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Webb Middle School staff and families protest restart; trustees hear concerns about TEA process and collaboration
Summary
Teachers, students and parents from Webb Middle School urged the Austin ISD Board of Trustees on May 22 to stop or revise a restart and restaffing process they described as chaotic and unlawfully executed, and to ensure campus leaders were included in planning mandated by the Texas Education Agency.
Dozens of teachers, students and parents spoke at the Austin ISD Board of Trustees’ May 22 meeting to oppose a restart/restaffing process at Webb Middle School and to demand more transparency and collaboration with campus leaders.
Cecilia Leonard, a Webb math teacher, told trustees the process had been "harmful and destructive" and said communication from the district left staff and families uncertain about next steps. “We really need relief from this quickly. We're undergoing the restaffing as we speak with no end in sight,” Leonard said during in‑person public testimony.
Multiple recorded callers and teachers said the campus intervention team assigned by the Texas Education Agency had not collaborated with Webb’s campus leadership team as required by the Texas…
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