We are members of @EdAustin_TX determined to hold our elected school board members accountable to the children, families & staff of Austin ISD #WeRememberWeVote
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A historic election! We are excited for what the future holds!
This election cycle we fought for and elected 5 former teachers to the @AustinISD school board, 3 of which are former @EdAustin_TX members #ElectATeacher #WeRememberWeVote
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Welcoming new #AISDBoard Trustees Candace Hunter, Kathryn Whitley Chu, Andrew Gonzales and David Kauffman who were sworn in earlier this evening.
AISD School Board Watch 👀 retweeted
SPEAK OUT about the selection of @austinisd 's new interim superintendent (to be chosen by Dec. 15). Virtual session with school board @ noon TODAY and Monday, in-person Sat. @EdAustin_TX @DobieATX @NortheastECHS @WebbECPwildcats @navarro_vikings @aratisingh
Tonight we saw 4 new board members sworn in and 1 board members re-sworn in! What followed was public testimony about the officer elections. We heard from teacher @holamsjohnston, bus driver Rae Hudson, and teacher David De Leon speaking in support of @aratisingh for president!
The board voted ended up voting early this morning at about 3 AM and elected Arati Singh as president, Kevin Foster as vice president, and Lynn Boswell as secretary. @aratisingh @FosterintheAtx @LYNNforAISD
AISD School Board Watch 👀 retweeted
Returning from executive session at 3:09 a.m., the #AISDBoard unanimously approves new officers:
President: Arati Singh
Vice President: Kevin Foster
Secretary: Lynn Boswell
High five for the hard work! We won 5 of 5 school board seats! Local elections matter #WeRememberWeVote @EdAustin_TX
Congratulation to our newly elected trustees Hunter, Whitley Chu, Gonzales, and Kauffman! #WeRememberWeVote @EdAustin_TX
AISD School Board Watch 👀 retweeted
🗳 Five school board seats are up for election this November, and Education Austin members are on it!
🎤 Endorsement forum planned and coming soon! #FiveOfFive #SchoolBoardElections
Follow @AISDBoardWatch (committee of EA members) to get the latest on elections!
ALT Picture of Education Austin members seated at a table and smiling during a School Board Watch committee planning meeting
KXAN: [Last night] the board added $189 million to its proposal to "finance improvements that follow the bond steering committee recommendations and align additional facility needs," and it passed unanimously.
Thoughts? 🤔
kxan.com/news/education/aisd…
AISD School Board Watch 👀 retweeted
Education Austin's Statement On The Selection Of Dr. Mays As The Interim Superintendent:
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Rodriguez: If we feel we are ready to move forward with an action, we will return from executive session and take action.
The board now moves to executive session.
After 6 hours in executive session, the board reconvenes at 12:45 AM. Trustee Foster (@FosterintheAtx) moves to select Dr. Anthony Mays as interim superintendent. The vote passes 7-0-2 with Trustee Singh (@aratisingh) and Trustee Boswell (@LYNNforAISD) abstaining from the vote.
AISD School Board Watch 👀 retweeted
The total number of applicants has not been released.
Tomorrow’s AISD meeting is open to the public. The public in invited to provide input. @KVUE
AISD School Board Watch 👀 retweeted
.@AustinISD also confirms Dr. Anthony Mays, Chief Officer of Schools for AISD, and David Kauffman, former Executive Director for Multilingual Education for AISD, are two of the unknown number of superintendent applicants. @KVUE