Austin Independent School District
Texas, USA
Champion since 2023
The Austin Independent School District (Austin ISD) educates more than 73,000 students and embraces 116 diverse school communities in one of the fastest-growing metroplexes in the country. Austin ISD has relied on a cloud roadmap to help sustain and improve operations in the face of growing financial constraints. Austin ISD has turned to the cloud to bring cost savings, efficiency, and elasticity to their IT spend and applications as they grapple with declining student enrollment and decreasing IT budgets.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin ISD used Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide essential resiliency. The district relied on AWS AppStream remote access to support teachers and students during remote learning. The importance of resiliency was demonstrated again in early 2021, when a crippling winter storm led to power outages throughout the region. In response, the district turned to virtual machines hosted in the AWS Cloud to ensure business continuity until local services were restored.
What is the AWS Education Champions Program?
The purpose of the AWS Education Champions program is to recognize, celebrate, and support education leaders driving digital transformation with cloud computing. Through this program AWS helps amplify their stories and voices, as well as supporting their continued innovation with our services. The individuals selected to be part of this community share a mission to transform and advance education, and promote AWS services, solutions, and best practices in education.