Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura told staff at the district convocation that the district will prioritize maintaining a “stable state” for the 2025–26 school year, highlighting high staffing levels and community support for recent bond measures.

Segura said stability matters because the district serves 73,000 students and operates an unusually large physical and service footprint: “We have over 600 buses transporting 18,000 students every single day,” he said, and the district manages “13,000,000 square feet” of facilities and “113 kitchens.”

The nut graf: Segura framed the district’s priorities as ensuring expenses meet revenues, protecting key staff and programs, and leveraging broad community support — including recent bonds and a tax-rate election — so that schools can continue delivering services without overreliance on unstable grant funding.

Segura told the convocation audience the district is in a stronger position than in recent years, calling staffing “very, very healthy” at “over 96%.” He credited reduced attrition with helping create stability at campus and system levels and said that staffing stability helps principals and teachers focus on student outcomes. He also named examples of campus successes and awards during the convocation but emphasized the system-level priorities: aligning expenditures with recurring revenue and protecting core programs.

On recent challenges, Segura referenced the district’s experience with the pandemic and a corrective order from the Texas Education Agency, saying those events — together with the 2022 bond and the tax-rate election — had tested the district but that “we collectively have been able to get through it together.”

Segura said the district will continue work the board and staff began in recent months, including budget consolidations and boundary reviews, and that leaders are coordinating with trustees to define the baseline program and resources expected at every elementary, middle and high school.

He closed by urging staff to use community ties and board alignment to sustain the district’s progress and invited questions from the convocation audience.

The convocation included recognition of campus and staff achievements and a Q&A in which attendees asked about equity, safety, and how the district will preserve essential services during funding uncertainty.