Education
Development
BY BROOKE SJOBERG & CHLOE YOUNG
BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & CHLOE YOUNG
Nonpro t to take over 3 Austin ISD middle schools
RRISD OK’s campus improvement plans Round Rock ISD will allocate resources at some campuses to support instruction and student performance, based on account- ability performance and with the backing of grant funding. What you need to know Trustees approved improvement plans for six campuses March 26, including Anderson Mill Elementary, Wells Branch Elementary School and Deerpark Middle School in Northwest Austin. These campuses were identi ed for improvement based on state and federal accountability requirements, or because a recent grant award required them. Anderson Mill received an “F” rating for 2025, while Wells Branch and Deerpark earned “C” ratings, district documents show.
Terafab facility coming to Austin
Texas Council for International Studies will begin operating Burnet, Dobie and Webb middle schools this fall. At a March 26 meeting, the AISD board of trustees voted on a three-school year contract with the education nonpro t, which specializes in the International Baccalaureate, or IB, program. What you need to know Burnet, Dobie and Webb middle schools each received their fourth consecutive F rating from the Texas Education Agency in 2025. If a Texas public school receives ve or more consecutive failed ratings, the TEA commissioner is required to close the campus or take over the district. School districts can receive additional funding and a two-year exemption from state account- ability interventions by partnering with a charter school, higher education institution, govern- ment entities or nonpro ts, according to TEA information.
1 Burnet Middle School 2 Dobie Middle School and College Prep Academy 3 Webb Middle School
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The world’s largest semiconductor plant could be coming to Austin after billionaire Elon Musk announced the project at a March 21 livestreamed event in downtown Austin. Diving in deeper Terafab—a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI—would be “the largest chip manufacturing facility ever,” producing a combined compute capacity of 1 terawatt annually, according to a post by Tesla on X. Terafab would produce two types of arti cial intelligence chips—one for electric cars and the Optimus humanoid robots, and another designed for space, Musk said. In a post on X, Musk said Terafab could be 100 million square feet. Several potential sites are under consideration for the facility, he said.
The project will feature indoor basketball, volleyball and futsal courts.
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Kathy Manning Athletic Center breaks ground T&C Sports’ Town & Country Optimist Founda- tion broke ground on the rst phase of the Kathy Manning Athletic Center on March 30, part of T&C’s Next 50 Capital Campaign. The details The 40,000-square-foot KMAC facility at 13398 Morris Road, Austin, is slated to open this Novem- ber and will include indoor basketball, volleyball
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and futsal courts, providing year-round opportuni- ties for practices, games and more. The facility is named after Kathy Manning, who founded T&C’s basketball and volleyball pro- grams. Donations made to T&C’s Next 50 Capital Campaign go toward improvements across T&C’s 90-acre campus, including the KMAC. What they’re saying “This is ... a visible sign of momentum and a promise to the next generation of families who will grow, compete, and connect here,” said Todd Brooker, board president of Town & Country Optimist Foundation, in a news release.
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TCIS is required to help Burnet, Dobie and Webb receive D or C ratings in the 2026-27 school year, according to the contract. The schools are expected to receive an acceptable rating of C or higher for the 2027-28 and 2028-29 school years.
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