What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...down with questions about the future of the district's facilities. Superintendent Meria Carstarphen was looking for guidance from board..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Task Force Recommendations

A look at an early draft proposal

"...On Feb. 14, the AISD Facility Master Plan Task Force laid out an early draft of..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Master Plan Ending

Save Austin Schools calling for board to reject study

"...scheduled to receive the final draft of the controversial Facilities Task Force Master Plan at its board meeting tonight...."

March 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Waiting for the Axe: The Task Force

"...The Austin ISD Facility Master Plan Task Force began its work before the state..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bicycle Master Plan Gets a Tune-Up

If it's May, it must be Bike Month

"...one step away from finalizing updates to the bicycle master plan. Last Tuesday evening, May 12, both the Planning..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Of Facilities and Communities

AISD facility master plan task force makes last draft changes

"...presentation to the Board of Trustees, the AISD Facility Master Plan is a done deal. No schools named for..."

March 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board Considers Futures for Underused Facilities

The district’s property portfolio has become an increasingly pressing matter

"...in the early stages of constructing a new facility master plan (FMP) – one that sets out the campus..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Open Embargo, Find Plan

Carstarphen's AISD reveals a process inside a plan inside an embargo

"...The latest announcement about the long-awaited Austin ISD Facility Master Plan was, among other things, supposed to signal a..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Everybody out of the Pool Plan!

Council punts Aquatic Master Plan to February

"...Austin's Aquatic Master Plan sprang another leak on Tuesday when City Council..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

AISD Plan Incompletely Complete

Facility master plan gets a supplement

"...The long-awaited and controversial Austin ISD facility master plan is "essentially done," according to AISD Board President..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Totally Awesome Auschron Newscast Loses Control of Its Facilities

AISD facilities plan, Lege & elections rile Totescast crew

"...This week, Richard Whittaker waxes on the AISD facilities master plan and commiserates with Jordan Smith on the..."

May 27, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Your Plan for Pools

First, let's all chip in $124 million

"...initiating the public process that resulted in the Aquatic Master Plan, members voted last week to take the first..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights

A progress report on Austin's war on global warming

"...status of its initiatives. Download the report here. MUNICIPAL PLAN..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature

AISD Aims To Change Facilities Process

Carstarphen proposes annual reviews of building repairs

"...proposing "annual facility actions" rather than a strict, 10-year master plan. At the board of trustees' Sept. 12 work..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...Goddess of Liberty statue in front of the Capitol..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Saturdays With the Superintendent

AISD Task Force gets called in after school

"...There was an unexpected gathering of the AISD Facilities Master Plan Task Force at district headquarters yesterday. Even..."

Jan. 23, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Southwest Key to Eastside's Future?

Education non-profit makes long-awaited pitch for Johnston campus

"...today education non-profit Southwest Key will formally submit its plan to take over AISD's Eastside Memorial on the old..."

Feb. 22, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...resource provides a comprehensive list of all current long-range planning efforts in the region. (No agency we contacted had..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Failure to Communicate

AISD's community outreach needs to go back to school

"...administration, the board majority backed the almost universally reviled plan to hand a struggling but popular neighborhood school over..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carstarphen Report Card: B for Bland

AISD head receives lukewarm review

"...Both the pro- and anti-Carstarphen forces can arguably walk away claiming a victory. The Carstarphen-boosters..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The AISD of a Thousand Cuts

Superintendent in New York as staff contemplate massive layoffs

"...coming Monday, during the work session in which the Facilities Master Plan task Force will present their first draft,..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Leffingwell Bites the Apple

Mayor criticizes AISD school closure plans

"...Lee Leffingwell has broken that detente by attacking district plans to close schools as contrary to Austin's future wellbeing...."

Jan. 12, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...documents. There was the Austin Independent School District's Facility Master Plan, being developed by a district task force. There..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Final Blow: AISD Approves Job Cuts

Days numbered for hundreds of teachers, staff

"...trustees Monday gave final approval to a reduction of force, or RIF, which will leave the district with 1,153..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's in the Report?

"...it, it now has in its hands the Facility Master Plan Task Force report. Formally delivered on March 28,..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Takes Stock of Impending Layoffs

There's nothing pretty about budget cuts

"...there was a rough draft of the controversial Facility Master Plan, before Superintendent Meria Carstarphen made her pitch for..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Second Street to Carruth

AISD and city relations improving with concrete results

"...not fighting back hard enough over the now abandoned plan for school closures. In her stump speech, Shea said..."

Feb. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bonds: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts'

Even with Propositions 1 and 3 passing, AISD's election campaign appeared doomed from the start

"...not accede to chamber demands to have a Facility Master Plan in place by June 30, 2014 (see "Meet..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Closing Schools Won't Fix AISD Budget

We have the Legislature to thank for this mess

"...and what it needs. Last April, the 72-member Facility Master Plan Task Force – comprised of AISD administrative staff,..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Taking Offers on Underused Properties

Four buildings plus 75 acres up for new uses

"...requests for proposal on the locations around Austin. The plan to move ahead with bids and offers was actually..."

Oct. 3, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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