Southwest Austin - Dripping Springs Edition | February 2026

Education

BY ELLE BENT & CHLOE YOUNG

Austin ISD released from state oversight order Austin ISD has completed all requirements under an agreement with the Texas Education Agency after three years of work on improving special education services, meaning the district has been released from state oversight. What happened In September 2023, AISD ocials accepted a pro- posal from the TEA for a state-appointed monitor. This followed the TEA notifying AISD in March 2023 that it would seek to implement a conservatorship due to the ndings of an investigation of the district’s special education evaluations. District ocials highlighted the following accomplishments over the past three years on Feb. 17: • Completed over 10,000 evaluations and meetings • Grown the special education team by more

AISD board approves sale of former school Austin ISD ocials approved selling of the former Brooke Elementary site to real estate companies Trammell Crow Company and High Street on Jan. 29. The site will include apartments and retail. AISD closed the East Austin campus along- side three additional elementaries in 2020. The cost The district sold the campus to help reduce a budget shortfall.

Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura holds up a letter from the Texas Education Agency on Feb. 17.

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than 250 specialized providers and evaluators and provided 120,000 hours of professional learning • Launched a new digital management platform to organize reporting of each child’s services Hosted over 100 family engagement sessions Current situation District ocials said during the news con- ference that “sustainability” and “maintaining momentum” is the goal as they move ahead.

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