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Ald. Chris Taliaferro

29th Ward residents choose community projects to be funded in 2018

By Xueer Zhang | December 4, 2017

About 390 residents cast votes last month to decide how to spend Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s $1 million menu money. Sixty-five percent will go to street and alley resurfacing, while $312,500 will be spent on four community projects.

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29th Ward residents, cast your votes now for 2018 community projects

By Xueer Zhang | November 8, 2017

Voting runs through Nov. 20th on five neighborhood projects on the list to be funded out of Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s $1.3 million “menu money” budget. This is the second year those living in the ward have been able to take part in “participatory budgeting.”

Opinion

There’s no need for a new high school in Austin

By Dwayne Truss | October 18, 2017

The focus should be on showing West Side residents that students can receive an equitable and well-resourced education at Austin’s existing high schools, writes resident Dwayne Truss.

education

Austin’s Leland Elementary seeks community support in face of 10 percent funding cut

By Xueer Zhang | September 20, 2017

West Side business owners, parents and social workers met last week in Oak Park to discuss the potential and challenges facing the school. The conversation was moderated by Reesheda Graham Washington, executive director of Community First Association and owner of the LIVE café, where the meeting was held.

News

Austin schools lose teachers, support staff in wake of CPS funding cuts

By Xueer Zhang | August 17, 2017

The layoffs will hurt West Side students and the community as a whole, educators and advocates say.

News

Austin schools face funding cuts amid enrollment decreases

By Xueer Zhang | July 31, 2017

West Side schools in the state’s largest district will see fewer teachers, staff in September when classes begin, warn community activists and others.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro

29th Ward alderman wants your input on how to spend nearly $1 million

By AustinTalks | June 13, 2017

The first of three meetings being held to discuss which neighborhood projects should be funded with “menu money” is set for June 14 at Amundsen Park. Two other gatherings are planned for Rutherford-Sayre Park and the Columbus Park Refectory later this month.

back-to-school

West Side students invited to back-to-school celebration today

By Xueer Zhang | August 30, 2016

It’s one of 13 events CPS is holding before classes begin next week. The Aug. 30th event takes place at Prosser from 2 to 5 p.m.

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West Side schools facing budget cuts for upcoming year

By Nicholaus Garcia | July 21, 2016

Find out how your school will fare under the new spending plan CPS just released to principals.

29th Ward

Results of 29th Ward’s first participatory budgeting initiative announced

By AustinTalks | June 13, 2016

Ald. Chris Taliaferro says $700,000 in funding will pay for six projects – ranging from community gardens and murals to pedestrian islands and park equipment. Six months of community meetings and two weeks of voting determined how the menu money will be spent.

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