{"id":213279,"date":"2026-03-20T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/213279\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:12:07","slug":"austin-isd-to-close-march-31-for-dolores-huerta-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/213279\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin ISD to close March 31 for &#8216;Dolores Huerta Day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The school district is recognizing labor leader Huerta following sexual abuse allegations made against late activist C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez.<\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin ISD is set to close on Tuesday, March 31, in honor of labor leader Dolores Huerta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a message to the community, AISD Superintendent Matias Segura said all offices will close to commemorate the work of 95-year-old Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers Association (UFW) alongside civil rights activist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/syndication\/associatedpress\/chavez-name-once-an-honor-now-carries-a-stain-that-officials-want-to-scrub\/616-e0f216b7-8aeb-4faa-a6b5-96d7ce49b748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after the city of Austin canceled its annual C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez parade following sexual abuse allegations made against the farm labor leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are mindful of the serious allegations involving C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and recognize the significant weight these reports carry for many in our community,&#8221; Segura said, adding that AISD plans to review its current curriculum to ensure it is &#8220;teaching history with the depth and complexity our students deserve,&#8221; in accordance with statewide standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The school district is also preparing to discuss calendar changes during a board meeting on Thursday, March 26.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations against Ch\u00e1vez came earlier this week. The UFW said it will no longer commemorate the late activist&#8217;s birthday following claims of abuse involving &#8220;very young women or girls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the initial report, people \u2013 including Huerta \u2013 have shared personal accounts of the alleged abuse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor \u2013 of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me and other women as property or things to control,&#8221; Huerta wrote in part.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the UFW&#8217;s decision to halt its celebration, cities across the U.S. have canceled events honoring Ch\u00e1vez, including Houston, San Antonio, and San Jose, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The school district is recognizing labor leader Huerta following sexual abuse allegations made against late activist C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-213279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}