School Boundaries: Please All, Please None

Another map emerges in building enrollment for new middle school

"...argument about whose children will go to Austin Independent School District's new Southwest middle school has become heated and..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Proposed Southwest School Boundaries Spark Concerns

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

"...The Austin Independent School District's new Southwest middle school is on track to..."

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

"...Austin Independent School District's new Southwest middle school on Slaughter Lane is..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

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

"...A school died in Austin this week. The causes were definitely..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Back to the Drawing Board

Process for Mapping School Boundary Lines Improved, Still Difficult

"...Taylor Parks doesn't understand the politics of school boundary lines. She doesn't know about socio-economic factors, projected..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Travis County Needs Election Day Workers

Staff needed for Tuesday run-off

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

April 8, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

'Keeping Kids Together' Is a Concern of All Parents

"...am writing to comment on the article “Proposed Southwest School Boundaries Spark Concerns” [News, Nov. 14]. I am a..."

Nov. 16, 2008 Postmarks

AISD's Haves and Have Nots

"..."L" Low-Performing Schools..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature

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

AISD: Matching Buildings to Kids, or Vice Versa?

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

"...For the first time, Austin Independent School District is working on a facilities master plan, intended..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Trustee Trail

AISD, ACC candidates talk money, equity

"...the three contested races each for the Austin Independent School District and Austin Community College boards of trustees. (Two..."

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

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

AISD Announces Transfer Freezes

Number of schools stays the same, but names change.

"...With school class size a major issue for the proposed Austin..."

Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...with an executive order mandating the HPV vaccination of school-age girls. Both legal and medical questions remain; see "On..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Bank launched the first location of its Feeding Futures School Pantry Program at Creedmoor Elementary School in partnership with..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature

Headlines

News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond

"...After eight months of public consultation, the Austin Independent School District board of trustees Monday set the attendance zone..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

It's a Done Deal

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

"...the pipeline is slated to accommodate a new middle school...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...time anyone heard the superintendent of the Austin Independent SchoolDistrict tell teachers and staff that professionaldevelopment will be "driven..."

June 18, 1999 News Feature

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

Naked City

"...• Education Austin leader and Small Middle School teacher Michael Poliakoff has filed a lawsuit against the..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature

AISD: Who is Under the Axe?

Breaking down the 1,017 proposed cuts

"...pick apart the presentation, and it's clearer now which schools, offices, and individual jobs are under the lay-off axe...."

Feb. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Naked City

"...Murtell, the man named interim principal for Kealing Middle School, won't be making the jump from the farm team..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

AISD Bond Construction Projects

"...List Sorted by Name of School/Project..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News 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

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