Public and Trustees Blast AISD 'Repurposing' Plan

Speed and lack of public input criticized in hearings

"...be redistributed to nearby Dawson and Travis Heights. The repurposing of Oak Springs Elementary and Porter Middle School would..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Frank Rivera

Johnston High School: TEA Allows 'Repurposing'

Generations of Johnston High alums ponder the fate of the 'Pride of the Eastside'

"...On June 9, the AISD board formally adopted a repurposing proposal for Johnston, and last Thursday, June 12, district..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

AISD Schools Avoid Repurposing

TAKS scores are up

"...It looks like there will be no state-ordered campus repurposing this year. On June 3, the Texas Education Agency..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Fog of Repurposing

AISD board president fits saving Pearce Middle School into the bigger district plan

Aug. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Repurposing Ain't Pretty

Parents lay into AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Community Wants Pearce in '09

Survey response instructs Carstarphen to work to re-open Pearce this year

"...Use the old refinement and realignment plan as a repurposing proposal: 13% (59 respondees)..."

July 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Pearce Vote Monday

AISD confirms repurposing meeting to take place Aug. 3

"...they plan to proceed with the Pearce Middle School repurposing...."

July 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Grand Seduction

In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.

"...oil company is willing to build a petrochemical byproduct repurposing facility in the former fishing village, but there’s a..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pearce Repurposed: But For How Long?

Commissioner Scott decides not to remove the axe from East Austin school

"...that, after Commissioner Robert Scott ordered and approved a repurposing plan creating a completely new school on the old..."

Aug. 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Beauty Is Embarrassing

You may not know his name, but you know Wayne White's artwork from Pee-wee's Playhouse or his MTV award-winning design work.

"...has found even greater celebrity as a cheeky provocateur, repurposing thrift-store paintings into ingeniously dichotomous works made of dewy..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Designed To Fail

As Pearce may face another repurposing, AISD gets excited about single-sex schools

"...school around were dumped in 2009 under a TEA-inflicted repurposing, and the campus has been in a wild state..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pearce To Reopen

Education Commissioner Scott approves repurposing plan for middle school

"...the AISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the campus repurposing plan, Education Commissioner Robert Scott gave it the nod...."

Aug. 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...Part of the problem with the new repurposing rules, Forgione argues, is that the authors didn't have..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A New Lease on Life for Pearce? Not Exactly.

Pearce has been repurposed – but for what purpose?

"...When the Texas Education Agency approved the repurposing plan for Pearce Middle School on Aug. 4, the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Plan and the Man With Its Fate in His Hands

The repurposing of Pearce Middle School

"...board of trustees voted unanimously in favor of a repurposing plan to reopen Pearce Middle School on Aug. 24..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pearce Closing: Scorched Earth, Uncertain Horizon

Pearce community is trying to work through the closure crisis

"...by AISD's seeming indifference to the threat of mandatory repurposing...."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

TEA to Pearce: Drop Dead

School officials and community are blindsided by agency's decision to close Pearce Middle School

"...but giving the district the ability to present a "repurposing" plan to reopen the doors in August. "It was..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Next Initiative

AISD aims to fix problems before state steps in

"...fixing them before the state steps in with mandatory "repurposing." Indeed, in anticipation of the formal adoption, the district..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pearce Progress Report

AISD to present the new repurposing proposal "by the end of the week"

"...work closely with TEA, and others, to finalize the Repurposing Proposal for Pearce Middle School. We look forward to..."

July 28, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

School Bill Put to the Test

Omnibus school bill doesn't make the grade, critics say

"...includes significant changes to the strict rules on school repurposing and the perennial bugbear of teaching to the test...."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Johnston High School Is Dead; Long Live ...?

Johnston High will get a new name and perhaps a new lease on life

"...Johnston next academic year. Now he's pushing forward with "repurposing" the East Austin campus. While AISD hopes change will..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Campuses Still Closed, But Not (Yet) for Sale

What to do with Austin's closed elementary schools?

"...held to brief the public on the timeline for repurposing the four closed campuses as well as the Anita..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Point Austin: Who's Accountable?

The TEA's decision to close Pearce Middle School is the tip of a political iceberg

"...of finger-pointing in progress over the pending closing or "repurposing" of Pearce Middle School, there's one inevitable result of..."

July 17, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Welcome to the District, Meria Carstarphen

AISD Board President Mark Williams lays out the scale of the new superintendent's Pearce problems

"...The process of creating a repurposing plan is going to be difficult. According to Williams,..."

July 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Family Flight

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

"...AISD says the repurposing plan is a way to make more out of..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

Get a stage-side view of one of the great music festivals

"...below zero,” and the film memorializes Bruce Springsteen’s inspirational repurposing of his hymn for Asbury Park, “My City of..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...services – part of the district's larger conversation regarding repurposing AISD's "surplus" real estate properties. According to the contract,..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature

Ip Man: Kung Fu Master

The Wing Chun master reshaped for modern Chinese political intentions

"...an adaptation of one man’s life and more a repurposing of his cinematic mythos, combining the barest instances of..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

AISD Slows Down “School Changes” Train

Release, review of draft scenarios pushed back one month

"...redrawing of some boundary lines, or the closure and repurposing of some campuses – highly contentious topics among parents,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Changes at UT’s Fine Arts Library Cause a Rift in the College of Fine Arts

Showdown on the fifth floor

"...to CoFA students, faculty, and staff, Dempster defended the repurposing of the fourth floor, citing the serious drop in..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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