South Central Austin Edition | November 2025

Education

BY CHLOE YOUNG

Austin ISD to hold o on 3 school closures

Schools proposed to close: Where students will go: Barrington Elementary Guerrero-Thompson, Wooldridge elementaries Becker Elementary Galindo or Zilker elementaries Dawson Elementary Galindo Elementary Oak Springs Elementary Blackshear Elementary Ridgetop Elementary Reilly Elementary Sunset Valley Elementary Boone, Cunningham elementaries Widen Elementary Rodriguez Elementary Winn Montessori Andrews, Pecan Springs elementaries Bedichek Middle School Covington, Paredes, Mendez middle schools Martin Middle School Kealing, Marshall, Lively middle schools

The Austin ISD board of trustees will no longer vote to close Palm, Bryker Woods and Maplewood elementaries in November. Additionally, the district will postpone any proposed attendance boundary changes until next year, excluding those related to interven- tion at failing schools, Superintendent Matias Segura announced in a letter to families on the evening of Nov. 4. The announcement follows weeks of protesting from AISD parents, sta and students against the district’s initial plan to close 13 schools and rezone most campuses. The update On Nov. 20, 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

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. Residents living near the property shared concerns about the building causing safety and trac hazards. OHT Partners has proposed building a 435-unit, market-rate apartment complex spanning six stories with a parking garage at 2117 W. 49th St., Austin.

SOURCE: AUSTIN ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

consecutive F ratings and require state-mandated intervention through turnaround plans. In the spring, AISD will pick up its eorts to balance enrollment through a comprehensive boundary plan before taking a vote in the fall.

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