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News from Austin Community College, Austin ISD & Dripping Springs ISD
HIGHLIGHTS DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD The board approved appointing two new middle school principals in March. Angela Frankhouser, formerly of Lake Travis ISD, was named Dripping Springs Middle School principal and has 25 years of public education experience. Kelly Miller, former Dripping Springs High School assistant principal, was named principal of Sycamore Springs Middle School and has worked in public education for 20 years. Prior to joining DSISD in 2016, she spent 14 years in a variety of roles, including classroom teacher, coach and assistant principal in Austin ISD. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY School districts in Texas will now be eligible for an adjustment in their operational minutes for the 2021-22 school year due to lingering e ects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new change was announced March 29. Eligible districts will have access to funding they may not have received due to declining in-person attendance rates. It will only apply to the rst four reporting periods of the current school year. Austin ISD Next meetings: April 28 at 5:30 p.m. MEETINGSWE COVER NUMBER TOKNOW participated in the district’s Day of Service on April 1 at the Central Texas Food Bank 40,000 The pounds of food sorted by Austin ISD sta and teachers who
AISDmarks grand openings of two newcampuses
BY GLORIE MARTINEZ
AUSTIN ISD The district celebrated the grand openings of new campuses at Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders and Eastside Early College High School in March. Ann Richards SYWL is a college-prep school that serves female students in grades 6-12 with the majority of its stu- dent population coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a district press release. The school was formerly housed in a school building built in 1958. Notable features of the new campus include a media center, makerspaces and new athletic elds. Eastside ECHS relocated from its facility at the former Johnston campus to the site of the original L.C. Anderson High School, which served East Austin’s African American community for 82 years before it was closed by a federal court in 1971 as part of desegregation, according to the dis- trict. Improvements include updated technology and exible learning spaces, and an outdoor courtyard. Both campuses received funding from the 2017 Austin ISD bond. The new Ann Richards SYWL campus opened to students in January 2021, and the Eastside ECHS campus opened to students in fall 2021.
The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders opened its new campus to students in January 2021. (Courtesy Austin ISD)
New Eastside Early College High School campus
Renovated Ann Richards campus
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NewMendez charter partner approved
ACCmaintains tuition rates for ninth year
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Under the new 1882 Partnership with Third Future Schools, Austin ISD has these goals for improving Mendez Middle School: raising the current F grade to a D by the end of the 2022- 23 school year, and to a B in the next two years; increasing the number of economically disadvantaged students who meet grade- level academic requirements to 60% by 2025; and reducing the number of disciplinary actions against students on a yearly basis.
BY GLORIE MARTINEZ
BY DARCY SPRAGUE
AUSTIN ISD Trustees voted March 24 to approve a new 1882 Partnership that will allow char- ter-network Third Future Schools to run Mendez Middle School. A 1882 Partnership provides incentives for school districts to partner with charter and higher education schools, nonpro ts or government entities to improve academic performance. This comes after the district announced it would stop o ering sixth grade at Mendez in the 2022-23 school year.
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE The regional college district announced April 5 that it will not raise tuition for next school year. The 2022-23 academic year represents the ninth year in which the community college has main- tained its rates, according to the press release. “The board of trustees wants to continue to encourage our citizens to attend college and get the skills they need to succeed,” ACC board Chair Nan McRaven said in the release.
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Next meetings: April 25 at 6 p.m. 510 W. Mercer St., Dripping Springs www.dsisdtx.us Meetings are being held virtually and in person.
SOURCE: AUSTIN ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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