<span class="entry-title-primary">Students (and teachers) love their new playgrounds</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">New playgrounds open at four more elementary schools</span>
24 schools now have new playgrounds Four more Arlington ISD schools debuted their new playgrounds for students in recent weeks. Students at Jones Academy and Farrell, Fitzgerald and Webb elementary schools are the latest to climb, swing, hang, jump and run all over the new playgrounds. “The students love them and have mentioned to me…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Board of Trustees approves next year’s calendar</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Read the Board Brief from last night’s meeting</span>
Board Brief: New calendar, new P-TECHs and a bond update Arlington ISD trustees provide a Board Brief from each board meeting, a short video that gives a summary of the meeting’s highlights. Watch the video below or read the brief. The first Arlington ISD Board of Trustees meeting of 2023 is in the books, and…
<span class="entry-title-primary">New Webb Elementary School building opens</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Teachers declare new school ‘amazing’</span>
The 29-year-old Webb Elementary School has a new building for the first time. When Webb first opened in 1993, it was in a school built in 1960 as Nichols Junior High. But Tuesday morning, Webb students and teachers started the second half of the school year in a brand-new building built just for them. “Oh…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Construction reaches one year mark at new Berry and Thornton elementaries</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Schools on pace to open for next school year</span>
Construction passes halfway mark It’s been one year since the Arlington ISD broke ground on two replacement elementary schools – new buildings for Berry and Thornton elementary schools. On those two December 2021 mornings, there was nothing but chairs and a podium for the groundbreaking ceremonies. The sites where Berry and Thornton had once stood…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Webb Elementary’s Last Homecoming sparks good memories</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Alumni visit last time before building’s demolition</span>
Wednesday night was all about the memories. “We have lots of good memories,” said Alejandro Contreas, surrounded by several friends. The Lamar High School grad was back at Webb Elementary School, his old stomping ground, for Webb’s Last Homecoming. The current Webb Elementary building – built in 1960 as Nichols Junior High and later converted…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Arlington ISD upgrading security cameras</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Bond 2019 funding video surveillance upgrades</span>
All 5,300 security cameras at the more than 90 buildings in the Arlington ISD are being replaced, and hundreds more are being added, thanks to the 2019 Bond. The district will have around 7,000 by the end of the bond program. Better Cameras Just as important as the growing number of cameras is the capabilities…
<span class="entry-title-primary">New playgrounds open at Ditto Elementary School</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Pre-K students get to try it out first</span>
The wait is over Back in August, Ditto Elementary students’ excitement for the new school year was tempered by a significant concern. Their playgrounds had been closed and were about to be demolished. The students knew that new playgrounds would be built to replace the old, but they weren’t sure the new ones would be…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Gunn Junior High celebrates 50 years</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Gunn is 50 and new again</span>
It was the fall of 1972. The Texas Rangers were plodding their way through their inaugural season, and Arlington’s population, around 90,000, was soaring. It had doubled in the 1960s and would nearly double again in the 70s. The city of Arlington was booming, and it needed more schools. Enter Gunn Junior High. The open-concept,…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Citizens Bond Oversight Committee tours Webb Elementary</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">CBOC meets to monitor the 2019 Bond program</span>
Committee holds quarterly meeting The Arlington ISD’s Citizens Bond Oversight Committee toured the new Webb Elementary School building to kick off its meeting on Tuesday. The new Webb building is still under construction but is scheduled to open in January. Following the tour, the committee members met in the current Webb library to receive updates on…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Arlington FFA festival celebrates fall and agriculture</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Event brings tons of agricultural fun for all</span>
Third Annual Fall Festival Elena Krysiak showed no fear when it was her turn. Some of the other preschoolers inched their way to pet the trio of goats, but Elena boldly stepped into a super-tight pen, fed the kids stalks of hay and briskly stroked their fur. And completely ignored how the animals were just…
<span class="entry-title-primary">New playgrounds open at Wimbish World Language Academy</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Construction underway at five other elementary schools</span>
Wimbish World Language Academy makes 19. That’s 19 Arlington ISD elementary schools that have received new playgrounds as part of the 2019 Bond program. But who’s counting? All the elementary students certainly are! And the teachers are, too. “Students screamed and jumped, and even the teachers were as excited as the children,” said Wimbish principal…
<span class="entry-title-primary">Arlington ISD celebrating 50 years of orchestra</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Reserve your tickets now for the Celebration Concert</span>
Save the date Arlington ISD is celebrating 50 years of orchestra with a special concert Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts. The day will be filled with performances from orchestra programs throughout the district and culminate with the exclusive 50 Years Celebration Concert. Pre-concert activities are free and…
