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Austin ISD outlines plan for roughly 300 Paredes students with special education needs
Summary
District special education leaders told trustees there are about 300 students with IEPs at Paredes; the administration has projected staffing and transportation supports and said individualized ARD teams will make placement decisions for students with specialized needs.
Dr. Cherry Lee, district special education lead, told trustees the district has identified roughly 300 students at Paredes who receive special education services and has begun planning individualized transitions to receiving campuses. "There are roughly 300 or approximately 300 students receiving special education services at Paredes," Dr. Lee said, and the district has provisionally projected that about 110 of those students would be zoned to Mendez and about 190 to Bailey.
Administrators said they will use residence addresses to assign students initially and that ARD committees will make individualized determinations after enrollment. The talent strategy team has run teacher preference surveys for classroom teachers and is preparing to expand outreach to classified staff and paraprofessionals to preserve instructional teams when possible. The district also noted that approximately 32 students at Paredes currently receive specialized transportation; transportation staff are coordinating routes and hazard assessments.
Trustees asked about maintaining continuity for students with intensive needs and whether teacher teams can transition together; administrators said ARD-based decisions and targeted staffing prioritization, plus stipend incentives for receiving campuses, are intended to promote continuity for high-need students.
