AISD's Speed Search for Eastside Suitor

District is under the gun to draw a road map for troubled high school

"...The clock is counting down yet again for Eastside Memorial High School, as the Austin Independent School District..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Memorial It Is

"...Johnston High is no longer Johnston High. As the Texas Education..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Fighting For, Not Against' Eastside

Now the turnaround work begins on troubled campus

"...That was the simple message from Pride of the Eastside spokesman Vincent Tovar, after Education Com­mis­sion­er Michael Williams announced..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Parents Want Bus Routes Back

Reduced service in Montopolis, Johnston Terrace bad for students, activists claim

"...Eastside parents are calling on Capital Metro to restore routes..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD High Schools Hit Target

TEA results for Austin improved from last year

"...become the bane of education policy: vouchers, charters, single-sex schools. As the Austin Independent School District receives some of..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...an experiment and the decisions about going back into school buildings are being made by people who have either..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

AISD to Consider Ridding School Names of Confederate Legacy

AISD Board in the process of crafting a mechanism that allows for renaming schools upon public request

"...Austin Independent School District trustees could adopt a new policy for renaming..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Lacrosse Tourney

Introducing lacrosse to the Eastside

"...Remember Johnston High School? Well it's now Eastside Mem­orial High School, and..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...say things – my cadences are totally different," the Eastside native continues. As far as rappers persistently repping their..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Eastside Trailer's Giant Spud Creations Are a Force to Be Reckoned With

The Southern fusion cuisine of Anything’s Baked Potato has earned its cult following

"...building that sees the most foot traffic from longtime Eastside locals is Anything's Baked Potato. The food truck's decadent..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Food Feature by Haris Qureshi

Hogwarts at Austin High?

Some Austin High parents say the Academy of Global Studies should be its own school

"...Out of the roughly 2,100 students at Austin High School, about one in seven attend its Academy of..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reagan High Stands Up and Fights

Reagan High doesn't want to follow in Johnston's footsteps

"...front of a crowd of about 200 in Reagan High School's cafeteria – as passionate and committed as she..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Johnston High Turns Triplet

AISD moves on plan to divide Eastside school into three smaller 'learning communities'

"...For 45 years, Johnston High School has been the Home of the Rams. As..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Redesigning Johnston High

State funding may move low-performing school to the head of the line

"...When Austin ISD located its spiffy new international school at Johnston High School, community leaders howled, "What about..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Candidate School

AISD board election

"...Bradley is an outspoken voice for equity in AISD schools and has fought, sometimes in isolation, for greater resources..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Mark Your (School Planning) Calendars

Superintendent lays out new proposal

"...Austin Independent School District Superintendent Meria Carstarphen has laid out her timetable..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Review: Eastside’s Con Vista al Mar

East Seventh spot offers vibrant Mexican dishes in a laid-back environment

"...It’s a truth well-known by high school chemistry teachers the world over: When you need..."

March 21, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Nancy Pelosi Touts Voting Rights in Eastside Swing

U.S. House speaker stops in Austin to promote new anti-corruption legislation

"...to shirking requirements to engage new potential voters (e.g., high school students). Doggett also offered Justin Nelson, the recent..."

March 8, 2019 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.

"...Although the Austin Independent School District is in the midst of a budget crisis,..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Teen Beat on the Eastside

'Latinitas' magazine online is giving latina girls a louder voice

"...A bunch of Latina girls in area middle and high schools are exercising their old-school literary gifts through an..."

July 16, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable

Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC

"...a city of Austin building inspector to arrive, two grade-school-aged neighborhood boys watched intently as he showed them how..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Med School Campaign Goes High-Speed

The campaign for a UT-Austin medical school accelerates

"...consequences and benefits implicit in the proposed UT-Austin med school and teaching hospital championed by state Sen. Kirk Watson,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Gus Baldwin, the Sketch, and a New Era of Old School

Genre-agnostic quartet debuts with classic rock energy and brassy punk politics

"...Martins soon crossed paths with Rawlinson and Gutierrez at Eastside DIY arts compound the Electric Church, where Rawlinson’s band..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Kyra Bruce

Legislative Attack on Eastside Planned Parenthood Closer to Finish Line

House-approved SB 22 jeopardizes basic preventive community care

"...of the amendments to pass the GOP-dominated House often highlighted the true intentions of the bill. In particular, while..."

May 18, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Tech-Art Organization dadaLab Reboots in New Eastside Studio

Find community, coding, music, and light at the July 15 celebration

"...also work closely together in dadageek, a nonprofit tech-art school and community; Rolling Ryot, the collective behind memorable performances..."

July 11, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...There's a new high school coming to Austin. It doesn't have a name..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's Next for Allan Elementary?

IDEA was sent packing – now AISD and the neighborhood face the school's 'repurposed' future

"...Allan Elementary School is gone, and will not reopen as a neighborhood..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ballet East

The company establishes its first dance academy for students at Eastside Memorial

"...Ballet East will host the debut performance of the Eastside Dance Academy, a program for students at Eastside Memorial..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

St. Michael's Passion

Whose truth prevails at Austin's Catholic high school?

"...Michael's Academy is, for the moment, Austin's only Catholic high school. But it's not your parents' Catholic school. The..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Where There's a Heartbeat, There's Hope

Author Michael Brick and principal Anabel Garza on saving Reagan High School

"...Spoiler alert: In Michael Brick's new book, Saving the School, the main character survives. That character is Reagan High..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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