Austin ISD outlines draft consolidation affecting Martin campus; board vote set for Nov. 20

Austin Independent School District officials presented a draft school-consolidation plan at a community meeting that would close or repurpose the Martin campus and reassign students to nearby campuses, and said the district’s board is scheduled to vote on the plan on Nov. 20.

The draft would reassign students from the affected Martin campus to nearby schools including Lively, Kealing and Marshall at the secondary level and to high schools cited in district materials such as LBJ and Travis, district staff said. Superintendent Matías Segura and other administrators described a multi-step process that could include a TEA (Texas Education Agency) “transformation” submission for campuses with multiple years of unacceptable ratings, a staffing and student-transfer plan, and potential reprogramming of the campus as a PreK–8 site in the future.

The vote date and the TEA review timeline make the proposal time-sensitive to families and staff. “We’re desperately trying to address the problems we have in our system,” Superintendent Matías Segura said. “I give my life to this, I’m passionate, and really we are going to take this one step at a time.”

What district staff described District presenters said the consolidation is part of a broader rezoning and accountability response. Administrators explained that a campus facing three…