Bid date for bond work at Foster, Moore and Wood Elementaries; PDC set for July 7

June 25, 2016
Foster Elementary

Pogue Construction as Construction Manager at Risk will receive bids for construction subcontracts on the Arlington ISD PDC, Foster Elementary, Moore Elementary and Wood Elementary additions and renovations project until Thursday, July 7th, 2016, at 2 p.m. About this project Construction will start in September 2016 and run until September 2017. Foster, Moore and Wood…

Venture HS and Newcomer Center settle into new home

June 25, 2016
Venture sign in front of Ferguson Education Center

“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…

Board of Trustees names principal of Career and Technical Center

June 23, 2016
Career and Technical Center rendering

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…

Helicopter lifts new A/C units to the roof of Workman Junior High

June 22, 2016
Workman classroom addition construction

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…

Major renovations underway at Jones and Corey Academies

June 22, 2016
Construction in Jones Academy

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…

AISD hosts pre-proposal meeting for architectural services for fine arts center

June 19, 2016
Pre-proposal meeting

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…

Applications for dual-credit music history course due Aug. 10

June 19, 2016
Still shot from a video promoting dual-credit fine arts course

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…

Portable classrooms at Workman Junior High are going away

June 3, 2016
Portable classrooms being removed from Workman Junior High

June 3, 2016 – The portable classrooms at Workman Junior High are going away. The 2015-2016 school year ended Tuesday, and now the temporary buildings are being removed. The addition of a new wing with 16 classrooms, along with the transformation of two former locker bank areas into eight classrooms, will make the portables unnecessary.…

Bid date for HVAC work at Johns and Goodman Elementaries set for June 13

June 1, 2016
Johns Elementary

The Arlington ISD will accept Competitive Sealed Proposals for general construction of the Johns Elementary HVAC replacement and Goodman Elementary HVAC replacement on Monday, June 13, 2016. Click here for the full CSP. Each proposer shall identify his sealed proposal by typing on the outside of the envelope: “CSP #17-11 ARLINGTON ISD – JOHNS ELEMENTARY…

Bid date for kitchen renovations at Johns and Webb Elementaries set for June 13

June 1, 2016
Webb Elementary

The Arlington ISD will accept Competitive Sealed Proposals for general construction of kitchen renovations at Johns Elementary and Webb Elementary on Monday, June 13, 2016. Click here for the full CSP. Each proposer shall identify his sealed proposal by typing on the outside of the envelope: “CSP #17-12 ARLINGTON ISD – JOHNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KITCHEN…