Arlington ISD dedicates new Glaspie Field honoring trailblazing leader Michael Glaspie cuts ribbon before Seguin High School football game
October 2025
New stadium funded by the 2019 Bond Nearly 35 years ago, Michael Glaspie made history as the first Black trustee elected to the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees. “I ran, got elected; the rest is history,” Glaspie said Thursday night as he stood on the new athletic field that now bears his name. Arlington ISD honored Glaspie and officially opened Glaspie Field with a ribbon-cutting ceremony before Seguin High School’s football game. Looking back on his decision to run for the board, Glaspie shared what motivated him decades ago. “I had three kids going to this school district,” he told…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Take virtual tour of new Berry Elementary See the new school funded by the 2019 Bond
December 2023
New Berry replaces school built in 1955 If you missed the new Berry Elementary’s grand opening earlier this school year, you missed a party. Sir…
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Old Knox Elementary building demolished Makes way for construction of new junior high school
December 2023
Knox building was originally a junior high Knox Elementary is gone. The school building that housed four different schools in its 60 years has been…
