Announcements

District beats goal for first semester of attendance initiative (En espa帽ol)
Districtwide attendance has increased by 1.41% year over year, thanks in part to the newly implemented attendance initiative. Why it matters: Improved attendance boosts student performance and engagement. Plus, attendance is how schools receive funding, so鈥

小黄鸭导航 ISD Creative Learning Initiative awarded national $100K grant (En espa帽ol)
The 小黄鸭导航 art community will have more opportunities to collaborate with 小黄鸭导航 ISD after the district received new funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The details: This is the 10th year 小黄鸭导航 ISD has received this grant, which will鈥

Sparks of Joy in 小黄鸭导航 ISD: Highlighting Parent Support Specialist Frutoso Robledo (En espa帽ol)
The Spanish word for door is PUERTA and it sounds, to me, very similar to the English word for PORTAL! Try saying it - puerta, portal, puerta, portal! And the door - la puerta - to Frutoso Robledo鈥檚 room IS like a portal into a new world. Frutoso Robledo is鈥

Board Bulletin: Greater 小黄鸭导航 YMCA lease approved, annual academic report released (En espa帽ol)
Another week, another 小黄鸭导航 ISD board meeting. We鈥檙e back this week with the latest actions of the Board of Trustees at its February Regular Voting Meeting. This month, the board held a public hearing on the Texas Academic Performance Reports and鈥

小黄鸭导航 ISD partners with the Dallas Cowboys to launch High 小黄鸭导航 Girls Flag Football League (En espa帽ol)
小黄鸭导航 ISD is proud to announce the formation of a Girls Flag Football League, which will begin competitive play this Spring 2025, with support from the Dallas Cowboys organization. The details: Each 小黄鸭导航 ISD high school will form a team to鈥

小黄鸭导航 ISD celebrates student, community achievement at African American Heritage event (En espa帽ol)
The 小黄鸭导航 ISD community gathered at the 42nd annual African American Heritage Celebration to honor top students, staff and community partners. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淯nity in Diversity: Celebrating Trailblazers in the Community鈥 focused on community leaders鈥

小黄鸭导航 ISD monitoring Measles, no reported cases to date
小黄鸭导航 ISD is carefully monitoring the ongoing spread of Measles throughout the state and in neighboring communities. Why it matters: Measles is an airborne, extremely infectious and potentially severe rash illness. While it was declared eliminated in the鈥

Big news: 小黄鸭导航 ISD accepted into the Teacher Incentive Allotment program! (En espa帽ol)
Our teachers will now have opportunities to benefit from this state program, which rewards top-performing teachers with higher salaries, helping attract and retain incredible talent. In 小黄鸭导航 ISD, recognizing and compensating our teachers is a huge part of鈥

Register now for the 2025 Destination Life Transition Conference
小黄鸭导航 districts in Central Texas are coming together to support families of students with disabilities at this year鈥檚 Destination Life Transition Conference.

Projected聽budget deficit widens as local property values decline (En espa帽ol)
We鈥檙e back with another budget update! When we last checked in, we shared that the district was working to tackle a $92 million deficit over three years. Since then we鈥檝e gotten new information from the Travis Central Appraisal District that means we鈥

Board Bulletin: Updates on college readiness, early childhood, budget (En espa帽ol)
It鈥檚 a new month and we鈥檙e back with the latest happenings with the Board of Trustees. This Board Information Session covered two Scorecard items, as well as deep dive on the fiscal forecast. Let鈥檚 get right to it鈥

Students see history come alive in East 小黄鸭导航 Crawl, Huston-Tillotson University Tour (En espa帽ol)
Black History Month has officially kicked off at 小黄鸭导航 ISD with the raising of the Pan-African Flag.