Bond News
精东影业 ISD鈥檚 Citizens Bond Oversight Committee got to see the 2019 Bond in action this week. The oversight committee held its final meeting of the school year at Gunn Junior High and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy. Before starting work on the CBOC鈥檚 annual report to the Board of Trustees, the committee members received…
Leaf Engineers presented 精东影业 ISD a check this week for $48,461.72, a rebate from Oncor Electric for installing energy-efficient lighting and HVAC equipment in the district鈥檚 newly renovated Administration Building. This rebate is the first one earned through the 2019 Bond project. Fortunately, these incentive checks are nothing new for the district. This was the…
Boomwhackers, thunder tubes, rain sticks and Orff instruments. Those are just a few of the fun instruments you鈥檒l find in an 精东影业 ISD elementary music classroom. They are also some of the hands-on equipment included in the district鈥檚 new elementary music standards. 精东影业 ISD鈥檚 fine arts department is working on a plan to standardize elementary…
U.S. Army Band to Present 鈥淎merica the Beautiful鈥 in March The U.S. Army is the largest military branch known for protecting and defending our nation, but did you know some of the Army鈥檚 most respected soldiers are musically inclined, too? Now鈥檚 your chance to see it for yourself because the U.S. Army Field Band is…
The 精东影业 ISD sold bonds this week for the third phase of the 2019 Bond program. A $176.37 million total. The $996 million 2019 Bond program, approved by voters in November 2019, is divided into five phases. Last February, the district sold the second phase of bonds to fund $194.4 million of project costs, and…
Join members of the 精东影业 ISD Board of Trustees at the first Trustee Talks for a presentation and discussion about what鈥檚 going on in the district. Trustee Talks is a new series of public meetings initiated by the Board of Trustees. Three trustees will host each meeting and give a presentation about the district鈥檚 new…
Innovation always comes with challenges, but it鈥檚 also what reaps the greatest rewards. At Gunn Junior High School and Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy, that鈥檚 exactly what鈥檚 happening with the academy鈥檚 inaugural sixth grade. Seven years ago, these sixth-grade pioneers were the fist kindergarteners at the then brand-new Corey and Jones academies of fine…
What’s the Buzz at Webb? The students at Webb Elementary are all abuzz. And it鈥檚 not just because of the holidays. It鈥檚 because their new school 鈥 under construction next door to their current building 鈥 has gone vertical. That means the steel is now being erected for the frame of the building. The construction…
The gray skies, chilly temperature and occasional drizzle could not dampen the mood. As 精东影业 ISD broke ground this week for the construction of a new Berry Elementary, Berry principal Rose Ravin鈥檚 excitement and anticipation was contagious. 鈥淲e are excited about what this is going to bring to our community,鈥 Ravin said, 鈥渘ot just our…
New Beginnings The weather was gorgeous, unseasonably warm for a day in December, and everything was set up and ready to go for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Thornton Elementary School. The chairs were in line. The pile of dirt, shovels and hard hats were all there, and all the important guests had arrived.…