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Superintendent lays out reassignment maps, clinics and transition supports after trustees approve consolidations
Summary
Superintendent Matias Segura reviewed campus reassignments, priority transfer rules, one‑year transportation commitments, enrollment clinics and staffing surveys to support families and staff following the board’s vote on consolidation and turnaround plans.
Superintendent Matias Segura presented a detailed implementation roadmap after trustees debated consolidation recommendations on Nov. 20. The administration displayed maps showing reassignment options (for example Becker residents offered Zilker and Galindo options with priority, Oak Springs reassigned to Blackshear, Ridgetop zoned to Riley with a program option at Pickle), described the transition priorities and committed to high‑touch enrollment support.
Segura said the district would host enrollment clinics at impacted campuses in December and release staff preference surveys and individualized campus letters once votes were complete. He told trustees the district had modeled recurring cost reductions from consolidations at roughly $21.5 million and that transportation commitments would be provided during the first year of reassignment for Becker→Sanchez, Ridgetop→Pickle, and Sunset Valley→Odom transitions.
Support for students and staff: the district’s bridge team — a multi‑department group including counseling, special education and MTSS staff — will coordinate supports, including licensed mental‑health professionals on campuses, processing circles for staff and individualized family outreach. Dr. Lashonda Lewis described counseling and bridge‑team supports already in place and the planned follow‑up work.
Timeline and enrollment: the administration proposed a January opening for the new program application round and a notification timeline two weeks after the round closes; trustees asked for earlier certainty for families in the most disrupted communities and for a commitment to prioritize in‑district residents in early allocations. Victoria O’Neil (enrollment director) said the district will introduce a lottery for general transfer requests and a dynamic wait‑list system to improve predictability.
International High School: Segura also said International High School will close as a traditional campus due to low projected enrollment; the district will continue to serve newcomer students through supports at other campuses and through targeted enrollment and transportation options.
Next steps: the administration committed to return to the board on Dec. 18 with implementation updates and to provide a more granular fiscal analysis that uses the district’s weighted‑average daily attendance and an attrition scenario analysis to quantify possible enrollment losses and budget impacts.
