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regarding the school closure and consolidation process that was reportedly released through a Public Information Act request made in mid-September. The messages don’t make the district look good, to say the least – many of the casually worded messages revealed some of the district’s decision-making process toThe messages also contained complaints about school community conversations regarding the closures, one remarking “the ugly was too much.
” Another message calls an individual parent “poisonous” by name. Delicia McLean, an AISD parent, said during public comment that the messages “raised serious concerns not only about staff behavior,” but about whether or not AISD is in compliance with state law, referring to the fact that some employees tried to delete messages after realizing they were subject to open records. “Everyone inside the system pretends the process is transparent and principled, while the public can see clearly that it is not,” McLean continued. “The question is, will the board acknowledge it and do something about it?” At the same time, AISD is attempting to back away from the precipice of state takeover. Dobie, Webb, and Burnet middle schools have all received four consecutive F accountability scores, and a fifth would authorize the Texas Education Agency to replace the superintendent and elected trustees with state-appointed individuals. If Austin ISD chooses to partner with an open-enrollment charter school to take over management of the middle schools , the district will be exempt from accountability consequences for two years, giving the district extra time to raise the schools’ current F rating to a passing C.A charter partnership wasn’t AISD’s original plan – the district hoped that its own restarts would be enough to adequately increase student performance. “This is not a path we want to take, and our goal is to improve these schools so that we don’t have to,” the district had“Both have demonstrated the ability to turn around schools,” Superintendent Matias Segura said, noting that the demographic that Region One serves aligns well with that of the three campuses. Trustee Kevin Foster gave credit to the students and staff at the three middle schools ahead of the vote on the contract. “There’s been so much growth, and we’ve found ourselves in a unique set of circumstances,” he said. “We’re turning towards an external partner … which has become, I think, a good move.” has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.Sammie Seamon is a news staff writer at the Chronicle covering education, climate, health, development, and transportation, among other topics. She was born and raised in Austin , and loves this city like none other. She holds a master’s in literary reportage from the NYU Journalism Institute and has previously reported bilingually for Spanish-language readers.
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