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Tag Archives: AISD
AISD to seek bids for 10 properties
The Austin Club and the Austin Independent School District’s centrally located administrative headquarters — as well as other district-owned properties — might soon see an ownership change. On Monday, the AISD board of trustees announced that 10 district properties that are…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Mar 23, 2016
TNC petition is valid, and Adler has a new idea
Almost as quickly as City Clerk Jannette Goodall could say that the Ridesharing Works for Austin petition signatures were valid, Mayor Steve Adler announced that he had a new idea to add to the litany of concepts already proposed for how to…
City Council • By Eva Ruth Moravec • Feb 3, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Late nights and postponements
Late meeting, again… Early in its tenure, the new City Council took pains to promise the public that the era of late Council meetings was over. A year later, that promise has not come to fruition, and Thursday some Council…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 1, 2016
Grove PUD promises housing for teachers
Though the Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development hasn’t made much progress through the city’s boards and commissions yet, that hasn’t stopped developers from moving forward in some respects. Yesterday, ARG Bull Creek Ltd. announced plans to set aside…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 28, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: The squirrel can't help it
Is this on?… He was upfront about recusing himself from the vote, but City Council Member Don Zimmerman didn’t sit quietly during the discussion of legal fees associated with the lawsuit he has filed against the city over campaign finance…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Dec 21, 2015
Where have all the children gone? Commission studies Austin's shrinking family share
Success has come at a cost for families with children in Austin. At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission took a look at how decreased affordability is impacting families in Austin and started a conversation about how it might address…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 30, 2015
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Reporter's Notebook: We do declare
Preservation fight perseveres… Delivering complications once again, the ongoing struggle to create a local historic district in the Bluebonnet Hills section of Travis Heights has experienced another unique twist. This past week, opponents delivered to the city a second valid…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 9, 2015
AISD considers new East Austin school
The Austin Independent School District has a chance to build a school on free land, but unfortunately that land is situated in a somewhat contentious area where current schools are struggling to fill seats and others have historically been insufficient…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Oct 15, 2015
AISD talks prison pipeline; reviews current system
At Monday’s dialogue meeting, AISD trustees took their first look at the state of the district’s “school-to-prison pipeline” system, examining the district’s policies and practices that push students out of the classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Oct 7, 2015
AISD to begin video ticketing
During a quick approval of Monday’s consent agenda, the Austin Independent School District board of trustees unanimously OK’d the use of camera-based ticketing to help curb drivers’ illegal passing of stopped school buses. AISD entered into a one-year renewable contract…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Oct 5, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Monitored
Lost Highway… There’s something missing from the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s 2040 Plan, but not for long. While working on a story about the 290 East Toll, also known as the Manor Expressway, one Austin Monitor reporter was left scratching his…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 5, 2015
AISD trustees appoint Wagner to D7 spot
The Austin Independent School District concluded a more than six-week appointment process at its regular meeting Monday when, in a 7-0 vote — with Secretary Jayme Mathias abstaining — board members appointed Yasmin Wagner to South Austin’s District 7 seat.…
