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
Aug. 5, 2016 – The AISD Board of Trustees approved the guaranteed maximum price for bond-funded construction projects at Ellis Elementary at the Aug. 4 board meeting. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall and conclude next summer. Ellis, like all AISD elementary schools, will receive two STEM labs, a strings room and security vestibule,…
Aug. 5, 2016 – The AISD hosted a community information meeting Aug. 1, 2016, to present plans for the district’s future Agricultural Science Center, designed by VLK Architects. [See the Powerpoint presentation.] The new facility will compliment the Career and Technical Center currently under construction and will together offer students from all AISD high schools…
Aug. 5, 2016 – The AISD’s innovative Instrument Repair program is recruiting new students. Currently housed at Bowie High School but open to all AISD high school students, it will move to the future bond-funded districtwide Fine Arts Center once that facility is constructed. The Music and Arts instrumental repair class is the first public…
Aug. 4, 2016 – The Arlington ISD is accepting applications for positions on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (“Committee”). The Committee is established to provide transparency and enhance public confidence in the use of proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by Arlington ISD voters on May 10, 2014. The purpose of the Committee is…