Alison Bach

This District Technology Plan for Augusta Independent School District outlines a strategic roadmap for technology implementation and improvement for the 2026-2027 academic years. Key focus areas include fostering collaborative leadership, maintaining a robust technology infrastructure and ecosystem, ensuring data security, privacy, and effective use, optimizing budget and resources, strengthening partnerships, enhancing digital learning, curriculum, instruction, and assessment, providing personalized professional learning, and optimizing the use of space and time. The plan emphasizes the construction of a new educational facility with integrated technology, continuation of a Chromebook replacement plan, and providing technology instruction to students to ensure proficiency in technology standards.

The 2019 Strategic Plan for Athletics at Augusta Independent Schools focuses on academic success, student-athlete development, competitive success, fiscal discipline, fundraising, marketing, and community engagement. Key areas of focus include enhancing academic performance, providing personal growth opportunities for student-athletes, ensuring competitive teams, promoting fiscal responsibility, and building stronger relationships with stakeholders. The plan aims to create an environment where student-athletes can achieve excellence both academically and athletically, while also fostering a sense of community and support.

The Augusta Independent School District Technology Plan for 2025-2026 focuses on enhancing digital learning and infrastructure. Key strategies include refreshing wireless access points, replacing network switches, and continuing a Chromebook replacement plan. The plan emphasizes integrating technology standards across all classes, providing technology instruction to students, and implementing new statewide initiatives like CUES and a new internet content management system. It also aims to improve data security, ensure equitable access to technology, and foster collaborative leadership through professional development and stakeholder feedback.

The document contains the 2025-2026 classified salary schedules for the Augusta Independent School District. It includes salary information for various positions such as Board Administrative Assistant, School Secretary, Preschool Lead, Instructional Assistant, Instructor III, School Nurse, Cafeteria Manager, Assistant Manager/Staff, Cafeteria Aide, Custodian, Bus Driver, Maintenance/Bus Driver, FRYSC / Community Ed. Director, and Mental Health Therapist. The schedules outline hourly rates and salaries based on years of experience for each position.

This special meeting of the Augusta Board of Education included a student spotlight showcasing fourth-grade students reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and a steel drum class performance. Reports included a principal's report highlighting a new principal spotlight QR code system for sharing school news and student achievements, and a virtual/in-person school update addressing challenges and plans for in-person learning resumption in January. The superintendent's report covered the continuation of virtual school, updates on winter sports, and the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine rollout for educators.