| DATE |
DESCRIPTION |
SUPERINTENDENT |
|
1907 |
First school building in the
county at Whalen Lake. |
County
Judge |
1907 |
First school building in Andrews
community. |
County
Judge |
1910 |
Two-story wooden building
constructed on site of current AISD warehouse (old Primary and Grammar School. |
County
Judge |
1927 |
McCarley School organized (SE of
town). |
County
Judge |
1930 |
First elected school board in
Andrews County. |
Summerhill |
1930 |
The Andrews Common School
District incorporated to become an Independent School District. |
Summerhill |
1930 |
First High School constructed on
NW D street. |
Summerhill |
1937 |
Grammar school built on site of
two-story wood schoolhouse. |
Bean |
1938 |
Court battle with Florey Common
School District over consolidation. Case went all the way to the Texas Appeals Court. |
Bean |
1939 |
All rural districts consolidated
with AISD. |
Hamilton |
1939 |
Legislature passed new law
allowing University Lands to be taxed locally. |
Hamilton |
1939 |
First construction phase of
football field. |
Hamilton |
1944 |
Central cafeteria constructed
northeast of HS. |
Hamilton |
1944 |
Primary school addition to
Grammar school. |
Hamilton |
1945 |
Construction of a new HS west of
old HS. |
Hamilton |
1946 |
AISD developed its own water
system. |
Hamilton |
1947 |
Construction of teacherages on
North Main Street. |
Hamilton |
1948 |
First phase of Central
Elementary completed (Glorieta Elementary). |
Hamilton |
1949 |
Second phase of Central
Elementary completed. |
Hamilton |
1949 |
Construction of football field
completed with lights and officially named Hamilton Field. |
Hamilton |
1949 |
Gilmer-Akin Act –
Reorganized the Texas public schools. |
Hamilton |
1950 |
Construction of Mustang Gym
(Glorieta) completed. |
Hamilton |
1950 |
HS vocational shop constructed. |
Hamilton |
1950 |
Lincoln School is constructed. |
Hamilton |
1952 |
Band hall addition completed
(north of auditorium). |
Hamilton |
1954 |
Brown vs. Board of Education
orders school integration. |
Hamilton |
1955 |
Construction of new Junior High
School. |
Roach |
1955 |
Purchased properties for new
elementary schools, new high school and new stadium. |
Roach |
1956 |
Five neighborhood primary school
units constructed. |
Roach |
1957 |
Underwood Elementary completed
in May. |
Roach |
1957 |
Devonian and San Andres
Elementary completed to start school at beginning of 1957-58 school year. |
Roach |
1957 |
Addition of gyms and physical
education facilities at Underwood Elementary. |
Roach |
1957 |
Construction of School
Administration building. |
Roach |
1957 |
Construction of district
transportation yard (bus barn). |
Roach |
1957 |
Mustang Stadium dedicated. |
Roach |
1957 |
Lights added to tennis courts at
NW 3rd and D. |
Roach |
1958 |
AISD was determined to be the
wealthiest school district in the state. |
Roach |
1959 |
AISD has the highest
teachers’ salary schedule in the state. |
Roach |
1959 |
Baseball field construction is
completed. |
Roach |
1960 |
Low bid of $2.6 million was
awarded to Warner Construction in June 17th board meeting for the construction
of the new high school. |
Roach |
1960 |
AHS mile relay team sets
national high school record (3:16.2) and 440 relay team sets national high school record
(41.5). |
Roach |
1962 |
The new High School was
completed and occupied on January 15th. |
Roach |
1962 |
AISD integrates and closes
Lincoln School. |
Roach |
1962 |
AISD board of trustees approves
the sale of the teacherages on North Main street for $23,500. |
Roach |
1963 |
AISD reported to have a tax base
of 2.5 oil wells per student. |
Roach |
1965 |
Devonian Elementary destroyed by
fire. |
Montgomery |
1965 |
AHS had the largest number of
state qualifiers of any school district (all classes) in the state. |
Montgomery |
1966 |
Lighting system on Hamilton
Field sold to and removed by Slaton ISD. |
Montgomery |
1967 |
Devonian Elementary is rebuilt. |
Brenholtz |
1967 |
HS Vocational building
constructed. |
Brenholtz |
1967 |
The old high school is razed and
tennis courts constructed at the site. |
Brenholtz |
1967 |
All buildings without air
conditioning are air-conditioned. Glorieta, Junior High, old High School. |
Brenholtz |
1967 |
The new High School was
evacuated so concrete support beams could be repaired. |
Brenholtz |
1969 |
High School stadium cinder track
replaced with rubberized track. |
Brenholtz |
1969 |
AISD turns water system over to
the city. |
Brenholtz |
1970 |
Renovation of Central
Auditorium.
Weight room, athletic offices, tennis dressing rooms and 4 classrooms constructed at high
school. |
Brenholtz |
1970 |
Old Central cafeteria is razed. |
Brenholtz |
1970 |
Purchased and installed the
district's first mainframe computer at HS (IBM 1130 system). |
Brenholtz |
1972 |
First educational TV in
classrooms. |
Hall |
1973 |
Construction of new $1.5 million
dollar Middle School begins. HS installs new carpet. |
Hall |
1973 |
Construction of MS football
stadium. |
Hall |
1973 |
HS Vocational addition of
Vocational Agriculture room and shop. |
Hall |
1973 |
Rubberized track installed at
MS. HS track renovated. |
Hall |
1974 |
AISD recognized as a
Governor’s Exemplary School System. (Between 1953 and 1974, AISD had 44 individual
state winners – more than any other school in Texas.) |
Hall |
1975 |
Occupancy of new Middle School
in November. |
Hall |
1975 |
AISD Board of Trustees is named
"Outstanding Board" in Texas. |
Hall |
1976 |
Installation of planetarium
completed in the MS. |
Hall |
1976 |
Observatory dome installed on
new Middle School building. |
Hall |
1976 |
New aluminum seating installed
at HS stadium. |
Hall |
1976 |
Construction of Vocational
Agriculture feeding pens and show barn. |
Hall |
1977 |
Radio communication for
maintenance and transportation staffs is installed. |
Hall |
1978 |
Board approved the installation
of an inverted roof system to stop leaks in the HS roof. |
Graves |
1980 |
New TI-990 computer system is
installed at HS. |
Graves |
1981 |
Board approved moving all 6th
grades to MS. |
Graves |
1983 |
Clearfork Elementary, Middle
school vocational shop building, HS welding shop construction completed. |
Pennington |
1986 |
TECAT (State-wide teacher
literacy test) |
Pennington |
1991 |
Robin Hood Plan - Share the
Wealth (AISD teamed with Midland ISD). |
Pennington |
1991 |
Implementation of Phase I:
District Technology Plan (installing first fiber optic cable). |
Pennington |
1993 |
Purchased Andrews Savings &
Loan building. Moved the Tax Office to new site. |
Huddleston |
1994 |
Implementation of Phase II:
District Technology plan. |
Huddleston |
1995 |
Computer lab addition to
Devonian Elementary building. |
Huddleston |
1995 |
June 4th hailstorm
destroys 80% of AISD roofs. |
Huddleston |
1995 |
AISD installs first satellite
dish. |
Huddleston |
1995 |
First T-Star Satellite
transmission received by AISD on November 8th. |
Huddleston |
1996 |
New roofs installed on 80% of
the district buildings. |
Huddleston |
1997 |
The school district purchased
property west of MS stadium for parking. |
Huddleston |
1998 |
Old Lincoln School razed and new
Lincoln Community Center constructed.. |
Huddleston |
1998 |
Bids received for the
construction of new computer building at HS; 2 additional rooms at Devonian; and
renovation of HS field house. |
Huddleston |
1998 |
MS Choir and Band halls totally
renovated. |
Huddleston |
1998 |
Completion of Phase III of
District Technology Plan (all buildings are networked together with fiber optics cable). |
Huddleston |
| 1999-2000 |
Construction of girls' softball
field west of HS |
Huddleston/
Goodman |
| 2002 |
School
Construction Bond
Election passed- $30,100,00
|
Goodman |
|
2003 |
Moved to Grade Level Elementary
Campuses
K-2nd - Clearfork
3rd grade - Devonian
4th grade & PK - Underwood
5th grade & PK - San Andres
|
Huddleston |
| 2008 |
Moved into new
Devonian and Underwood campuses |
Mitchell |
