HT&R Sept. 11 2021 - New Northeast Middle School, LBJ, the new General Counsel, and a 2022 Bond

Candace and Cuitlahuac share their hot take on the latest regarding the new Northeast Middle School being built in the Mueller development, an what they know about issues at LBJ High School. They also talk about how district's hiring of a new General Counsel and who the new hire is, and their reaction to the district's plan for a bond election in fall of 2022.

Here are links to the stories we mention.

Northeast Middle School

• https://www.austinisd.org/construction-management/bond/project-status/new-northeast
• https://www.austinisd.org/sites/default/files/dept/schoolchanges/scenarios/english/AISD_scenarios-ENGv3.pdf (p23)
• https://www.austinisd.org/sites/default/files/dept/schoolchanges/scenarios/english/110419_AISD-School-Changes-Scenarios-V2-3.pdf (p26 & p27)
• https://communityimpact.com/austin/central-austin/education/2021/06/10/land-deal-snag-delays-new-middle-school-in-austins-mueller-neighborhood/

LBJ

• https://www.austinisd.org/announcements/2020/04/28/aisd-board-trustees-approves-new-principal-appointments-0
• https://www.lbjechsaustinisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1614801&type=d&pREC_ID=1754125
• https://4.files.edl.io/31e5/09/02/21/012545-f5bd4534-3675-4ba1-a960-05a95ac7bb3d.pdf
• https://austinisd2017bond.org/schools/lbj-echs/
• https://www.statesman.com/article/20120901/NEWS/309006656
• https://lasaliberator.com/917/news/bidding-farewell-to-sheila-henry/

General Counsel

• https://communityimpact.com/austin/southwest-austin-dripping-springs/2021/08/18/austin-isds-new-general-counsel-has-background-in-intelligence/
• https://www.austinisd.org/announcements/2021/08/18/austin-isd-appoints-new-general-counsel
• https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Despite-contract-scandal-panel-has-few-questions-6078483.php
• https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/11/report-texas-fraud-investigator-resigns-over-work-iraqi-government/

2022 Bond

• https://www.statesman.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305139748