Claire McInerny
Education ReporterClaire McInerny is a former education reporter for KUT. Previously, she was a statewide education reporter for NPR member stations in Indiana. She won an Edward R. Murrow award for a series she did there about resources for English Language Learners in the state’s rural school districts. Claire is originally from Kansas, and got a journalism degree from the University of Kansas. Since moving to Texas, she’s never missed winter.
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On Thursday, AISD released a rough timeline for its search to replace Stephanie Elizalde. -
AISD school board members said they need to focus on other important issues facing the district before jumping into the hiring process. -
Austin ISD found out this week that properties in Travis County were appraised much higher than it anticipated. It's now expected to pay $850 million into the state recapture system next school year — $50 million more than it had budgeted. -
ACC's new campus at the former Highland Mall includes state of the art labs and technology for students. -
Austin ISD is changing the schedule to give teachers more planning time and to meet a state PE requirement. -
El presupuesto propuesto añadiría 1,000 dólares al salario base de los maestros y les daría un aumento general del 2%. El distrito también propone aumentar el salario por hora de los trabajadores clasificados y los conductores de autobús. -
The proposed budget would add $1,000 to teachers' base pay and give them a 2% raise overall. The district is also proposing raising the hourly wage for classified workers and bus drivers.
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The pilot program is an option queer students on campus have been seeking for decades. -
Conservative critics said Austin ISD was encouraging students not to tell their parents what they were learning during discussions of LGBTQ issues in class. -
The superintendent said the district could reinstate the mask mandate if the COVID situation changes. She urged people to respect each other's differences as the mask mandate is lifted.
