More of an Idea About IDEA

Charter group fills in library and lunch details

"...One of the biggest frustrations about IDEA Allan (apart from it looking like Austin ISD's push..."

June 14, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Cancels IDEA Contract

Trustees split 5-4 but Allan heads back to community

"...year: Responsive Education Solutions at Travis and Lanier, and IDEA Allan. Now they still have two, but IDEA Public..."

Dec. 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD: The IDEA Debate in Full

Four hours to spare? Monday's board meeting for your viewing pleasure

"...full-on fireworks display. But when they started talking about IDEA Allan, the fuse was lit. It will really go..."

Dec. 6, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to Allan

Eastside parents watch AISD and IDEA dismantle their neighborhood school

"...But if you walked around to the front of Allan Elementary on Gonzales Street, you would see the school..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Allan Rising

The Allan Early Childhood Center is home to a flourishing collection of nonprofits

"...Austin Independent School District handed the beloved but under-enrolled Allan Elementary over to a charter school group in 2012,..."

Feb. 5, 2016 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..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Opt-Out Deadline Friday

Last chance to avoid the Allan takeover

"...Feb. 24: That's the big deadline looming over the IDEA Public Schools takeover of Austin ISD's Allan Elementary –..."

Feb. 23, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

IDEA's Admission Lottery Today

If only Vegas gave these odds

"...IDEA Public Schools is touting that it has exceeded its..."

May 17, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Still Hunting Enrollment

Students opting out of new charter school in favor of existing AISD schools

"...Austin Independent School District talks about its alliance with IDEA Public Schools, the chatter is always about expanding the..."

March 23, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: IDEA Down, Travis Heights Up

AISD board cancels IDEA at Allan, but IDEA promises to stay in town

"...of trustees voted to cancel the district's contract with IDEA Public Schools, right after approving a new community-led charter..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA's Records Show Kids From Across District

Charter school says its fulfilling mission to serve the underserved

"...With the first class seated, IDEA Allan teachers know what kids they are teaching this..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Enrollment Numbers Fall Short

Charter school sits at 93% capacity

"...IDEA Allan, the Austin Independent School District's controversial in-district charter..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Still Trying To Fill Seats

New charter school has lost some of its recruits

"...At the start of the summer, IDEA Public Schools proudly proclaimed it had so many applicants..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Enrollment Stalling, IDEA Gets Magnetic

IDEA begins recruiting districtwide, magnet-style

"...Independent School District first proposed handing campuses over to IDEA Public Schools, it was sold to parents and trustees..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

An IDEA Whose Time Has Passed?

The AISD board contemplates terminating its contract with IDEA Public Schools

"...The future of IDEA Public Schools in the Austin Independent School District may..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Allan Elementary Public Meetings Begin

Public meeting at Eastside Memorial tonight

"...With the odds of the Allan Campus in East Austin becoming an elementary looking slim..."

Oct. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD's Partnership With IDEA

"...for your letter to the editor [“It's a Bad Idea,” "Postmarks" online, Jan. 31] regarding Austin ISD’s partnership with..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Postmarks

Not Everyone Keen on Charter IDEA

AISD considers partnership with charter school program

"...community response last week when Superintendent Meria Car­star­phen and IDEA Public Schools CEO Tom Torkelson laid out their proposal..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the Allan Bulldog

Allan Elementary as we know it goes out with a final fling

"...Allan Elementary students, parents, and staff joined together on May..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Approves Its Big IDEA, 6-3

Board ignores overwhelming opposition to charter proposal

"...at Monday's school district board meeting, she was an Allan Bulldog, watching in disbelief as AISD's board of trustees..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's a Bad Idea

"...live in the neighborhood affected, I teach students from Allan and Govalle in the Eastside vertical alignment. I work..."

Jan. 31, 2012 Postmarks

What Is Happening At Allan Is Heartbreaking

"...Dear Editor, Reading about what is happening at Allan Elementary School was heartbreaking [“Farewell to Allan,” News, June..."

June 6, 2012 Postmarks

Kicking Around an IDEA

Board punts charter vote to Dec. 19

"...the proposal to turn Eastside Memorial High School and Allan Elementary into an in-district charter under IDEA Public Schools,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD: The Resegregationists

Pearce, Garcia to be single sex schools, IDEA back tonight

"...Now the concern is, what are they planning for IDEA Allan tonight?..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD to Consider Charters and Communities Tonight

Agenda a complex dance between trustees, neighborhoods and employees

"...or canceling of the district's controversial charter contract with IDEA Public Schools ...."

Dec. 17, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Failure to Communicate

AISD's community outreach needs to go back to school

"...was the night of the vote to hand over Allan Elementary to IDEA Public Schools. There was a heavier-than-normal..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...botched facility master plan, the imposition of in-district charter IDEA Allan – that has shattered community faith in the..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Timeline of Key Changes

A decade of changes in Eastside schools

"...1916 John T. Allan Junior High opens...."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'At the Snap of a Finger'

Anti-IDEA activists keep up due diligence for AISD

"...Think the fight over IDEA Public Schools is over? Think again. At Monday night's..."

Feb. 1, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Meeting in the Rain

Eastside supporters gather outside Allan as board dithers

"...a nice warm meeting room tonight to discuss the IDEA Public Schools proposal, but supporters of keeping Eastside Memorial..."

Dec. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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