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Zilker boundary draft draws complaints over travel, segregation and capacity
Summary
Neighbors in the Zilker area and other communities pressed AISD leaders to explain data behind reassignments to Galindo and Zilker, raising safety, travel-time and equity concerns. Parents asked how the district evaluated feeder impacts, transfer behavior and the potential for resegregation.
Parents in Zilker and nearby neighborhoods pushed back on a draft boundary proposal that would move portions of several blocks into different attendance zones, saying the plan would increase travel time, force students to cross rail lines and highways, and risk segregating students by income.
Multiple parents said they had reviewed the district’s maps and could not find data that justified the proposed splits. One parent from the Zilker East area said the draft “violates every single guiding principle” and questioned assertions that the change would support turnaround plans rather than worsen imbalance between campuses.
District response: Rachel French,…
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