The Austin Independent School District is pushing back against state investigations into the district's handling of recent student walkouts, saying the district
At Crockett High School in South Austin, students left class between 10:40 and 11:40 a.m., gathering outside the campus. In a letter to the Texas Attorney General's office, AISD General Counsel Kenneth M.
Walker II said the walkouts were not sanctioned by the district and that students organized the demonstrations themselves. "The suggestion contained in your correspondence that somehow AISD assisted students with their demonstrations is misplaced," Walker wrote. "In fact, we share the same sentiments as you that the most ideal place for students to be during instructional hours is in school."Walker said the district employed "best efforts" to deter students, including informing students and parents that absences would not be excused, consistent withHowever, he said Texas law does not allow schools to use force to compel attendance. The state's truancy laws address repeated absences, but Walker said a single day of walkouts was insufficient to warrant truancy referrals.announced investigations into AISD following student protests. Abbott accused the district of helping students "skip school to protest" rather than educating them, whileRELATED | Austin ISD updates protest protocols for students, staff amidst TEA investigation Walker defended the district's decision to have staff and police accompany students who left campus, saying it was motivated by safety concerns. Walker also said the district would not impose harsher disciplinary consequences than a standard unexcused absence, as doing so "would suggest that we are doing so based on the reason for their protest, i.e. the content of their speech." "AISD is the only district that the Attorney General has announced it will investigate," Walker wrote. "Despite being singled out, we stand firm that we have not engaged in any practice inconsistent with the parameters in which we are permitted to engage with our students."Situation resolved, suspect charged after disturbance, shelter-in-place in Lago Vista A suspect has been charged with aggravated assault after a SWAT call was resolved in Lago Vista.The Lago Vista Police Department intially issued a shelter-in-plAustin police are asking for the public's help identifying a woman suspected of using stolen credit cards taken during a vehicle burglary in early February.TheStudents across Central Texas will continue to walk out of class today in protest of ICE operations around the country.Austin police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed early this morning by a box truck on I-35 near Onion Creek. The deadly incident aroundA prescribed burn in Burnet got "out of control" Monday, burning over 75 acres, according to fire officials.It happenedoff County Road 403, according to the Ma
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