Eleven new school buses have arrived in the AISD in the last few weeks, paid for by the 2014 Bond package. Nine are full size, with a capacity for 71 students, and two are small, for special education, and include lifts. All are manufactured by Blue Bird. The new buses – part of 36 currently…

June 8, 2015 – After school let out on Friday for the last time at Ferguson Junior High, the faculty gathered for their final lunch. They were joined by three of Ferguson’s four former principals, David Tapia, who opened the school in 2001, Dr. Melissa Haubrich and Dr. Ben Bholan. Current Principal Lora Thurston thanked…

A limited supply of landscape items from Hutcheson Junior High are available for schools and campus support organizations (PTAs, Dads Clubs, etc.) to remove and replant at their campus. Items may not be removed for personal use, as state law prohibits gifts of public funds. Removal and replanting is the responsibility of the campus organizations…

New security cameras funded by the 2014 Bond package are up and running at Sam Houston High School, the first Arlington high school to receive the cameras. “The clarity of these cameras are much better than our previous systems,” explained James Smith, AISD security manager. (The photo displays the views of 80 of the 128…

As two AISD junior high schools consolidate with others, and two alternative high schools relocate, it’s not just the teachers and students who have to move. The libraries need to move too. That’s not an easy task, especially for a library like Hutcheson Junior High’s, which has 14,000 volumes. It’s not as simple as just…

Each AISD high school received new cameras and lenses this year for their journalism, newspaper and yearbook programs, funded by the technology section of the 2014 Bond package. Emily Miller, the journalism teacher at Arlington High School, and her yearbook students could not be more thrilled with the new equipment. They received five Cannon 70D…

E-Builder employees visited Arlington last week to continue the process of setting up the e-Builder software for the Arlington Independent School District. E-Builder is a project management system that will help the district manage all construction projects more effectively and efficiently. “We are automating something that has never been automated,” said Javier Fernandez, AISD director…

May 28, 2015 – Ferguson Junior High Orchestra held its grand finale Tuesday night, the final concert before Ferguson closes. The school, which opened in 2001, will consolidate with Ousley Junior High next year as part of changes associated with the 2014 Bond package. (Read more about Ferguson closing.) AISD Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos attended…

The AISD transportation department recently purchased five new Suburbans with funds from the 2014 Bond package. The vehicles are replacing older, high-mileage vehicles. The Suburbans are used daily for a variety of purposes. The most common uses include athletics events that are out of town and for teachers to travel to conferences. The homeless program,…

The $82 million in the 2014 Bond package earmarked for technology encompasses many elements, but the underlying objective behind it all is to increase technology access for AISD students for the purpose of improved learning. In pursuit of this objective, the AISD technology department is developing districtwide classroom standards – minimum standards that each classroom…