Pat Forgione's Last Sales Job

AISD spins the wheel on bond election

"...Superintendent Pat Forgione thinks so. Projects paid for by bonds are..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to Forgione

On AISD superintendent's last day, some thoughts from someone who knows him

"...Austin President Louis Malfaro, the issue of outgoing Superintendent Pat Forgione came up, and his old union nemesis had..."

June 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Forgione's Long Farewell

Superintendant Forgione plans his final year

"...Before Pat Forgione retires as superintendent of the Austin Independent School..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Forgione Says Follow the Blueprint

Forgione takes his Blueprint on the road, but is everyone buying?

"...Last week, AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione visited the six Eastside schools that will adopt..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Forgione Now Suggests Closing Becker and Oak Springs Outright

"Repurposing" has turned into "closure."

"...Forgione Now Suggests Closing Becker and Oak Springs Outright Austin..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Get Well Soon, Pat!

School superintendent Forgione undergoes emergency appendectomy.

"...More breaking medical news: Austin ISD Superintentent Pat Forgione checked himself into hospital on Sunday afternoon and..."

Sept. 29, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Forgione Revises History

"...Dear Editor, AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione revises history when he says "Liberal Arts was..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Postmarks

Good Riddance, Forgione

"...Dear Editor, Re: Pat Forgione [“Forgione's Long Farewell,” News, March 21]: Here's a..."

March 22, 2008 Postmarks

Forgione to Retire

AISD superintendent to step down June 2009 after ten years of service.

"...Breaking news: Pat Forgione, the man who has headed Austin Independent School..."

Feb. 19, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Forgione Puff Piece

"...Chronicle, Michael King sums up retiring Austin ISD superintendent Pat Forgione in glowing terms [“Point Austin,” News]. "He did..."

May 26, 2009 Postmarks

Forgione: 'I Welcome Meria Carstarphen'

AISD super issues short statement about finalist to be his replacement

"...Austin ISD Superintendent Pat Forgione has issued a short statement about this morning's..."

Feb. 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Forgione's BEST-Laid Plan for Closing Webb

"...On Feb. 5, Pat Forgione told the AISD board of trustees that Webb..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Forgione Interview Did Not Reflect Correct Biases

"...Dear Editor, That Pat Forgione interview was Chronicle style [“Bringing the Group to..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Postmarks

Point Austin: The Super Looks Back

Retiring Pat Forgione considers a decade mostly well spent

"...Never let it be said that Pat Forgione left the room quietly...."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Bringing the Group to the Vision

As Pat Forgione prepares to say farewell, he looks back on his AISD decade

"...Arranging an interview with Austin Independent School District Super­intendent Pat Forgione is surprisingly difficult. Not because he's a recluse:..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Larry Goes to Dallas

AISD CFO Larry Throm takes on the challenge of fixing broken ISD

"...Coming in soon after AISD hired Superintendent Pat Forgione nine years ago, they've been a quite remarkable..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Man of the Hour

Superintendent Pat Forgione discusses his goals for AISD in a Q&A interview with reporter Kevin Fullerton.

"...on the new chief of Austin's public schools, Dr. Pat Forgione, who for the past two months has been..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Austin ISD adopts a new – and obviously important – student dress code

"...contraband items for Austin public schools, as AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione on Monday announced a new school dress code..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

The district has more to do, the board says, but the superintendent gets a good appraisal

"...Austin ISD board of trustees voted to extend Superintendent Pat Forgione's contract by one year (it now runs through..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Forgione on the Stand

"...current school finance case, one reason why AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione was the first witness on the stand for..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Trustees Talk Educational Philosophy

AISD board and staff clash over concept of privatizing education

"...evisceration of the board's inaction) came up when Superintendent Pat Forgione and staff proposed the radical step of letting..."

March 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Says Yes to Teacher Pay Raise

AISD Prop. 1 passes, even though state makes it as tough as possible

"...At a press event this afternoon, Austin ISD superintendent Pat Forgione explained, "The state makes us say, will you..."

Nov. 5, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

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

"...school for science-minded girls. The board's co-conspirator was Superintendent Pat Forgione, who developed the plan to "repurpose" Porter and..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Point Austin: Compared to What?

Crisis at Kealing the latest chapter in a too-long story

"...public meetings, the official response has been mixed. Superintendent Pat Forgione initially defended Gonzales as "one of the best..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...vision for success as part of Austin ISD Superintendent Pat Forgione's "Blueprint" initiative. Sound familiar? Two years ago, Austin's..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

AISDSuperintendent Pat Forgione fields protests about the recently-mandated end to block scheduling, and teachers' groups present alternatives.

"...Austin schoolteachers, shocked and angry at superintendent Pat Forgione's recent decision to eliminate block class schedules from..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...solved the problem of high schools," said AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione. "We seem to have pieces, but how you..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Taken to Task

AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione presents the district's dropout prevention task force recommendations, but not all members of the community are happy with the results.

"...It wasn't easy, AISD superintendent Pat Forgione told his dropout prevention task force last week,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Left Behind

AISD moves to close Webb Middle School – and transfer the "merchandise"

"...period at Webb Middle School, and seventh-grade English teacher Patrick Harboure is at the blackboard, listing everything that's different..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

AISD Budget Cuts Roll Toward Trustees

The AISD budget task force closes its deliberations as the Board of Trustees gets ready to act.

"...with its vote on the fiscal recommendations of Superintendent Pat Forgione and his budget task force. The 28-member task..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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