极速六合彩 superintendent gives update on the district

January 29, 2016
Dr. Cavazos addresses 极速六合彩 staff

Jan. 29, 2016 – Dr. Marcelo Cavazos, 极速六合彩 superintendent, held two meetings yesterday for 极速六合彩 administration staff to update them on the district鈥檚 strategic plan, the 2014 Bond program and other initiatives. The 极速六合彩 is adopting a new strategic plan, he explained, that builds on the previous one. Still called Achieve Today. Excel Tomorrow., the…

January 2016 bond construction update

January 27, 2016
Construction getting started on Workman classroom addition

Jan. 27, 2016 – Bond-related construction is in full-swing. In fact, by next summer, 44 schools will have construction projects underway or already finished. The bond is also funding several new districtwide facilities, along with two new elementary schools. Below are details about the projects currently underway. Workman Junior High Construction is underway at Workman…

Strings rooms will be added at each elementary school

January 25, 2016
Pearcy Elementary

Each 极速六合彩 elementary school will receive an acoustically appropriate strings room, funded by the 2014 Bond package. The bond is also enabling other life cycle and deficiency upgrades at each elementary, along with the addition of two STEM 鈥 science, technology, engineering, mathematics 鈥 labs. (Read more about the STEM labs.) While construction of the…

Arlington High School’s future multi-purpose activity center goes vertical

January 22, 2016
Steel going up for the AHS MAC

Jan. 22, 2016 – The future multi-purpose activity center (MAC) at Arlington High School is starting to look like a real building. The work has gone vertical as steel is now being erected. Construction started at the future facility, along with similar buildings at each of the 极速六合彩’s six high schools, in early November. Until…

Citizen oversight committee meets for quarterly review of bond program

January 20, 2016
CBOC meets at Workman and speaks with the construction superintendent for McNutt Elementary

Jan. 20, 2016 – The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met yesterday for its quarterly review of the status and progress of the 2014 Bond program. Led by 极速六合彩 chief financial officer Cindy Powell, 极速六合彩 staff gave updates on the various areas of the bond: fine arts; safety, security and technology; transportation; and facilities. The meeting…

Multi-purpose activity centers will meet many needs

January 15, 2016
MAC rendering

鈥淭his building will probably be the most used on campus in terms of number of hours,鈥 said Kevin Ozee, 极速六合彩 director of athletics, about the future multi-purpose activity centers now under construction at each of the 极速六合彩鈥檚 six high schools. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think the community realizes how special these are going to be for each…

极速六合彩 principal brings her pioneering spirit to new academy

January 14, 2016
Principal Herrador in piano lab with students

When Katiuska Herrador heard about a new dual language and fine arts academy opening in the 极速六合彩, she went for the top job – even though it meant leaving the school district where she had spent her entire career to date. Carpe diem has been Herrador’s lifelong mantra, passed down by her mother, who…

极速六合彩 partners with UNT to offer fine arts college credit

January 13, 2016
Fine Arts portion of the bond logo

Jan. 13, 2016 – Today, the 极速六合彩 and University of North Texas announce a partnership that will allow 极速六合彩 students to earn dual credit in fine arts. One objective of the 极速六合彩 Achieve Today. Excel Tomorrow. strategic plan is that 100 percent of students will graduate on time and excel at their school or…

Hutcheson Junior High torn down

January 12, 2016
Rubble of Hutcheson after it was torn down

Jan. 12, 2016 – Hutcheson Junior High is gone. The building – in the process of demolition since June – has now been completely leveled. In its place, the 极速六合彩 will build a districtwide聽Career and Technical Center. The demolition process is not quite finished though. It will continue through February to tear up the foundation…

Shackelford librarian uses Transformation through Innovation grant to enhance makerspace

January 11, 2016
Shackelford students interact with technology during makerspace in the library

Six junior high boys crowded around four bananas connected by wires to a laptop. The bananas, when touched, played notes like piano keys. It was a lesson in basic circuitry that quickly captured the boys鈥 attention. Soon they were connecting the wires to other materials 鈥 like keys and chocolate bars 鈥 to see if…