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Austin ISD advances school‑consolidation analysis after 14,000 survey responses; rubric, community workshops scheduled
Summary
District staff presented an update on the school consolidations project, released a data rubric and said they collected 14,024 surveys from staff, families and community members. Staff will publish raw rubric scores August 14 and hold July workshops and campus-level engagement on scenarios.
Austin ISD officials provided an update on the district's school‑consolidation project at the board meeting on June 26, saying the team finished data collection and will move into analysis, scenario development and deeper community workshops in July.
Chief of Operations Christine Steenport and director Dr. Rachel French described a two‑part process: a data rubric that scores campuses on quantitative indicators and a contextual analysis that explores feasibility and community impacts. Staff said the rubric is not a mechanical “close‑this school” checklist but a tool to identify misalignments and to inform development of consolidation scenarios, boundary changes and…
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