Arlington ISD Capital Needs Steering Committee explores campuses at fourth meeting CNSC takes bus tour to see six schools
December 2025
CNSC reviewing district conditions and needs The Arlington ISD Capital Needs Steering Committee (CNSC) continued its work on Monday, Dec. 8, with a special school-bus tour of six Arlington ISD schools. The site visits were designed to demonstrate how facility conditions, program requirements, and learning environments vary across the district. The tour began at Arlington ISD’s Career and Technical Center (CTC) and continued on to Rankin, Blanton, and Crow elementary schools. At each facility, district leaders and staff highlighted building age, conditions, space utilization, accessibility considerations, program-specific requirements, and ongoing maintenance challenges. These observations will play a key role in…
Bond oversight committee tours Arlington High School project Sees how staff and students are making the best of growing pains
January 2024
Progress always comes with growing pains. That was an underlying theme as the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee toured Arlington High School this week. The committee…
Demolition of Duff Elementary’s library starts Duff getting a bigger library and new gym
January 2024
Demolition started over the winter break It was noisy at Duff Elementary over the winter break. That’s because demolition of Duff’s library kicked off over…
Short Elementary renovations are nearly complete One-of-a-kind wall graphics celebrate community history
January 2024
Short looks completely different inside From the sidewalk, Short Elementary looks pretty much like it has for decades – apart from new sidewalks and landscaping….
Take a virtual tour of new Thornton Elementary Replacement school was funded by the 2019 Bond
January 2024
See what the new Thornton looks like If you’ve driven on Park Row near 360 anytime this school year, you couldn’t help but notice Thornton…
Top 5 Bond 2019 stories from 2023 From new schools to new playgrounds
January 2024
Bond 2019 highlights from the year that was Year four of the 2019 Bond program – or 2023 – brought some major accomplishments. With $966…
District uses holidays for construction and maintenance Bond 2019 projects push forward during the break
December 2023
Update on bond construction projects Not everyone in the Arlington ISD is getting a long winter break. While most of us circle the holidays on…