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Austin ISD unveils consolidation rubric and story map, sets October timeline for draft boundary package
Summary
District released a publicly accessible story map and scored data rubric for school consolidation; staff said the tool is a planning, not a closure list, and pledged October 9 draft recommendations (boundary changes, program locations, closures) followed by community transition planning and a November 20 vote.
Austin Independent School District staff on Thursday walked trustees through a publicly released consolidation story map and data rubric that score every campus on facilities, utilization, cost and student‑need factors, and outlined a compressed fall timeline that would produce a draft package of boundary changes and consolidations in October.
District planning and operations staff said the rubric and story map are planning tools intended to identify misalignments across the district’s school network and are not a final consolidation list. Christine Steenport, operations officer, and Dr. Rachel French, director of planning, told trustees the tool combines campus utilization, facility condition, per‑student building and operating costs and the Student Resource Index to create a transparent, scored list of campuses for…
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