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Austin ISD superintendent details TAP proposals: closures, reassignments and restarts ahead of Nov. 20 board hearing
Summary
Superintendent Matias Seguro outlined Austin ISD's turnaround plans for multiple campuses, proposing closures and reassignments at several small or low-performing schools and district-managed restarts at others. The board will consider the plans at a Nov. 20 hearing; plans will be submitted that night to the Texas Education Agency.
Matias Seguro, superintendent of Austin ISD, on Thursday outlined the district's turnaround (TAP) plans for dozens of campuses and detailed proposed closures, reassignments and restarts the district plans to submit to the Texas Education Agency. "I'm here to provide a, an update regarding our turnaround plans, that will be submitted for approval, and, ultimately approved on November 20," Seguro said.
Why it matters: The TAPs respond to campuses that have reached two or more unacceptable accountability counts under TEA rules. Seguro said cumulative UAs can trigger more drastic state intervention and warned that on a fifth UA the commissioner "shall" order a school closed or install a board of managers.
What the district proposes: Seguro grouped recommendations by strategy rather than by individual school votes. Major points he announced:
- Closure and reassignment: Barrington Elementary (about 300 students) is proposed for closure with roughly 75% of its students reassigned to Goro Thompson…
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