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Residents across Austin raise safety, commute and community-cohesion concerns over proposed boundary changes
Summary
Dozens of public commenters and district planners described specific neighborhood impacts from the draft boundaries, including split neighborhoods, longer commutes and “feathering” effects that cause ripple changes across adjacent attendance zones.
Community members from neighborhoods including Western Oaks, Beckett Meadows, East Oak Hill, Circle C and others told district leaders the draft boundaries fracture feeder patterns, split neighborhoods and increase travel time for families.
Elizabeth Rice of Southwest Austin said the draft “fractures the Southwest Austin area, dismantling a clear, stable feeder pattern” and urged the district to review community-submitted alternative boundary proposals. Several residents described small subdivisions or enclaves that would be split across middle- and…
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