budget
Most Austin schools will see a bump in their budgets next year
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CPS officials released school-by-school budgets in April, three months earlier than last year.
Ald. Chris Taliaferro
29th Ward residents choose community projects to be funded in 2018
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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.
budget
29th Ward residents, cast your votes now for 2018 community projects
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
budget
West Side schools facing budget cuts for upcoming year
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Find out how your school will fare under the new spending plan CPS just released to principals.