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

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…