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Update on bond construction projects Not everyone in the ɫ��������һ���������� is getting a long winter break. While most of us circle the holidays on the calendar because we get to take those days off, the district’s facility services team circles those days for a different reason. Those are prime work days. They take advantage…

New Berry replaces school built in 1955 If you missed the new Berry Elementary’s grand opening earlier this school year, you missed a party. Sir Earl Toon of Kool and the Gang performed several of his biggest hits, including “Celebration,” in the school’s cafetorium. While there’s not going to be a repeat of the concert,…

Knox building was originally a junior high Knox Elementary is gone. The school building that housed four different schools in its 60 years has been completely demolished. The school opened in 1962 as the first Ferguson Junior High and the fourth junior high school in Arlington. It was converted into Venture School 25 years later…

Construction is the largest part of the 2019 Bond It’s not easy to keep up with all the construction projects included in ɫ��������һ����������’s 2019 Bond program. It’s a nearly $1 billion bond package after all that includes projects at every campus, new school buildings, new playgrounds and a whole lot more.    But a…

Glaspie Field will be district’s third stadium With cheerleaders, a drumline and a pep band, this groundbreaking ceremony felt more like a pep rally. But that was fitting considering the project ɫ��������һ���������� is about to start. The district is kicking off construction to convert the athletic field at Martin High School into the district’s…

Bond 2019 moves on to last phase Two phases down, one to go. The new playgrounds getting installed at all 53 ɫ��������һ���������� elementary schools – funded by the 2019 Bond – are divided into three phases. The first two phases, each with 17 schools, are now officially complete. That means all 34 schools in…

New junior high is funded by the 2019 Bond This was a little different than an outdoor concert at the Levitt Pavilion. This outdoor venue featured piles of rubble. And the backdrop for Carter Junior High’s orchestra, band and choir included two huge yellow earth movers. As the student musicians played and sang, the walls…

Thornton celebrates with singing, dancing and tamales Tamara Edwards, Thornton Elementary School’s music teacher, lined her choir students up on the stage stairs and then sat down at the piano. The standing-room-only crowd in the cafetorium, along with the overflow in the library watching the live stream, waited patiently for the students to start singing…

Flores oversaw construction of the Career + Tech Center We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by spotlighting several ɫ��������һ���������� staff members about their Hispanic heritage. This week we caught up with Richard Flores, ɫ��������һ���������� architect. Flores has overseen many construction projects in the district and most recently served as the project manager for the…

Old Knox building opened in 1958 It’s demo day. Actually, it’s demo days at the ɫ��������һ����������’s old Knox Elementary School. It takes more than a day to tear down an old school. The building that also served as a temporary Thornton Elementary for the last two years is now officially being torn down to…

Year two of construction at Arlington High School looks a lot different than the first. “The difference this year is that we can actually see the progress,” said AHS principal Stacie Humbles. “This summer, we got to see the structure go up and work is being done everywhere.” It was a busy summer of construction…

New Berry funded by the 2019 Bond It was a party Monday evening at Berry Elementary School. “Mr. Celebration” himself, Sir Earl Toon of Kool & the Gang, turned the dedication of the new elementary school into a celebration. In front of a packed cafeteria – full of Berry students, parents, teachers and alumni –…