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Thursday, April 16, 2020 by Nina Hernandez
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AISD officials discuss Covid-19 response
Austin Independent School District officials spoke at an Austin Justice Coalition panel Wednesday night, discussing how the district and its students are coping during the Covid-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home order that has shuttered schools.Speakers included AISD Board of Trustees…
Friday, February 21, 2020 by Claire McInerny
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As Superintendent Paul Cruz prepares to leave Austin ISD, his school closure plan remains unresolved
Even though Superintendent Paul Cruz said he’s leaving the Austin Independent School District, the process of school closures that started under his watch likely will not end. But where the plan goes from here is unknown.At a press conference Thursday, Cruz said…
Thursday, January 23, 2020 by Claire McInerny
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Austin ISD considers opening a school for young adults with autism
A local nonprofit wants to start a school in Austin that serves young adults with neurological conditions like autism.Easterseals of Central Texas is seeking to start the school within the Austin Independent School District. The school would help students older…
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 by Claire McInerny
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Chief equity officer calls Austin ISD’s school closure process inequitable and ‘short-sighted’
School closures and consolidations are not “equity strategies,” the Austin Independent School District’s chief equity officer says in a report released Monday.“They are short-term and often short-sighted approaches to cost savings that are seldom reinvested in programming in the very…
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 by Jessi Devenyns
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Human Rights Commission seeks apology from AISD
Last week the Austin Independent School District’s chief equity officer, Stephanie Hawley, called the board of trustees’ vote to close four elementary schools racist and inequitable.In an effort to improve the district’s financial situation, the board was faced with a…
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 by Claire McInerny
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Austin ISD equity officer calls closure plan ‘racist’ before board votes to close four schools
The Austin Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted 6-3 on Monday to close Brooke, Metz, Sims and Pease elementary schools at the end of this school year.Trustees Ann Teich, Arati Singh and LaTisha Anderson opposed the closures.Parents and community…
