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MEETINGSWE COVER Austin Community College board of trustees Meets March 7 at 3 p.m. 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin 512-223-7613 www.austincc.edu Austin ISD board of trustees Meets Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m. 4000 S. I-35, Austin www.austinisd.org P ugerville ISD board of trustees Meets March 31 at 7 p.m. 1401 W. Pecan St., P ugerville 512-594-0000 www.p sd.net Round Rock ISD board of trustees Meets March 24 at 5:30 p.m. 300 Lake Creek Drive, Round Rock 512-464-5000 www.roundrockisd.org HIGHLIGHTS AUSTIN ISD Athletics and ne arts events are now open to the public without capacity limits, according to a release from the district Feb. 11. Attendees will still be required to wear masks inside all Austin ISD buildings, including stadiums. In January, AISD implemented a two-guest- per-player limit at indoor events.
Austin ISD lookingat eliminating250central o cepositions AUSTIN ISD The district could reduce 250 central o ce jobs, including laying o employees, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde announced Feb. 10. BY DARCY SPRAGUE “IT SOUNDS FINE AS LONGAS YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE 250. EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS GOING TOKNOW SOMEONEWHO IS ONE OF THE 250.” STEPHANIE ELIZALDE, AUSTIN ISD SUPERINTENDENT
“It sounds ne as long as you are not one of the 250. Everyone in this room is going to know someone who is one of the 250,” Elizalde said. Elizalde made the announce- ment during a larger discussion on expected budget de cits during the 2021-22 school year and the 2022-23 year. In November 2021, Elizalde announced that she would trim central o ce sta through attrition—allowing un lled positions to remain empty as sta leaves naturally. At the Feb. 10 meeting, she said she had planned to continue reducing administrative sta that way for two or three years but now feels the immediate cuts are necessary. Elizalde said the district would
provide assistance to those who lose their job to nd other employment. Elizalde said the district would also move forward with salary increases for sta . The district did not provide additional information about when the central o ce sta ers would be laid o . Community Impact Newspaper reached out for additional information. The district is now moving to balance the budget by the end of the scal year in June, AISD Chief Finance O cer Eduardo Ramos said. One of the biggest issues the district is facing is recapture costs— payments the district makes to the
state—Ramos said. AISD faces both strong property tax growth and decreasing enroll- ment, which means its recapture costs are increasing. Ramos is expecting the district will pay more than $761 million into the state, almost $52 million more than expected. BY THE NUMBERS 250: number of jobs proposed by the district to be cut $80 million: amount of district’s de cit for 2021-22 year $58 million: amount of relief funds to be used to pay down de cit
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