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Austin ISD public commenters urge board to revisit end of campus-funded positions and retain graduation coaches
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Austin ISD May 13 information session urged the board to reconsider ending community-funded campus positions, stressed the role of graduation coaches at Title I campuses and raised concerns about timing and transparency of staffing decisions tied to the FY22 budget and strategic plan.
At an Austin Independent School District information session on May 13, 2021, multiple parents, former trustees and teachers urged the board to preserve community-funded campus positions and retain graduation coaches at Title I campuses as the district prepares its fiscal year 2022 budget and staffing plans.
Speakers said the district’s decision to end positions funded at the campus level risks losing staff who perform outreach and student-reengagement work. "These valued staff members go door to door in the community to find missing students and convince them and their parents and guardians that they need to return to their campuses," former trustee Anne Theich said, arguing that graduation coaches’ work "cannot be effectively done by already overburdened assistant principals or justices of the peace."
Theich urged…
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