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…

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…

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…

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…

Bond 2014 money is helping transform the AISD technologically, dramatically increasing access to technology for students and teachers throughout the district. Below is an update on bond technology projects that are complete, work that is ongoing and projects yet to come: COMPLETE  Library carts Fifty-three elementary school libraries received a cart of either iPad…

June 29, 2016 – The AISD Board of Trustees approved the guaranteed maximum price for bond-funded construction projects at 10 schools at last night’s board meeting. Now the district will proceed with construction at Arlington High School, Morton Elementary and South Davis Elementary, along with Anderson Elementary, Beckham Elementary, Blanton Elementary, Burgin Elementary, Hale Elementary,…

Bond-related construction is in full-swing. In fact, by the fall, 51 schools will have construction projects underway or already finished. The bond is also funding several new districtwide facilities, along with two new elementary schools. Below are details about the projects currently underway. Boles Junior High Construction at Boles will begin as soon as permits…

June 27, 2016 – The AISD Board of Trustees approved the guaranteed maximum price for bond-funded construction projects at four schools at the June 23 board meeting. Now the district will proceed with construction at Farrell Elementary, Sherrod Elementary, Nichols Junior High and Turning Point Junior High. Both Farrell and Sherrod will receive two STEM…

BY TRACI PETERSON Special to the Star-Telegram June 25, 2016 – The Arlington school district’s Career and Technical Center won’t open until August 2017, but the district is already working out details including front office leadership and a daily bell schedule. Preparing to accommodate 4,800 high school students every two days is no simple task,…