Posts by Ryan PIERCE

“It’s like an arranged marriage, but it’s working out well.” That’s how Venture High School Principal Beverley McReynolds described what it’s like sharing a campus with Newcomer Center. Both schools, Venture and Newcomer, moved to Ferguson Education Center over the summer following the 2014-2015 school year. The Ferguson building had been home to Ferguson Junior…

June 23, 2016 – The AISD Board of Trustees announced Thursday its selection of Ginger Polster as principal of the new districtwide Career and Technical Center that will open in August 2017. Polster has been the career and technical education coordinator since 2014, and prior to that she was a career and technical education specialist…

Video of helicopter lifting the units to the roof. June 22, 2016 – How do you get new A/C units on top of Workman Junior High? Helicopter! The new A/C units represent just one of the many projects – funded by the 2014 Bond package – currently underway at Workman Junior High. Other projects include…

June 22, 2016 – They don’t look much different from the outside, but you wouldn’t recognize Corey or Jones Academy if you went in. Both school buildings are receiving extensive renovations, funded by the 2014 Bond program, to enhance the fine arts and dual language programming the new academies offer. The renovations will provide state-of-the-art…

April 1, 2016 – The Arlington ISD hosted a pre-proposal meeting this week for architectural services for a future districtwide fine arts center, a project of the 2014 Bond Program. “This district has quite the reputation for our fine arts program,” AISD Chief Financial Officer Cindy Powell said to the meeting’s attendees. She also noted…

The AISD is launching a brand new dual credit music history course with the University of North Texas and applications are open now, due August 10. Open to juniors and seniors, the course will be taught by UNT Music Professor Dr. William McGinney and provide students three hours of college humanities credit. The course will…