Arlington voters approved the $663.1 million bond on May 10, 2014. Proceeds of the bond are being used to build new facilities, upgrade and renovate existing facilities, address safety and security districtwide, upgrade technology infrastructure and equipment, provide fine arts equipment and address transportation.
Bond News
Sept. 30, 2015 – The AISD security department worked hard over the summer to install new security cameras funded by the 2014 Bond package. While all AISD campuses will get new cameras over the course of the bond package’s five-year implementation plan, wiring for the first 24 schools will be complete by the end of…
Sept. 29, 2016 – Approval was given on Sept. 16 for the future Career and Technical Center to “go vertical,” and now structural steel and masonry is going up. Scheduled to open next school year, the districtwide, bond-funded school will serve students from all AISD high schools, offering career courses in state-of-the-art facilities. Construction has…
Sept. 23, 2016 – Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos today was named 2016 Superintendent of the Year for Texas by the Texas Association of School Boards. The SOTY program has recognized exemplary superintendents for excellence and achievement in educational leadership since 1984. “Congratulations to Dr. Cavazos! The entire Arlington ISD community is the lucky beneficiary of…
Sept. 20, 2016 – Arlington High School’s new Multipurpose Activity Center is officially open. Excited coaches and students took possession of the 77,704 square-foot facility on Friday, Sept. 16, and immediately started putting it to good use. “We are excited about the MAC,” said Arlington Principal Shahveer Dhalla. “It will provide our students with the…