Posts by Ryan PIERCE
AISD hosts community meeting about future Ag Science Center
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…
Read MoreAISD’s instrument repair program recruiting new students
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…
Read MoreApplications for Citizen Bond Oversight Committee due Sept. 2
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…
Read MoreBid date for bond work at seven elementaries set for Aug. 4
W.B. Kibler Construction will accept proposals for bond work at seven Arlington ISD elementary schools, due Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, by 2 p.m. About this project The project consists of a new security vestibule, science labs/STEM renovations and storage and strings room renovations at Crow Elementary, Kooken Elementary, Ditto Elementary, Bryant Elementary, Ashworth Elementary, Larson…
Read MoreBid date for bond construction work at Crouch, Knox and Thornton Elementaries set for July 28
Balfour Beatty Construction will receive bids for construction projects at three Arlington ISD elementary schools until Thursday, July 28, 2016, at 2 p.m. About this project This project includes work at Crouch, Knox and Thornton Elementaries. The scope consists of HVAC replacement, new light fixtures, renovation of existing rooms into new strings/STEM rooms, complete roof…
Read MoreMcNutt Elementary teachers visit their "new home"
June 30, 2016 – McNutt Elementary teachers and staff visited their future school building this morning and toured the busy construction site, or as Principal Jackeline Orsini called it, “your new home.” The teachers were excited to see their future classrooms, snapping photos and posing for selfies. The building’s architects, Beverly Fornof and John Risi…
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