Board of Trustees names principal of Career and Technical Center

Career and Technical Center rendering

June 23, 2016 – The AISD Board of Trustees announced Thursday its selection of Ginger Polster as principal of the new districtwide Career and Technical Center that will open in August 2017. Polster has been the career and technical education coordinator since 2014, and prior to that she was a career and technical education specialist…

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Helicopter lifts new A/C units to the roof of Workman Junior High

Workman classroom addition construction

Video of helicopter lifting the units to the roof. June 22, 2016 – How do you get new A/C units on top of Workman Junior High? Helicopter! The new A/C units represent just one of the many projects – funded by the 2014 Bond package – currently underway at Workman Junior High. Other projects include…

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Major renovations underway at Jones and Corey Academies

Construction in Jones Academy

June 22, 2016 – They don’t look much different from the outside, but you wouldn’t recognize Corey or Jones Academy if you went in. Both school buildings are receiving extensive renovations, funded by the 2014 Bond program, to enhance the fine arts and dual language programming the new academies offer. The renovations will provide state-of-the-art…

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AISD hosts pre-proposal meeting for architectural services for fine arts center

Pre-proposal meeting

April 1, 2016 – The Arlington ISD hosted a pre-proposal meeting this week for architectural services for a future districtwide fine arts center, a project of the 2014 Bond Program. “This district has quite the reputation for our fine arts program,” AISD Chief Financial Officer Cindy Powell said to the meeting’s attendees. She also noted…

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Applications for dual-credit music history course due Aug. 10

Still shot from a video promoting dual-credit fine arts course

The AISD is launching a brand new dual credit music history course with the University of North Texas and applications are open now, due August 10. Open to juniors and seniors, the course will be taught by UNT Music Professor Dr. William McGinney and provide students three hours of college humanities credit. The course will…

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Portable classrooms at Workman Junior High are going away

Portable classrooms being removed from Workman Junior High

June 3, 2016 – The portable classrooms at Workman Junior High are going away. The 2015-2016 school year ended Tuesday, and now the temporary buildings are being removed. The addition of a new wing with 16 classrooms, along with the transformation of two former locker bank areas into eight classrooms, will make the portables unnecessary.…

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