AISD Facility Master Plan

The Austin Independent School District is hosting a series of meetings to ask the public for input on what might be on a bond proposal this November. The…

After nearly six hours, the Austin School Board passed its 25-year Facility Master Plan at around 3 a.m. today. The $4.6 billion plan passed on a 6-3…

The Austin School Board is continuing to discuss a plan for the future of the district’s school buildings. At first, that plan included school closures,…

LASA was supposed to be a way to undo a history of historic inequity. But it's grown too big for the campus.

A committee tasked with imagining the future of Austin ISD’s 130 school buildings is taking its suggestions to the Austin School Board on Monday. The…

Austin ISD is considering a possible relocation of its best school, the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA), as it determines the future of its…

Last week, Austin ISD released a proposal that suggests building an elementary school on a 10-acre tract in the Mueller neighborhood. That surprised a lot…

The Austin Independent School District is starting to think about what its schools will look like, and where they’ll be located, two decades from now. On…

The Texas Civil Rights Project is warning any plans to close schools in East Austin would be discriminatory and would violate students' constitutional…

Editor's note: Austin ISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen is leaving to become Atlanta's school superintendent. Read more about Carstarphen's departure…