Arlington voters approved the $663.1 million bond on May 10, 2014. Proceeds of the bond are being used to build new facilities, upgrade and renovate existing facilities, address safety and security districtwide, upgrade technology infrastructure and equipment, provide fine arts equipment and address transportation.
Bond News
Bus orders from the first three phases of the five-phase 2014 Bond program are now complete. The final seven buses of phase three arrived in Arlington on Aug. 29. The AISD ordered and received 20 new buses in phase three, 13 regular education propane buses and seven special education diesel buses. Original plans called for…
Nov. 3, 2017 – The brand new AISD Agricultural Science Center is officially open. Goats and a heifer moved in last week, but this was the first week classes were held for students. The districtwide Agricultural Science Center, under construction since the spring, will provide a state-of-the-art facility for agriculture education and house agriculture science…
Oct. 27, 2017 – The first heifer to move into the new AISD Agricultural Center arrived yesterday evening. She joins a number of goats – the first occupants in the new facility – who moved in earlier this week. The building will host its first classes for students next week. The districtwide Agricultural Science Center,…
Oct. 26, 2017 – Teachers at 37 AISD campuses got quite a surprise last week when members of the AISD information technology department showed up at their schools to let them know they had won a Transformation Through Innovation grant (See photos). Seventy grants were awarded, totaling $1,013,490. The TI grant is funded by the 2014…