POLL: Do you think AISD can prevent state intervention?

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin ISD is ending a nonprofit partnership that officials hoped would have helped hold off a looming state takeover. The district says they came to a mutual agreement with the Texas Council for International Studies to end their partnership for management of three failing middle schools: Dobie, Webb and Burnet. The district said strategies developed through the partnership, including instructional coaches and additional campus funding, will remain in place. This comes after the Texas Education Agency rejected the partnership in May, saying the nonprofit doesn’t have the track record of improving low-performing schools.

The district says the three schools saw improvements during the first year of the district’s turnaround plan, but student performance on the STARR still lagged behind the district average. If the schools receive another failing grade, a state takeover remains a possibility.

Do you think AISD can prevent state intervention? ANSWER BELOW to vote in our morning poll and see the results LIVE on CBS Austin This Morning from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m.