Education
BY ELLE BENT & CHLOE YOUNG
Austin ISD to hold off on 3 proposed school closures Austin ISD will no longer plan to close Palm, Bryker Woods and Maplewood elementaries. Additionally, the district will postpone any pro- posed attendance boundary changes until next year, excluding those related to intervention at failing schools, Superintendent Matias Segura said Nov. 4. The announcement follows weeks of protesting from AISD parents, staff and students against the district’s initial plan to close 13 schools and rezone most campuses. The update On Nov. 20, after press time, the AISD board will move forward with voting on the closure of 10 of the 13 campuses it initially proposed to close next school year. Seven of these campuses have received three consecutive F ratings and require state-mandated intervention through turnaround plans. After
School proposed to close:
Where students will go:
Guerrero-Thompson, Wooldridge elementaries
Barrington Elementary
Galindo, Zilker elementaries
Becker Elementary
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NOTE: REILLY ELEMENTARY AND ODOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL EXPERIENCE PROGRAM CHANGES OR MOVES. SOURCE: AUSTIN ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT Galindo Elementary Oak Springs Elementary Blackshear Elementary Ridgetop Elementary Reilly Elementary Sunset Valley Elementary Cunningham, Boone elementaries Widen Elementary Rodriguez Elementary Winn Montessori Pecan Springs, Andrews elementaries Bedichek Middle School Covington, Paredes, Mendez middle schools Martin Middle School Kealing, Marshall, Lively middle schools Dawson Elementary closing these schools, the district will provide sup- port at whichever campus the majority of students are reassigned to, which could include principals and teachers having to meet certain criteria.
Former AISD school slated for housing Austin ISD’s former Rosedale School campus in North Austin could be developed into a six-story apartment complex, but some neighbors are concerned about traffic and safety in the area. What’s happening OHT Partners has proposed building a 435-unit, market-rate apartment complex spanning six stories with a parking garage.
Dripping Springs ISD receives perfect financial score Dripping Springs ISD scored 100 out of 100 points, or “A,” in its Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, or FIRST, rating for the 2024-25 rating year, which accounts for data collected in fiscal year 2023-24. How it works
Dripping Springs ISD FIRST ratings
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The ratings hold districts accountable for their financial management practices, according to DSISD officials. FIRST ratings are based on 21 indicators. A school district must pass four critical indicators, or it will automatically fail. The indicators analyze district funds, how they are spent and how they are reported.
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The school FIRST rating is the financial account- ability rating system for all Texas school districts.
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2020-21
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SOURCE: DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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