by William Montgomery | Feb 15, 2018 | Updates
Several upgrades to the building that opened in 1916 as John T. Allen Junior High School and turned into Austin High School ten years later. The entire campus received a fresh coat of paint. Ceilings were lowered for better acoustics, and the heating, air...
by William Montgomery | Jan 26, 2018 | Updates
Not to be taken for granted, plans for Phase 1 of the new campus included 950 student, faculty, and staff parking places. Source of information: Austin American-Statesman, November 11, 1987
by William Montgomery | Jan 26, 2018 | Updates
ACC Board chair Jan Albers set a high standard for the new campus. “It is not only important that we build a campus but that we also work to provide the best possible education on this campus.” She added that “[t]oday institutions of higher education...
by William Montgomery | Jul 1, 2016 | Updates
From Austin Community College’s opening in September of 1973 until the fall of 1980, growth in student enrollment grew phenomenally, from 2,363 to 18,871–or 699 percent. The College still had no taxing authority, and thus no local tax revenue with which to...
by William Montgomery | Nov 19, 2015 | Updates
The property cost $3.1 million, or $2 per square foot. It was located between Metric Boulevard and a new road to be constructed (Stonehollow Drive). ACC officials estimated that phase 1 of the the new, full-service facility, comprising three buildings and 88,000...
by rferguso | Jun 5, 2000 | Updates
