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In Memoriam: Rodolfo Mendez
Remembering the founder of Ballet East Dance Theatre
"...his life to bringing dance to students on Austin's Eastside, changing countless lives in the process, has left us...."

May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

News Roundup: Bullhooks and Bikes
Plus knives, fires, and schools
"...common practice for circuses; a mourning community holds a memorial for a young boy who was fatally hit while..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

SwimATX Tackles Lifeguard Shortage
Learn-to-swim program educates Eastside kids on water safety
"...program. Reagan continued on with SwimATX, eventually joined by Eastside Memorial in January...."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Katarina Brown

The Storify of AISD and IDEA
How the East Austin community fired back against the charter plan
"...entire record of their controversial decision to hand the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team over to IDEA Public Schools put..."

Dec. 21, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Enrollment Stalling, IDEA Gets Magnetic
IDEA begins recruiting districtwide, magnet-style
"...parents and trustees as a way to save the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team. Now the district argues that the..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Which (East) Side Are You On?
Community plays tug-of-war over Eastside Memorial High School
"...of the nonprofit picketed a pro-district press conference at Eastside Memorial High School. After the rival photo ops, advocates..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's Next for Allan Elementary?
IDEA was sent packing – now AISD and the neighborhood face the school's 'repurposed' future
"...their campus. Vincent Tovar, spokesman for Pride of the Eastside, said, "Every day the building is empty and shuttered..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Failure to Communicate
AISD's community outreach needs to go back to school
"...police presence both in and outside the board room; Eastside residents were literally left standing in the rain, while..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

An IDEA Whose Time Has Passed?
The AISD board contemplates terminating its contract with IDEA Public Schools
"...its contract with the charter company, delaying expansion into Eastside Memorial High School for another year – or potentially,..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Not Everyone Keen on Charter IDEA
AISD considers partnership with charter school program
"...Tom Torkelson laid out their proposal to turn the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team over to the charter school group...."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD to Consider Charters and Communities Tonight
Agenda a complex dance between trustees, neighborhoods and employees
"...stay at Allan Elementary but do not expand into Eastside Memorial High School in 2013 (see "An IDEA Whose..."

Dec. 17, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Still Hunting Enrollment
Students opting out of new charter school in favor of existing AISD schools
"...IDEA was originally sold as a way to turn Eastside Memorial High School around, in fact it will not..."

March 23, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

All Key and No Lock
No deal on Eastside Memorial with Southwest Key
"...District has no current plans to discuss turning over Eastside Memorial High School to education nonprofit Southwest Key, according..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...• Green test-run As Eastside Memorial High School looks toward a greener future –..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

Examine Complexities of IDEA Issue
"...more likely to wash out of IDEA schools. Second, Eastside Memorial High School won’t see IDEA students until 2013..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Postmarks

Uncontrolled Experiments
AISD says charters and single-sex academies will lift all students' boats – and attacks any research that says otherwise
"...two radical new proposals. First, she recommends turning the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team over to IDEA Public Schools –..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ballet East
The company establishes its first dance academy for students at Eastside Memorial
"...Ballet East will host the debut performance of the Eastside Dance Academy, a program for students at Eastside Memorial..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'At the Snap of a Finger'
Anti-IDEA activists keep up due diligence for AISD
"...Why the anonymity? Honestly, there is a culture of..."

Feb. 1, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

IDEA's Records Show Kids From Across District
Charter school says its fulfilling mission to serve the underserved
"...zone. Moreover, IDEA Allan is supposed to serve the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team – and, on a larger scale,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Enrollment Numbers Fall Short
Charter school sits at 93% capacity
"...of an in-district charter that will eventually take over Eastside Memorial High School, and has aggressively recruited from across..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

12 Questions for AISD
Before trustees vote on IDEA, some questions we'd like answering
"...members doubt that, they may just want to visit Eastside Memorial at 4.30pm, where parents will be gathering to..."

Dec. 12, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Saving Austin's Schools
Nobody gets everything they want, but AISD’s bond may give everybody something they really need
"...Austin's first historically black high school), move the underenrolled Eastside Memorial there, and move the Liberal Arts and Science..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Parents, Teachers a Tough Sell
AISD board slated to vote on charter school plan Dec. 12
"...Austin Independent School District's hard sell of handing over Eastside schools to nonprofit charter school operator IDEA Public Schools..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

“Let’s Make a Deal”
"...a disservice to the community. By closing the three Eastside elementary schools and Allan, the district makes it certain..."

Sept. 13, 2017 Postmarks

Timeline of Key Changes
A decade of changes in Eastside schools
"...allows Johnston to be repurposed and it reopens as Eastside Memorial High School at the Johnston Campus...."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Allan Elementary Public Meetings Begin
Public meeting at Eastside Memorial tonight
"...The meeting is tonight, Wed. Oct. 16, at Eastside Memorial High School, 1012 Arthur Stiles Road, and will..."

Oct. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD: IDEA Down, Travis Heights Up
AISD board cancels IDEA at Allan, but IDEA promises to stay in town
"...one in five IDEA Allan students comes from the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team, IDEA simply does not serve that..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
Proposal marries Global Tech, Green Tech high schools
"...Eastside Memorial: Together Again..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board Meeting or Pep Rally?
"...And I am 100% in favor of a new Eastside public (not charter) school ["AISD’s Big Balancing Act," News,..."

June 27, 2017 Postmarks

AISD Board: Place Six
Three run to replace Moya
"...Saldaña has critics in groups like PRIDE of the Eastside, offering complaints that he was not sufficiently assertive in..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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