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Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature
Austin High Student's Teenaged Killer Found Guilty
It took less than two hours Friday for a jury to find
Manuel Cortez guilty of the murder of Woody
Briseño, and another hour to sentence him to 99
years in prison
"...bus to the corner of Haskell and Chicon, near Zavala Elementary in East Austin. (Two other students were in..."
April 14, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor
Parents Wonder: Is Briseño's Blood on Austin High's Hands?
Administration could have done more before and after student was killed, critics charge
"...High. On Friday, Briseño and Cantu were shot near Zavala Elementary in East Austin, shortly after getting off the..."
Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Council candidates' forum on Tuesday, April 19, 6:30pm, at Zavala Elementary School, 310 Robert Martinez. Representatives for and against..."
April 15, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...which included the participation of children from the nearby Zavala Elementary (the school that the artist actually attended). Larson..."
Dec. 27, 2002 Column
Austin Murals - A Partial List
"...Pan American Recreation Center at Zavala Elementary, 310 Robert Martinez, Raul Valdez, c.1978..."
Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature
Top 10 Hits
Proposed Budget Cuts Have Some Singing the Blues
"...restored (along with a threatened social worker position at Zavala Elementary), while council looks for the funds to come..."
Sept. 12, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy
Eastsiders Decry BFI
Residents Say Recycling Plants Constitute Enviro-racism
"...pocket sandwiched between residential neighborhoods down the street from Zavala Elementary. Such "checkerboard" zoning, alternating between industrial and residential,..."
May 30, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy
Saving Austin's Schools
Nobody gets everything they want, but AISD’s bond may give everybody something they really need
"...kids in East Austin's Holly neighborhood to fill both Zavala and Metz elementaries, even though they are just three..."
Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
AISD: Get With the Times
Modernizing the district in more ways than one
"...of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to select Sanchez Elementary for a $25 million modernization project. Metz and Zavala..."
Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Music, Art, P.E. Teachers Want Their Money Back
Austin ISD's 'special areas' experiment is dubbed a failure
"...so far are the "special areas" teachers at AISD elementary schools – the music, P.E., and art instructors who..."
May 21, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center
“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"
"...that determine the paths that Austin students follow from elementary to middle to high school...."
Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
AISD Expands Pre-K
Program will prep 3-year-olds for kindergarten
"...2014, starting with 42 3-year-olds at Oak Springs and Zavala elementaries. After one year, the district was confident enough..."
May 13, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
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AISD Task Force Trauma
"...elementaries should attend sixth grade at Martin but that Zavala and Allison elementaries should retain their sixth-grade classes. District..."
Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
AISD Board Considers Futures for Underused Facilities
The district’s property portfolio has become an increasingly pressing matter
"...problem accentuated by the emergency closure of T.A. Brown Elementary in November because its floors were in immediate danger..."
Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Schools, Sprawl, and Citizenship
Vote begins on $520 million school bond package
"...developments, where he used averages – such as 0.4 elementary-aged kids per new house. But when do you count..."
Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
High School Stakes
Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district
"...Houston, Langford, Linder, Metz, Palm, Perez, Rodriguez, Sanchez, Widen, Zavala Middle Schools: Martin, Mendez High Schools: Eastside Memorial, International..."
Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
A Level Playing Field
Due to a city loophole, a charter school can build a campus in less than half the time AISD can
"...acres. (For context, if AISD wants to build an elementary, they'd be looking at 16 acres.) AISD Facilities Executive..."
June 3, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
More to Education Than Test Preparation
Austin Interfaith asks AISD to de-emphasize
standardized testing
"...Jose Sandoval and his sister Guadalupe, in matching blue Zavala Mustangs T-shirts, had a simple reason for attending Monday..."
March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
IDEA Still Hunting Enrollment
Students opting out of new charter school in favor of existing AISD schools
"...first boots on the ground will be at Allan Elementary, a campus rated academically acceptable by the Texas Education..."
March 23, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Money Makes AISD's World Go Round
Policy questions at Austin ISD are increasingly being answered by the district's fiscal crunch.
"...mandate to increase the amount of physical education in elementary schools. The administration has proposed cutting back on arts..."
Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
AISD: Who is Under the Axe?
Breaking down the 1,017 proposed cuts
"...Elementary Schools..."
Feb. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
On Sidewalks, Cap Metro Speeds Past City Hall
Capital Metro improves its reputation with its Community Connections workshops.
"...at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center requested new sidewalks near Zavala, Brooke, and Allan elementary schools. Northwest Austinites who congregated..."
June 13, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
AISD Notebook
"...million away from 16 of AISD's poorest and lowest-performing elementary schools. Individual schools lost anywhere from $32,000 to $85,000..."
Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten
AISD Readies a Modernization Project
21st century schooling
"...a modernization project planned for either Metz, Sánchez, or Zavala elementary schools. The district hopes to boost enrollment at..."
July 27, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders
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Austin Stories
"...recommendation that sixth-grade students from Allan, Govalle, and Metz elementary schools begin attending Martin Middle School in the fall..."
Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature
The Life and Times of Gus Garcia
City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service
"...a master's in education. She has taught at Sanchez Elementary (a year-round school) for 19 years and retires exactly..."
June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher
A-to-Z Guide to Education in 1999
"...no longer acceptable. Money was also approved to intensify elementary teachers' literacy training, but will it be enough to..."
Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
AISD Bond Construction Projects
"...MS $1,723,516 $1,719,739 ($3,777) -0% A A A D Elementary Schools Allan $2,042,091 $1,987,074 ($55,017) -3% Allison $569,023 $644,244..."
Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature
Public Notice
Curtains, Closets, & the American Way
"...Gilb, Hector Galán, and schoolkids from Travis High and Zavala and Sanchez Elementary Schools. The event features food, cash..."
