School Closings Under Fire

Austinites pack Delco Center to oppose closing of schools

"...Plan Task Force to close several elementary and middle schools...."

Jan. 12, 2011 News Post by Michael King

Court Rules Texas School Finance Unconstitutional

Dietz says current system fails students, must be rebuilt

"...Dietz today issued his final ruling on the state's school finance system: It is unconstitutional, and it is failing..."

Aug. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Studies Don’t Support School Closures

"...The recent campaign to build larger and modernized elementary schools for East Austin and Urban Core kids resonates with..."

Oct. 8, 2019 Postmarks

Boil Water Notice: Restaurant Closings & HEB Update

Check the status before you buy food this week

"...of water restrictions could increase the amount of temporary closings significantly, starting Tuesday, Oct. 23...."

Oct. 22, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

More Restaurants Openings and Closings

Daily Austin food news

"...Corporation, owner and operator of Le Cordon Bleu culinary school campuses in the United States, announced on Friday that..."

Dec. 21, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Snow Day

"...up outside while breathlessly monitoring the weather channel for school closings. As one of the characters says, “anything can..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Some Reforms Left Behind

Lege looks to account for school accountability

"...separate meetings March 17 to discuss the new public school accountability bill – Senate Bill 3 and its companion,..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin At Large: Fractured Fairy Tales

Will no Prince Charming come to save our school district in distress?

"...what we, Austinites, must do to save our own schools. Yes, the world is dark and spooky. Yes, we..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

AISD Struggling With Capacity

Redrawing all school boundaries inevitable, but not imminent

"...the next few years: A complete redrawing of every school's attendance zone...."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board of trustees was bogged down with questions..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Family Flight

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

"...Becker's 70 years of elementary school history may come to an end this year. For..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

From Second Street to Carruth

AISD and city relations improving with concrete results

"...for not doing enough to protect Austin ISD's neighborhood schools. In fact, his tenure has lead to, if not..."

Feb. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Turtles, Two-Steps, and Active "Shooters"

"...own land use buzz saw in Monday's debate over school closures (for more background, see AISD Told to Pay..."

May 24, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Standing Our Ground Against ALEC

The corporate bill caucus you never elected

"...For example, school vouchers have never been terribly popular at the Lege,..."

July 26, 2013 News Column by Michael King

A Cold Day at Whole Foods

Nationwide petition demands reinstatement of fired worker

"...son during the polar vortex that prompted Chi­ca­go Public Schools to close on January 28. On February 5th, following..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Chicago Whole Foods Protest Reaches Austin

Nationwide petition demands reinstatement of fired worker

"...son during the polar vortex that prompted Chicago Public Schools to close on January 28. On February 5th, following..."

Feb. 17, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Who Is Cast in the Story of Austin Food?

Eight underrepresented views from the local food scene

"...exposure. It's a harried cycle revolving around restaurant openings, closings, and reviews, and the coverage is disproportionately leaving out..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...5, will enact a staggered schedule and weekly maintenance closings, and will "temporarily" close both Mabel Davis municipal pool..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature

Cold Rain and Snow

Freezing drizzle then snow overnight

"...of course, is what has prompted the spate of school and municipal closings...."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Dancing About Architecture

Re-Zona Rosa

"...With its history of openings and closings, La Zona Rosa has long been thought of as..."

April 25, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Run, Max, Run

"...Underfunded Schools Dear Editor:..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

Point Austin: The Super Looks Back

Retiring Pat Forgione considers a decade mostly well spent

"...he's brought to his 10 years of managing Austin schools. On the whole, it's been a very successful tenure,..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...collecting all of the official notices we've received about closings, cancellations, and postponements in all of the cultural areas..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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Our readers talk back.

"...staff "promised all employees that there would be no closings and no layoffs" and went on to say, "we..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Doug Rauss: In Memoriam

Remembering Doug Rauss, a dedicated arts patron and volunteer for several Austin theatre companies, who died Wednesday, Aug. 31

"...of cooking: baking sweets and cakes for openings and closings of shows and delicacies for last month's Black Eye..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Res Publica

A minicalendar for all those who resolved to be a good citizen this year: Jan. 1-8

"...NEW YEAR'S DAY CLOSINGS As much as you want to, you simply cannot..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature

Page Two

Liberals' core beliefs are as vital as ever, but they've forgotten how to communicate

"...self-image, the staggering failures of populist social policies from school busing to public housing, and the nightmarish complexity and..."

June 11, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...hinder that? I don't think so. Brewster was my law-school classmate, and I can tell you that he was..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Mental Health Care Meltdown: Is There Room for Hope?

Austin police and mental health advocates make recommendations for patching Travis County's tattered safety net.

"...have entertained the possibility of closing one MHMR state school and one state hospital -- the only way they..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bottom of the Budget Barrel

City Hall scraped to the bone; now it cuts into it.

"...respect their normal hours -- undoing this summer's one-day-a-week closings -- and the new Ruiz branch in Montopolis is..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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