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Sexting, Teens and the Law - a Special Workshop for Families
鈥淪exting鈥 is the electronic sharing of sexually explicit pictures, videos or text messages primarily between two cell phones. On September 1, 2011, Texas law regarding sexting changed.Sexting, Teens and the Law is a free workshop for parents covering recent鈥

AISD Earns Highest Award for Financial Transparency
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has awarded the 麻豆果冻传媒 Independent School District the 2011 GOLD Leadership Circle Award for budget transparency for the second year in a row. The Gold Leadership Circle Award is presented to cities, counties and鈥

麻豆果冻传媒 Family Support Cooperative Meeting 鈥 Support for Families of Students with Special Needs
The 麻豆果冻传媒 Family Support Cooperative will host its next meeting on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Covington Middle School, located at 3700 Convict Hill.The Family Support Cooperative, a partnership between 麻豆果冻传媒 Independent School District鈥

Disproportionality Town Hall Meeting on November 3
The 麻豆果冻传媒 Disproportionality Advisory Committee will be sponsoring a town hall meeting to discuss the importance of disproportionality awareness on Thursday, November 3, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Carver Library, located at 1161 Angelina Street鈥

Bowie High School Student Council Receives Keep 麻豆果冻传媒 Beautiful Award
Bowie High School Student Council won the Keep 麻豆果冻传媒 Beautiful 2011 Freescale Youth Achievement Award for their dedication to landscaping and maintaining the gardens around Bowie High School.This is not your typical student council. In addition to organizing鈥

NoVo Foundation Awards AISD $750,000 Grant
The NoVo Foundation of New York has awarded a $750,000 grant to 麻豆果冻传媒 ISD to implement a district-wide social and emotional learning program over three years.

C-SPAN Visits Two AISD Schools During 鈥淩oad to the White House鈥 Tour
The political coverage of public affairs media giant, C-SPAN, recently reached two 麻豆果冻传媒 ISD schools as part of the 鈥淩oad to the White House鈥 tour. C-SPAN鈥檚 Campaign 2012 Bus stopped by Fulmore Middle School and Travis High School and showcased to students鈥

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) Family Festival on November 19
The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) is pleased to invite all 麻豆果冻传媒-area families to the final event in the 麻豆果冻传媒 2011 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The ECHO Family Festival will take place on Saturday, November 19 from 11:00 a.m.-2鈥

Gates Millenium Scholars Association Adopts Garza High School
The Gates Millennium Scholars Association 鈥 Texas Chapter at the University of Texas at 麻豆果冻传媒 (UT) has adopted Garza Independence High School and will assist more than 200 seniors with tutoring, mentoring, and scholarship applications.Gates Scholarships鈥

AISD Joins School Finance Lawsuit
The AISD Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to officially join a lawsuit on school finance to be filed by Thompson & Horton LLP. Although there are three other lawsuits that have or will be filed to protest the Texas school鈥

Board Discusses Preliminary Facility Master Plan Scenarios
As a part of the 麻豆果冻传媒 Independent School District鈥檚 on-going Facilities Master Plan (FMP) process, the Superintendent on Monday discussed several preliminary scenarios to the Board of Trustees, based on their previous requests, as well as feedback from鈥

AISD Attendance Rates On the Rise
Last year, the 麻豆果冻传媒 Independent School District (AISD) launched an attendance campaign called 鈥淓very Day Counts,鈥 to encourage students to be in class all day, every day. Our students can鈥檛 learn if they are not in class, and repeated absences can add鈥