BY BROOKE SJOBERG
Trustees determined that single-member districts were not a priority for board e orts at this time.
BROOKE SJOBERG/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Board avoids single-person districts
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how the switch might impact students. A majority of trustees expressed some doubts about the effectiveness of single-member districts. Place 1 trustee Chuy Zárate and board President Amber Landrum expressed concern about smaller districts potentially inviting more division to the RRISD community. Similarly, places 2 and 7 trustees Mary Bone and Danielle Weston shared doubts about whether single-member districts would bring any benefit for students. Trustees chose to take no vote on the measure.
In continued discussions about exploring the potential of moving to a single-member district model, the Round Rock ISD board of trustees ultimately chose to take no action on the measure. What you need to know Trustees engaged board coun- sel Jan. 18 about whether they should further explore the move. These discussions included the financial impact of holding workshops with the constituents to gain a sense of their appetite for a ballot measure that would see some or all of the seven board seats be tied to a geographic area rather than at-large, as well as Families of seniors looking to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid can attend help sessions held by Round Rock ISD in February and March. What’s happening? Completing a FAFSA is not only FAFSA help sessions offered
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