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Process for Mapping School Boundary Lines Improved, Still Difficult

"...development hot-spots, or preferred growth corridors. All the Davis Elementary fourth-grader knows is that she wants to go to..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

'Keeping Kids Together' Is a Concern of All Parents

"...information to the story, as it appears that only Mills Elementary representatives were interviewed for the story. There are..."

Nov. 16, 2008 Postmarks

Proposed Southwest School Boundaries Spark Concerns

Parents fear a new middle school in Southwest Austin will fracture a community

"...middle schools, taking Clayton, Kiker, and about 75% of Mills elementaries within its borders. Bailey, in turn, would take..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

New School Could Serve an Added Purpose

Forgione proposes using new school as a short-term solution to overcrowding

"...Forgione proposes using it to temporarily relieve overcrowding in elementary schools in the area...."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School Boundaries: Please All, Please None

Another map emerges in building enrollment for new middle school

"...closer, it seems that the fears of parents of Mills Elementary students – that their kids will get split..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD's Haves and Have Nots

"...Blackshear Elementary..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature

Travis County Needs Election Day Workers

Staff needed for Tuesday run-off

"...149 Reiley Elementary School..."

April 8, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

AISD: Matching Buildings to Kids, or Vice Versa?

AISD aims to resolve under- and overcrowding issues with its facilities master plan

"...MGT's study took note of "underutilized" schools like Allan Elementary – which ran at 45% of permanent capacity in..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Power of Boxes

Some precincts can turn an election; others can't

"...PRECINCTBallotsLeffingwellMcCrackenStrayhornRileyCavazos 342 (Barton Hills Elementary, South)1,148680276154683407 256 (Casis Elementary, West)900358270244670178 242 (Crestview Methodist, Central)884526212115589256..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD Announces Transfer Freezes

Number of schools stays the same, but names change.

"...informed the board of trustees that 33 primary and elementary schools will be undergoing full or partial transfer freezes...."

Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond

"...Southwest middle school. The plan has infuriated families at Mills Elementary, whose boundaries get cut down the middle...."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

It's a Done Deal

The City Council approved the Stratus settlement 6-1. Now what?

"...address issues such as traffic, safety, and overcrowding at Mills Elementary by working with the school district and the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Sixteen Austin Schools Drop From B to F Ratings Under New State Measure

A state takeover of the district’s school board becomes likelier

"...Monica Mills is the principal of Rodriguez Elementary School in Southeast..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Faster Than Sound: Free Lunch Creatives Feed Austin’s Unhoused

Musicians rally for emergency storm relief, and Spicewood's Katy Kirby debuts on Keeled Scales.

"...many homegrown tag teams, Carrie Fussell Bickley met Jazz Mills at South by Southwest. As leader of local psych-folk..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Summering

Tale of teens searching for a corpse is more than a new Stand by Me

"...Directed by: James Ponsoldt. Starring: Lia Barnett, Madalen Mills, Sanai Victoria, Eden Grace Redfield, Lake Bell, Megan Mullally..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

On the Trustee Trail

AISD, ACC candidates talk money, equity

"...districts. While Price feels D4 could use a new elementary school, he says it's important for D4 families to..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Heights on Congress Residents Start Organizing

City, developer discussing relocation plan

"...organized by Austin Interfaith at the nearby Travis Heights Elementary School, residents spoke before a group that included Mayor..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Naked City

"...grades second and third), Houston, Langford, Lee, Linder, Mathews, Mills, Odom, Perez, Rodriguez, Walnut Creek, Widen, and Wooldridge elementary..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature

2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...the dog days of summer. Offered at four local elementary schools – Davis, Doss, Mills, and Pease – kids..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...minute to move a chunk of students from Cunningham Elementary – which (at least in Porter lore) was one..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...dying to see what Ballet Austin’s Artistic Director Stephen Mills has conjured by way of exploring the life and..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

AISD: Who is Under the Axe?

Breaking down the 1,017 proposed cuts

"...Elementary Schools..."

Feb. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...of its Feeding Futures School Pantry Program at Creedmoor Elementary School in partnership with Del Valle ISD on Wednesday...."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature

Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL's first Friday plus a handful of locals

"...productions glide like fireflies from the consoles of Harrison Mills (Catacombkid) and Clayton Knight (BeachesBeaches). With the chill of..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

The Do-Right

Lisa Sandlin's gem of a noir set in 1970s Beaumont is atmospheric, by turns amusing and harrowing, and surprisingly compassionate

"...she started married life with him – but my elementary, middle school, and high school years came with the..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...tracks the enactment of the Voting Rights Act and Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965, the establishment of..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...Lights band Crucifictorius. Featuring the honeyed vox of Jazz Mills (T Bird & the Breaks), debut single "Troubled Tracks"..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Another sad and confounding week in the live music capital: City Council takes steps to create a music department as APD pulls the plug on Shady Grove, and Tina Marsh succumbs to breast cancer

"...and educational holiday program. Aside from serving as Becker Elementary's artist-in-education, Marsh also had a prolific solo career, most..."

June 19, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Naked City

"...Mathews (kindergarten and grades first, second, fourth, and fifth), Mills, Oak Hill, Odom, Pickle, Rodriguez, Walnut Creek, Wooldridge, and..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...and Garcia middle schools, to help them transition from elementary school. – Michael May..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

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