Baty Elementary School is owned and operated by Del Valle ISD. Students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade attended Baty Elementary School. Now the original Baty Elementary School sat in its original location from 1985 to 1999 on Crozier Lane in Del Valle right next to Hillcrest Elementary School fka Hillcrest School before relocating to Austin. This news article will explain and explore the history behind Baty Elementary School. Baty Elementary School was also known as Baty Primary School.
Baty Elementary School fka Baty School was named after a Del Valle educator named Mrs. Willie Baty. Baty is named for Mrs. Willie Baty. (Ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20080925094837/http://www.del-valle.k12.tx.us/DVISD/Baty%20Elem/WEB%20PAGE/School/Baty_History.2.htm)
Baty Elementary School was constructed and opened as part of a 1984 bond program in 1985 during the 1984-1985 school semester. Baty Elementary School opened on the date of September 3, 1985 as Del Valle ISD’s 4th elementary school. Baty Elementary School was the 4th elementary school for the school district. Enrollment was up 5 percent from the year before. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/363620359/)
“In Del Valle, Beatty Elementary School will open Sept. 3 as the district's fourth elementary school, said Edward Neal, superintendent of the Del Valle ISD in Southeast Travis County. Bids for a new middle school to be located at the corner of Pearce and Ross roads will be accepted beginning in September. Neal said the 1984-1985 enrollment was up 5 percent from the year before and the school board anticipates a similar increase in enrollment this year. There were 4,533 students attending the district's five schools last year. In Del Valle ISD, new student registration and orientation were held Aug. 13-20.”
City officials from Austin said Baty Elementary School may have been built on what amounts to a construction-debris landfill. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/356953370/)
Baty Elementary School was almost full to capacity by 1986. 8 portable buildings with 18 classrooms installed by the district the previous fall. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/378476761/)
“The district's new Baty Elementary School, which opened in September, is almost full, he said. Eight portable buildings with 18 classrooms installed by the district last fall are filled to capacity and Del Valle Junior High, scheduled to open in March 1987, will be filled immediately upon occupancy.”
Schools such as Baty Elementary School and Hillcrest Elementary School were K-3 schools at one time for instance where students from Kindergarten to 3rd grade attended classes.
Baty Elementary School was listed as one of six statewide exemplary facilities in 1992. The designation was made by the Texas Association of School Library Administrators, which considered nominations from schools all over the state. Baty Elementary School was a K-2 school educating students from Kindergarten to 2nd grade during that time. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/364174595/)
“The library media center at Baty Elementary School in the Del Valle Independent School District has been named one of six statewide exemplary facilities. The designation was made by the Texas Association of School Library Administrators, which considered nominations from schools all over the state. Baty Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through second grade. Baty librarian Peggy Edwards said she highlighted key features of her library in a video presentation she entered in the competition.”
A RF-4C Phantom II reconnaissance jet, which had been damaged by a hawk that was sucked into an intake duct was put on display in front of Baty Elementary School at 2454 Cardinal Loop on the date of September 3, 1992. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/364092540/)
[A flashy piece of Bergstrom Air Force Base history will be towed across the street to a Del Valle schoolyard Friday to commemorate a 40-year friendship between the school district and the base. An RF-4C Phantom II reconnaissance jet, which had been damaged by a hawk that was sucked into an intake duct this summer, will go on display in front of Baty Elementary School at 2454 Cardinal Loop. The engine damage from the bird collision could have been repaired, but the RF-4Cs are being retired anyway, said Air Force officials. Kathy Pillmore, the district's community relations officer, said the Del Valle High School Band will march alongside the aircraft during its 30-minute journey from the main gate of the base, which will close in September 1993.]
Austin-American Statesman reported that Baty Elementary School was a predominantly minority school in 1997. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/356980551/)
The 1998-1999 school semester was the last time the original Baty Elementary School would operate its original location before relocating to Austin.
This was because Bergstrom Air Force Base was purchased by the City of Austin and became the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in 1999. Baty Elementary School was located within the ABIA flightpath. This caused Del Valle ISD to relocate Hillcrest Elementary School and Baty Elementary School along with their other schools. This was due to the City Of Austin’s Airport Noise Mitigation Program which was responsible for relocating 6 Del Valle ISD schools in order for the ABIA Airport to be built and operate. (Ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20081004185849/http://delvalle.tx.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=3959)
The original Baty Elementary School was demolished in 1999. The school was once located in Del Valle, Texas and is now located in Austin, Texas. Hillcrest Elementary School and Baty Elementary School have been since relocated to another location due to the City Of Austin’s Airport Noise Mitigation Program.
Baty Elementary School moved 2454 Cardinal Loop in Del Valle to 2101 Faro Drive in Austin on the date of March 29, 1999. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/356977582/)
“But it's a whole new maze this year at Hillcrest, Baty and Popham elementaries in the Del Valle Independent School District, where classes start this morning and open houses were held Monday. The Southeast Austin district built three schools in the past 14 months to move students out of the flight path of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.”
(Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/356861571/)
Baty Elementary School was constructed and rededicated in September 1999. A dedication ceremony was held sometime in 1999. Baty Elementary School was located across from the former Bergstrom Air Force Base for 14 years. Its relocation was attributed to both district and city efforts to allow for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. (Ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20080925094837/http://www.del-valle.k12.tx.us/DVISD/Baty%20Elem/WEB%20PAGE/School/Baty_History.2.htm)
All that is left of the old Baty School is part of a parking lot where Austin Fire Department and Del Valle ISD park their vehicles. The City of Austin and Del Valle ISD currently own the former Baty Elementary School property. A maintenance yard and bus shop, owned and operated by Del Valle ISD, has been built on the eastern portion of what was once formally known as the original Baty Elementary School.
Baty Elementary School is owned and operated by Del Valle ISD. Students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade attend Hillcrest Elementary School.
Today Baty Elementary School is located at 2101 Faro Drive, Austin, Texas, US 78741. The original Baty Elementary School was located on Crozier Lane, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617.
The original address for Baty Elementary School was 2454 Cardinal Loop, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617. That was their mailing address. Baty Elementary School sat in its original location from 1985 to 1999 on Crozier Lane right next to Hillcrest Elementary School fka Hillcrest School. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/357266177/)
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