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In a growing school system, the district’s attendance zones will inevitably change to accommodate the growth. As a hypergrowth district, we are experiencing significant enrollment increases in some areas. As a result, some schools are over capacity while others have available capacity. The Board may consider leveling plans to balance student enrollment across campuses and alleviate overcrowding.   The district’s process is to collect feedback from community stakeholders regarding attendance boundary options. We specifically look to include parents from the potentially impacted campuses/areas. 

We appreciate everyone who provided input during the attendance boundary committee meetings and the leveling process.

The Lamar CISD Board of Trustees has approved new attendance zones that will impact Austin, Frost, Jackson, Long, Pink, Smith, and Travis Elementary Schools, which will go into effect for the 2024-2025 school year.

⤓ Board Approved Attendance Zones

En un sistema escolar en crecimiento, las zonas de asistencia del distrito cambiarán inevitablemente para adaptarse a este aumento. Como distrito de hipercrecimiento, estamos experimentando aumentos significativos de inscripciones en algunas zonas. Como resultado, algunas escuelas se encuentran por encima de su capacidad mientras que otras tienen capacidad disponible. La Mesa Directiva podría contemplar planes de nivelación para equilibrar las inscripciones de estudiantes en todos los campus y reducir la superpoblación.   El proceso del distrito consiste en recabar opiniones de las partes interesadas en la comunidad en relación a las opciones respecto a los límites de asistencia. Específicamente buscamos incluir a los padres de los campus/áreas que potencialmente se vean afectados. 

Agradecemos a todos los que dieron su opinión durante las reuniones del comité de límites de asistencia y el proceso de nivelación.

La Mesa Directiva de Lamar CISD ha aprobado nuevas zonas de asistencia que afectarán a las escuelas primarias Austin, Frost, Jackson, Long, Pink, Smith y Travis, que entrarán en vigor para el ciclo escolar 2024-2025.

⤓ Board Approved Attendance Zones

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Welcome to Austin Elementary School!

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

To register, please call 832-223-1000 to make an appointment.


Registration

Registering your future Astronaut is as simple as 1-2-3-4!
1. Visit LCISD.org > Students and Parents > Registration and scroll down to Students New to LCISD
2. Follow directions to locate your campus and complete the New Student Online Enrollment Application
3. Gather the required documents: Proof of Residency (closing documents, leasing agreement, fixed utility bill - electric, gas, water), copy of parent/guardian driver's license, student birth certificate, student immunization records
4.Call 832-223-1000 or email [email protected] to make an appointment to drop off documents

Attendance

Attendance notes may be sent by email but must come from a parent's verified email account. The email must be sent to the campus attendance clerk when your student returns to school. Please include your student's first name, last name, teacher name, grade and the date(s) which your student was absent. Please send your email to: [email protected]

Parent Information

Kinder Round Up 2024-2025

School Hours

School Hours: 7:15 a.m. - 2:40 p.m. 
Students who arrive after 7:15 a.m. are tardy. 

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.
1st Bell 7:05 a.m.
Tardy Bell 7:15 a.m.
Dismissal Bell 2:40 p.m.

 

Upcoming Events at Austin

April 9 - 11: STAAR Testing - Closed Campus
April 16: STAAR Testing - Closed Campus
April 18: 1st Grade Music Program
April 22 - May 3: Kinder Round Up
April 23 - 25: STAAR Testing - Closed Campus

Austin PTO

To learn more about the Austin PTO, please visit their website and Facebook page:
Austin PTO Website
Austin PTO Facebook Page

Follow Austin Elementary

Please join us on Facebook to see pictures of school events and activities! 
 




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Lunch Times

Kinder - Lemos, Sorbel: 11:50 a.m.
Kinder - Silva, Countryman, Fletcher: 12 p.m.
1st - Murphy, Harris: 11:30 a.m.
1st - Stockslager, Therrian, Young: 11:35 a.m.
2nd - Lohn, Stone: 12:20 p.m.
2nd - Ferguson, Tom, Venegas: 12:25 p.m.
3rd - Almendarez, Fetterman, Grimes: 11:10 a.m.
3rd - Broxson, Van Maanen: 11:15 a.m.
4th - Bullard, Allen: 10:30 a.m.
4th - Cruickshank, Faith, Burke: 10:35 a.m.
5th - Krenek, Covington: 10:50 a.m.
5th - Frewin, Lepler: 10:55 a.m.

Cafeteria

school cafe

Breakfast and lunch are FREE to all students at Austin, but students may purchase a la carte items. Your child's student ID number will also be their lunch number. You can also use this number to add money to their account online. Students will use their SMART Tag in the lunch line.

To make a payment on your child's account, please login to www.schoolcafe.com. 

For parent online help, please call 855-729-2328 or email [email protected].

To put restrictions on your child's account, please call 832-223-0180 or through your student's account on www.schoolcafe.com


SMART Tags

Lamar CISD implemented the SMART Tag system, which is designed to improve the safety and security of students who utilize school bus transportation. For more information, please click here.

If your student lost or breaks their SMART Tag, parents will need to purchase a new SMART Tag for $5.00.  Click here to purchase a new SMART Tag.

Please do not bend or punch a hole into the SMART Tag. 

  

Transportation Changes

Transportation changes must be submitted to the front office before 2:10 p.m. Transportation changes must be submitted by phone call or by a written note. 

On early release days, transportation changes must be submitted to the front office before 11 a.m. 

Permanent transportation changes must be made in writing.

  

Campus Forms & Documents   

After School Care   

For on-site after school care, please call the YMCA at 281-341-0791. Their program is for students K-5 and offered Monday - Friday (on regular school days) until 6:30 p.m. 

Below are the after school care facilities that provide transportation to and from Austin. 
Funshine Academy - 281-342-9624
Kids R Kids - 832-451-1111
Tree House Academy - 832-595-8500

Car Riders   

Please get a White Austin Visor Tag from your student's teacher. 

Place the White Austin Visor Tag in your front window.

If someone else picks up your child, please make sure they have the White Austin Visor Tag.

Please follow the car rider line route on the side of the building. 

All car riders must be picked up in the car ride line. 

Walkers/Bikers

Please meet your student(s) at the flag pole in the front of the bike rack.

Walker/Bikers will be released first. Please be at the flag pole at 2:40 p.m.

Kinder and 1st grade students must have an adult or older sibling present to receive their child. Individuals receiving Kinder or 1st grade students at the flag pole will need to be in possession of a picture ID, so the staff member can verify release authorization on the first day of school. We will then give a White Austin Walker/Biker Tag to use the following days. You could also get a White Austin Walker/Biker Tag from your child's teacher.

For Kinder and 1st grade, please email your child's teacher if you give permission for your child to be released by an older sibling. We must have this parent permission documentation on file. 

We will not release students to parents parked in the parking lot. You must meet your child at the flag pole. 

News

Lamar CISD Board Approves District of Innovation Designation

Mar 22, 2023 | Lamar CISD Communications

At the March 21 Board meeting, the Board of Trustees approved several innovations as part of a District of Innovation (DOI) designation. The following recommendations were approved: 

Innovation #1 Teacher Certification 

Innovation: Continue to seek certified educators for teaching positions and maintain expectations for employee certification. When search efforts have been exhausted, the District will be able to recruit, hire, and locally certify, individuals who are knowledgeable and are fully equipped to perform the duties of the following hard to hire teaching positions:  

  • Career & Technical Education 

  • World Languages  

The District will set and require minimum qualifications which may include:  

  •  Professional work experience  

  • Formal training/education in the content area  

  • Active/relevant professional industry certification  

  • A combination of work experience, training, and education  

  • Demonstration of successful experience working with students 

Qualification criterion will vary by position. The District must provide teachers hired under this option with the training necessary to carry out the expectations of their positions. 


Rationale: This will increase our candidate pool and we will be able to hire industry experts for courses that have become “hard to fill” positions including career and technology, and world languages such as French, ASL, and Chinese. In the current educational environment, traditional certification requirements are increasingly challenging to find and we do not want to limit course availability. 


Innovation #2 First Day of Instruction 

Innovation: Lamar CISD Board Approves District of Innovation Designation The first day of instruction may be scheduled prior to the 4th Monday in August, but not prior to the 2nd Monday in August. The scheduled start date will be set to best meet the needs of the District’s students, staff, and community. 

Rationale: This would adjust the first day of instruction to provide strategic breaks for staff and students, and it would include the following: 

  • Balanced number of school days and holidays for each semester, particularly at the secondary level for one-semester courses 

  • 45-day penalty-free period for contract release 


Innovation #3 Designation of Campus Behavior Coordinator 

Innovation: The principal may delegate the duties of the Campus Behavior  

Coordinator to campus administrator(s) and the District will provide the training and guidance necessary for them to execute expectations, practices and protocols that also meet all other provisions of the applicable code. This will ensure consistency and adherence to policy and legal requirements. 

Rationale: This would allow principals to delegate duties to campus administrator(s), which will better serve the needs of District students and families, while also increasing the effectiveness of District administrators.  


Innovations Not Implemented 

While there are portions of a DOI designation that have been implemented in other districts, Lamar CISD will not implement the following:   

  • We will NOT eliminate teacher contracts 

  • We will NOT decrease the 75,600 required minutes of instruction 

  • We will NOT reduce teacher compensation 

  • We will NOT eliminate teacher lunch and planning time 

  • We will NOT hire random, uncertified staff to teach core classes at any grade level 


Annual Review Process 

The District’s Local Innovation Plan must be reviewed yearly. As shown in the illustration below, if a new innovation is introduced or a change is suggested, then the DSIC must review the proposal and approve or deny it. If the DSIC approves the change, then it will go to the Board of Trustees for a final vote and must receive a 2/3 majority vote in order to become approved. If the Board of Trustees approves the change, then the Local Innovation Plan will be updated. If there is a vote to reject the change by the DSIC or the Board at any stage during the process, then no change will be made. 


Annual Review Process Flow Chart 

 

Quick Timeline

July 2022 

  • DOI was brought to discussions among district leadership by Superintendent Dr. Roosevelt Nivens in July of 2022.  

November 9, 2022 

  • Dr. Nivens and former Chief Learning Officer Dr. Terri Mossige shared the overview of the DOI process with Districtwide Student Improvement Council (DSIC). 

  • DSIC (as the Local Innovation Committee) voted to explore becoming a DOI and we had two public meetings to discuss innovations for the local level.  

February 3, 2023 

  • The local plan was posted for 30 days on the District website. 

February 27, 2023 

  • Dr. Nivens notified the commissioner and the TEA accreditation department of the board's intent to vote on the proposed plan and sent the plan for review.  

  • During this time, Dr. Nivens received communications from TEA That innovation #5 and #6 we're not allowable per TEC code 37.005. This was an update that came just days before the district started the initial planning phases of becoming a DOI. 

  • At the February Board meeting, Board members asked if it was possible to vote innovation by innovation versus voting the plan as a whole. District leadership consulted with TEA, and the Board was allowed to vote innovation by innovation if the plan was publicly posted for 30 days. Additionally, innovations could be reduced, but not added.  

March 7, 2023 

  • DSIC met and voted to allow the Board to vote innovation by innovation. 

To learn more about DOI, please click HERE.

To watch the March Board meeting where the Local Innovation Plan was presented and approved, please click HERE. 

 

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