Bid documents are available at smartbidnet.com. Bids and questions must be submitted to the project construction manager, Joeris General Contractors. JIMMY & LAURA JONES ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS & DUAL LANGUAGE PROJECT LOCATION 2001 Van Buren Dr. Arlington, TX, 76011 ARCHITECT Stantec BID DUE DATE Sept. 22, 2015, 2 p.m. DESCRIPTION This project is a renovation…

Applications for the Transformation Through Innovation grant are now open. Funded by the 2014 Bond package, $1 million in grants will be awarded to teachers and campuses to facilitate their innovative approaches to teaching and learning through technology. To find out more and learn how to apply, visit the TI Grant website. Applications will be…

Yesterday, August 24, 2015, marked the first day of the AISD’s brand new instrument repair program. Open to high school students throughout the district, the class is currently held at Bowie High School, but will get a permanent home at the future bond-funded fine arts center when that facility is completed in 2018. AISD Superintendent…

Aug. 17, 2015 – Balfour Beatty Construction hosted a pre-bid meeting this morning at Sam Houston High School for the future multi-purpose activity centers. One multi-purpose activity center will be built at each of the Arlington ISD’s six high schools. (Read more about the multi-purpose activity centers.) Balfour Beatty is the construction manager for the…

Aug. 14, 2015 (updated Oct. 12, 2015) – Hutcheson Junior High is now closed for good and preparations for its demolition are underway. Once the building is torn down, the AISD will begin construction on a districtwide state-of-the-art Career and Technical Center. But getting to that point is a long, intensive process. First, the AISD…

NOTICE NEW MULTI-PURPOSE ACTIVITY CENTER ARLINGTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC, is the construction manager for six (6) new multi-purpose activity center projects located at each of Arlington ISD’s high school campuses in Arlington, Texas. Proposals from qualified subcontractors will be accepted for this work. Competitive proposals are due Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015,…

Ousley Junior High held a faculty family night Aug. 11 to help kick off the new school year. The staff has grown considerably this year with the consolidation of Ferguson Junior High and Ousley on the Ousley campus. The evening, which included a cookout, gave the teachers a chance to meet each other and introduce…

Aug. 11, 2015 – The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met August 10 to review progress the AISD has made implementing the 2014 Bond package. The committee heard updates from district leaders in each of the areas receiving bond funds: facilities, technology, fine arts, transportation and security. (Click here to see all the materials from the…

August 10, 2015 – AISD staff delivered, unloaded and set up desks and furniture in portable classrooms at Workman Junior High last week. The portable classrooms are temporary, brought in this summer to accommodate Workman’s growing student population. Once a new classroom addition on the south side of the existing building is completed in the…

August 6, 2015 – Rising seventh and eighth graders are attending a Lego robotics camp at Ousley Junior High this week. It’s one of the first opportunities for the newly consolidated students from Ferguson and Ousley Junior High schools to participate in an activity as one student body. Ferguson Junior High closed at the end…