...he could as well be discussing virtually every decision AISD makes for the next couple of years. It's no..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Will AISD Magnetize Eastside Sixth-Graders?

Kealing Junior High may add a sixth grade -- at the expense of its three Eastside elementary feeder schools.

"...$2 million, has sparked a debate not only about AISD's budget priorities, but whether the move might actually prove..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...B. And it was an embarrassed Forgione and the AISD brass' turn to be unhappy...."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'If Not Edison -- What?'

Austin Interfaith's Alliance programs represent one alternative to failing AISD schools.

"...it comes to gaps across ethnic and economic divides, AISD stands alone among the state's 20 largest school districts...."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

"...AISD Supt. Pat Forgione announced Feb. 18 that Reagan High..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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