Northwest Austin Edition | May 2025

Education

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & CHLOE YOUNG

Community members urged the board of trustees to keep Dobie Middle School open at an April 24 meeting.

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Dobie Middle School students may be able to stay at their campus next school year instead of being relocated to Lamar Middle School. The details Austin ISD administration is not currently recommending relocat- ing Dobie Middle School students, Superintendent Matias Segura said at a May 2 special board meeting. This comes amid feedback from community members and the board of trustees, he said. Instead, the district is consider- ing internally restarting the school AISD reconsiders closing Dobie Middle School

through restructuring or partner- ing with a charter school to satisfy state requirements. The state is requiring AISD to submit a plan on how they intend to improve low student performance at Dobie, Webb and Burnet middle schools following two years of failed accountability ratings. What’s happening Dobie, Webb and Burnet middle schools received a second consec- utive year of F ratings from the state in 2023, according to ratings released by the Texas Education Agency on April 24. At the April 24 school board meeting, district ocials said TEA had extended the district’s deadline to submit a turnaround plan until June 30. The district plans to vote on the plans by June 12, Segura said.

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$13.3M shortfall projected for PfISD

since increased slightly to $13.3 million due to “normal changes in the budget,” she said. The projected expenditure increases include $4.9 million built in for raises, a $1 million increase in recapture payments, a $2 million increase to address district growth and a $5 million increase for uctuating xed costs such as utilities and insurance.

A budget update and compen- sation plan for 1-3% sta raises shared at the May 1 Pugerville ISD meeting showed shortfall pro- jections have slightly increased. Breaking it down Last month, Chief Financial Ocer Jennifer Land projected a $13 million scal year 2025-26 budget shortfall. That number has

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