Austin ISD trustees to choose one of three finalists as name for southwest elementary school May 18

Austin ISD is considering three names as options for the new elementary school being built in Southwest Austin, with a vote by the board of trustees scheduled for May 18.

According to district documents, the district is currently considering the following three names for the school:

• Barbara Beyer Elementary School
• Bear Creek Elementary School
• Lady Bird Elementary School

The new southwest elementary school is under construction at the corner of Trissino Drive and Escarpment Boulevard in the Avana neighborhood. The $36.3 million school was funded through the district’s 2017 bond program and is currently scheduled to open for classes in August, coronavirus regulations permitting.

Those families zoned for the school include a mix of students formerly zoned for Kiker and Baranoff elementary schools. According to the district, the campus will have a capacity of 522 students.

According to the district, Barbara Beyer was a former AISD elementary teacher who worked at Oak Hill Elementary School before passing away in 2005.

Bear Creek is a natural creek located south of the new campus in Southwest Austin.

Lady Bird Elementary would be a reference to former First Lady of the United States Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson, the namesake of Southwest Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Lady Bird Lake downtown.