Bond News
Arlington ISD Shines As The Best Community For Music Education The closure of schools didn’t stop the inevitable from happening. Once again the Arlington ISD has been selected as one of the best districts for music education. For the 16th time in the last 17 years the district has been named as a “Best Community…
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Gunn Junior High is closed for students, but construction hasn’t stopped. The Bond 2019 project to renovate and build an addition to the school is still proceeding as planned. The project is in the early stages but will eventually transform the entire site and building. With the addition and renovations, Gunn will become home to…
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2014 Bond Preserves Legacy of Arlington ISD Past While Upgrading For Future Alumni If you etched your name into a girls’ locker room bench at Arlington High School in the last 40 years, it’s probably still there. Thanks to a thoughtful Arlington ISD carpenter, recent renovations funded by the 2014 Bond included a little historical…
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Practicing Online Safety Should Still Be A Priority Online safety has always been important for students. In fact, all students in grades K-12 in Arlington ISD receive dedicated yearly instruction on digital citizenship through their campus library programs. But now that schools are closed and students have to do almost all of their work online,…
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Construction On Pace Despite Coronavirus Though Arlington ISD schools are closed for COVID-19, bond-funded construction projects – including those in construction and those in design – are continuing. The Arlington ISD’s facilities planning and construction department, which directs and oversees all district construction projects, is operating normal workdays in an effort to keep projects on…
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The Arlington ISD’s future Arts and Athletics Complex, which includes the Center for Visual and Performing Arts and the Athletics Center, are still on track to open early fall 2020. Roofing is almost complete and construction crews are getting close to getting the buildings dried in. Check out the construction highlight video below, which includes…
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Webb Elementary is going to be rebuilt as part of the 2019 Bond program. On March 5, Webb students and parents helped with the design of the future building. The architect for the new Webb, BRW Architects, and Arlington ISD facility staff hosted a design charrette in the current Webb library for parents and students.…
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The Board of Education of Arlington Independent School District will receive sealed proposals because bidding is open for two 2019 bond construction projects: 20-36 CSP for Food Service Center Addition & Renovations Project DUE DATE: March 24, 2020, 2:00 PM/CST PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING: March 4, 2020, 10:00 AM/CST at Food Service Center – 1206 W. Arkansas…
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The new addition at Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language did more than just add space. It also added more opportunities, better experiences and improved safety. The 16,840 square-foot addition, which opened at the end of 2019, includes 10 classrooms and a new gymnasium. The project also added a fire lane around the…
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The legacy of African American Dr. Charles Drew is flourishing in the phlebotomy program at the Arlington ISD Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center thanks to teacher Mark Ingram. Drew, known as the “father of blood banks,” was a pioneer in blood and transfusion research and developed methods for collecting, preserving and processing blood plasma.…
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