Bond News

Jan. 23, 2017 – The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met last week for its quarterly review of the status and progress of the 2014 Bond program. Led by AISD Chief Financial Officer Cindy Powell, AISD staff gave updates on the various areas of the bond: fine arts; safety, security and technology; transportation; and facilities. The…

Jan. 12, 2017 – Bond-funded school improvements for Sherrod Elementary began this week. The work started Monday on improving and expanding the parking lot, and interior work will start later this month. The inside work includes converting existing classrooms into dedicated STEM labs and a strings room. Over spring break the gym is scheduled to…

It didn’t take long for a Shackelford Junior High student to realize that different types of learning can be fun – and that his teacher may have actually been right. “It was fun when I realized what the teacher had been telling us: ‘The computer only does what you tell it to do.’” That was…

Dec. 2016 – All six AISD high school marching bands earned first division recognition at the Region 5 UIL Marching Band Contest in October in Mansfield. The achievement by all six bands was a first for the AISD and attributable in part to the 2014 Bond program. Not since the late 1990s have all AISD…