Galveston Independent School District |
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| May 19, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted 5-2, with Beau Rawlins and Carol Greaney-Wurst opposed, to postpone for one week the proposed redistricting plan for the school board's representative districts. More |
| May 18, 2011 -- Update: Galveston Independent School District's police department has lifted a lockdown put in place at Austin Middle School and the AIM College and Career Prep school this morning due to a reported shooting in a neighborhood near the school. More |
| May 13, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District will host a public forum on Wednesday to receive input on the new Board of Trustee district boundaries plan. More |
| May 12, 2011 -- L.A. Morgan Elementary in Galveston recently held its first Earth Day Learning Fest, which included a ribbon cutting ceremony for the school's new outdoor classroom. More |
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 | May 10, 2011 -- The students, faculty, and staff from the Ambassadors Preparatory Academy celebrate the dedication of The Annie Marie Simmons Library located at 5001 Avenue U in Galveston
during the week of May 9, 2011. More |
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| May 09, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District will host a re-dedication of Bolivar Habitat Preserve Outdoor Classroom, which was damaged during Hurricane Ike, at the Crenshaw School on Friday. More |
| May 06, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees, in a special meeting on Thursday, voted unanimously to move forward with a plan for redistricting of the board's representative districts. More |
| May 06, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District has invited Galveston businesses and community organizations to celebrate "Go College Day" on May 11. More |
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| May 02, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District will hold student re-enrollment for the 2011-2012 school year on May 4-13. More |
| April 27, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees, in a special meeting on Tuesday, voted unanimously to name Tony Valastro as the district’s athletic director and head football coach. More |
| April 26, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name Tony Valastro, current head football coach/athletic director at East Chambers High School, as the lone finalist for the position of athletic director/head football coach for the district and Ball High. More |
| April 21, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve plans for the purchase of equipment by the Child Nutrition Department. More |
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| April 11, 2011 -- The Ball Preparatory Academy Internship Program is seeking Galveston companies, businesses and institutions to host high school seniors in an unpaid, 8-week internship. More |
| April 11, 2011 -- L.A. Morgan Elementary in Galveston will host an Earth Day Learning Fest on April 30. More |
| April 05, 2011 -- Students with Galveston's Greta Oppe Elementary School will appear in a live webcast on Thursday as they participate in The JASON Project, a science program founded by Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreckage site of the Titanic. More |
| March 31, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted unanimously to join a Teacher Retirement System Active Care Health Plan insurance program. More |
| March 29, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District today announced that two students from Austin Middle School have won the title of Tournament Champions at the VEX Robotics U.S. National Championship competition. More |
| March 23, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District has rescheduled a Thursday workshop regarding social media to April 7. More |
| March 23, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District today reported that a school district bus was involved in a traffic accident with a Texas Department of Corrections bus this morning, resulting in eight students being taken to the hospital for minor injuries. More |
| March 22, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District will host a parent and teacher workshop on Thursday to discuss social media use in order to develop possible recommendations for changes to communications policies and procedures at the district. More |
| March 10, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve recommendations by Superintendent Larry Nichols regarding Chapter 21 Administrator Contracts for the 2011-2012 school year. More |
| March 05, 2011 -- The Ball High School Basketball team plays tonight in the Regional Finals versus the La Marque Cougars at 3:00 p.m. at the Katy Merrell Center. More |
| February 24, 2011 -- Students from the Ball Preparatory Academy at Ball High School in Galveston recently attended the "Aggieland Saturday" event at Texas A&M University. More |
| February 21, 2011 -- Eighty students from Ball Preparatory Academy at Ball High School traveled to Texas A&M University in College Station on Saturday, February 19 for the University’s annual “Aggieland Saturday” event. More |
| February 17, 2011 -- The Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted 6-1, with Norman Pappous opposed, to extend a contract with Agile Minds through June 2012, in an amount not to exceed $163,000. More |
| February 06, 2011 -- The George Ball High School Golden Tornado Band will host a bingo fundraiser on February 19. More |
| February 03, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District will dismiss all classes early today and has canceled all classes for Friday due to weather conditions. More |
| February 02, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District today reported that several schools have experienced rolling blackouts and that a minor bus accident at an intersection with no working traffic signal occurred this morning. More |
| February 01, 2011 -- Galveston Independent School District Police and Transportation Department personnel will monitor the road conditions in the early morning before school buses are dispatched to the streets to pick-up students. Updates will be posted on GuidryNews.com More |
| January 31, 2011 -- Tickets for the February 12 boy's basketball rematch between La Marque High School and Ball High School in Galveston will be available starting February 2 at the La Marque ISD ticket office and the Ball High athletic office. More |