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AISD PORTRAITS
VOLUME 8 | 2018
CONTENTS
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/ National Merit Scholars
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/ State of the District – AISD 2018
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/ District Accountability Scores
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/ School Calendar and Map
Inclusion Revolution
What is so special about STEP? Go inside the club
helping turn this middle school into one big,
happy family
Summer Oorah
Superintendent Dr. Dana West spends a great deal
of time asking students, “What’s your plan?” but
when she talked to scholars about their next steps
after high school, she didn’t feel confi dent in her
knowledge of the military. So, she enlisted in the
U.S. Marine Corps…. Sort of.
New Again
From tattered stage curtains to drainage
problems and ramshackled restrooms,
School Board President Jim Austin
didn’t like what he saw in schools, so
he took it to voters. Now with the com-
munity’s backing, AISD’s $100 million
school bond goes to work.
Safer Sports
Fewer students nationwide are participating in
sports amid concussion concerns. But in
Amarillo ISD, high-tech devices and highly-
trained staff are a game changer. “Our number
of athletes is skyrocketing,” says Assistant Athletic
Director Dr. Justin Hefl ey.
AISD’s Open
Concept School
Popular estimates suggest as many as 65 percent of jobs today’s
kindergartners will hold don’t exist yet. With the District’s recent
purchase, Amarillo ISD forges into education’s new frontier and not
a moment too soon.
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