New security cameras update

November 15, 2017
New security camera display at Bowie High School

To date, the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê security department has installed new security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs) at 55 campuses with funds from the 2014 Bond program. By the end of the five-year bond program, all campuses will receive new cameras. The new cameras will allow the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê security department to increase video surveillance from 35…

Bids for Seguin High School auditorium renovations due Dec. 6

November 15, 2017
Seguin High School front entrance

Nov. 14, 2017 – Pogue Construction, as Construction Manager at Risk, will receive bids for construction subcontracts on the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Seguin Theater Renovations project until Wednesday Dec. 6, 2017, at 2 p.m. Pre-proposal meeting A pre-bid meeting will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, at Seguin High School 7001 Silo…

New Career and Technical Center hosts Fall Academy Showcase

November 11, 2017
CTC

Parents, students and visitors came to help celebrate the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê’s new Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center’s first Fall Academy Showcase on Monday, November 6. Teachers and administrators were on hand to answer questions and help guide tours through the facility. Students were able to show their parents the building, their classrooms and what they’ve been…

Citizen Bond Oversight Committee meets to review bond progress

November 10, 2017
The CBOC tours the CTC

Nov. 10, 2017 – The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met last night for its quarterly review of the status and progress of the 2014 Bond program. Led by ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Chief Financial Officer Cindy Powell, ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê staff gave updates on the various areas of the bond: fine arts; safety, security and technology; transportation; and facilities. See the…

¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê transportation receives 20 new buses

November 9, 2017
New ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê bus

Bus orders from the first three phases of the five-phase 2014 Bond program are now complete. The final seven buses of phase three arrived in Arlington on Aug. 29. The ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê ordered and received 20 new buses in phase three, 13 regular education propane buses and seven special education diesel buses. Original plans called for…

New ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Agricultural Science Center opens for students

November 3, 2017
Students work in the Ag Science Center

Nov. 3, 2017 – The brand new ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Agricultural Science Center is officially open. Goats and a heifer moved in last week, but this was the first week classes were held for students. The districtwide Agricultural Science Center, under construction since the spring, will provide a state-of-the-art facility for agriculture education and house agriculture science…

Heifer joins goats in the new ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Ag Center

October 27, 2017
A heifer moves into the new Ag Center

Oct. 27, 2017 – The first heifer to move into the new ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Agricultural Center arrived yesterday evening. She joins a number of goats – the first occupants in the new facility – who moved in earlier this week. The building will host its first classes for students next week. The districtwide Agricultural Science Center,…

More than $1 million in technology grants awarded to ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê teachers

October 26, 2017
TI grant winners pose for a photo

Oct. 26, 2017 – Teachers at 37 ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê campuses got quite a surprise last week when members of the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê information technology department showed up at their schools to let them know they had won a Transformation Through Innovation grant (See photos). Seventy grants were awarded, totaling $1,013,490. The TI grant is funded by the 2014…

Goats move into the new Agricultural Science Center

October 24, 2017
A goat is carried by an ag student into the new Ag Science Center

Oct. 24, 2017 – ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê students moved goats into the new ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Agricultural Science Center yesterday afternoon. The goats are the first occupants in the building, which will open for classes next week. The districtwide Agricultural Science Center, under construction since the spring, will provide a state-of-the-art facility for agriculture education and house agriculture science…

New Career and Technical Center will host Fall Academy Showcase Nov. 6

October 24, 2017
CTC

Oct. 24, 2017 – The faculty and staff of the ¼«ËÙÁùºÏ²Ê Dan Dipert Career + Technical Center invite everyone to join them for the first official Academy Showcase Night, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, from 6–7 p.m. See first-hand what the students have been talking about. Teachers and students will showcase their programs and some of the…