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

Schools receive new security cameras over the summer

September 30, 2016
Security camera display at Sam Houston High School

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…

Future Career and Technical Center goes vertical

September 29, 2016
CTC - steel going up

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…

Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos named 2016 Superintendent of the Year for Texas

September 23, 2016
Dr. Cavazos receives award

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…

AHS Multipurpose Activity Center is now open

September 20, 2016
Football practice in the AHS MAC

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…