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Austin ISD votes to authorize negotiation for former Brookside property after contentious debate
Summary
The board voted 4–3 to authorize the superintendent to negotiate a sale of the former Brookside property (agenda item 11.6) after extended public comment and trustee debate about community engagement, historic neighborhood impacts and timing; a substitute motion to postpone failed 3–4.
The Austin ISD Board of Trustees on Jan. 29 approved, by a 4–3 vote, authorization for the superintendent to negotiate and execute a contract to sell the former Brookside property (agenda item 11.6) after extended public comment from neighborhood residents and substantial trustee discussion.
Residents from the Brook neighborhood urged the board to delay any sale or zoning negotiations and said they were not ready to sell or demolish the school. Bertha Delgado, a caller during public testimony, said the neighborhood feels excluded from the…
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