AISD Bond

The school's principal told parents in an email Wednesday that the campus would reopen next week. District officials have said crews are working on repairs after a fire broke out at the school late Monday night.

Voters approved a historic $2.4 billion bond package last November. It allows the district to borrow money to cover the costs of modernizing campuses, improving school security and buying new technology for students and staff.

The district’s current chief of operations, Matias Segura, will take on the position. He played a key role in crafting the 2022 bond package that voters overwhelmingly approved last month.

The Austin ISD Board of Trustees has put the largest bond in district history on the ballot this election season. The 2022 package is divided into three propositions that focus on renovating schools, investing in technology and upgrading shared athletic facilities.

The measure will hold contractors working on district property to a higher standard. The resolution requires any entity awarded a bid for a bond project to provide safety training, living wages and independent on-site monitoring.

The AISD Board of Trustees will decide on a resolution Thursday that seeks to ensure construction workers make a living wage and have safety training. The measure comes ahead of the 2022 school bond election which, if passed, will lead to many new construction projects in the district.

Ahead of a final vote on the bond proposal, several trustees who represent historically underserved schools raised concerns the district wants to reallocate tens of millions of dollars for projects at schools with majority-white student populations.

The AISD board of trustees will decide whether to include a bond on the November ballot. Members will also finalize which projects are included in the bond package. Voters overwhelmingly approved Austin ISD’s last bond in 2017.

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