See the Palm School Oral History Project here!
See the Proclamation passed by Travis County Commissioners Court on October 28, 2025 here.
The Palm School is of great importance to community members who grew up in the Rainey St and East Austin area. You can read more about the building‘s history, and Travis County’s current work here.
- On September 12, 2023 Commissioners Court approved a request from EDSI for an investment of $75,000 in an oral history project in partnership with the Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- County staff have been involved in meetings with key community stakeholders who have been active in previous efforts to preserve Palm School. These meetings highlighted the importance to the community of the need to preserve, in an official capacity, the stories of alumni, families and community members directly impacted by the history of Palm School and the urgency to gather this information. The mission statement of Voces Oral History Center is as follows “Voces Oral History Center is dedicated to recording, preserving and disseminating the stories of U.S. Latinas and Latinos and weaving the many perspectives into our historical narrative at the national, state, and local levels.”
- The Palm School Oral History Project, made with the Voces Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin, to expand on the oral history of Palm School and create a more complete historical collection, has been completed. The 15 interviews from Palm School alumni are now available on the Travis County website at the Travis County Archives.
