Hutcheson and Ferguson Junior High Schools will both close at the end of this school year, but preparations for their consolidation with Workman and Ousley Junior Highs respectively have already begun. A comprehensive districtwide facilities assessment, conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group in 2013, revealed that the Arlington Independent School District has overcapacity in terms of…
May 18, 2015 – Tricia Alford, an AISD employee and parent of AISD students, has a special gift for Ferguson Junior High Orchestra teacher Mary Cliborn. She made a quilt out of all the Ferguson Orchestra T-shirts from throughout the school’s 15-year history and will present it to Cliborn at Ferguson Orchestra’s grand finale, May…
The AISD is seeking community input for the future districtwide fine arts center and districtwide athletics complex. Please fill out a short survey and help with the planning of these facilities. Fine Arts Center Questionnaire Athletics Complex Questionnaire
May 15, 2015 – Hutcheson Junior High is in the spotlight as it prepares to close its doors for the last time. Opened in 1963, the school will be torn down this summer to make way for a districtwide Career and Technical Center. Local media are paying attention because the school has been a pillar…
May 13, 2015 – Only a few of the original teachers and staff who opened Ferguson Junior High in 2001 remain in 2015. As the school year comes to an end and Ferguson Junior High prepares to close, these teachers and staff are about to say goodbye to a long and proud chapter of their…
The AISD hosted two community meetings on May 4, 2015, one to discuss the future fine arts center and one to discuss the future athletics complex. Both buildings will be funded by the 2014 Bond package. The fine arts center is scheduled to open in 2018 and the athletics complex is scheduled to open in…
The AISD began planning for the bond-funded future districtwide fine arts center with a two-day planning lab. Led by Kerianne Wolf, an educational consultant with DeJONG-RICHTER, participants in the lab included AISD fine arts teachers, students, administrators and parents. The all-day sessions kicked off Monday morning, April 26, with a flute solo by Crystal K.,…
The AISD will host community meetings on May 4, 2015, about plans for a districtwide fine arts center and a districtwide athletics complex. At the meetings the AISD will share the results of its initial planning labs for the facilities and seek community feedback and input. FINE ARTS MEETING – 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, May 4,…
April 29, 2015 – The AISD began planning this week for its future bond-funded districtwide athletics complex with a two-day planning lab. The facility will provide outstanding competition venues for swimming and diving, gymnastics, wrestling and Special Olympics, and will also host the AISD’s athletic offices. The planning lab brought together swimming, gymnastics and wrestling…
April 26, 2015 – Ousley and Ferguson Junior Highs hosted a joint Cultural Festival on Friday, April 24, at the Ousley campus to celebrate the diversity that exists at the two schools and around the world. The two junior highs will consolidate next year and decided to do the event together to jumpstart the process…