Austin Independent School District announced that Bryker Woods, Maplewood and Palm elementary schools will no longer be included in the district’s immediate school closures plan.<\/p>\n
AISD Superintendent Matias Segura announced the change Tuesday night in an email to parents.<\/p>\n
Segura said the school board will move forward with its plan to relocate dual language programs, close 10 other schools and change boundary lines that are part of the district\u2019s continued turnaround plans at more than a dozen schools.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The board will vote on that plan Nov. 20. Districtwide rezoning plans will not be up for a vote until fall 2026, the superintendent said. He also suggested the district could vote on more school closures then.<\/p>\n Segura said Maplewood, Bryker Woods and Palm elementary schools were taken off the list because they are not impacted by turnaround plans or the district\u2019s efforts to move its dual language programs to neighborhoods where more emergent bilingual students live.\u00a0<\/p>\n The turnaround plans are required by the Texas Education Agency after schools received consecutive failing accountability ratings.<\/a> If those schools continue to receive failing grades, the entire district could face a state takeover similar to what is ongoing in the Houston Independent School District.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Seven of the 10 schools proposed for closure are required to submit turnaround plans by Nov. 14 and implement them as soon as they are approved. <\/p>\n Those schools are Winn Montessori School, Barrington, Dawson, Oak Springs and Widen elementary schools and Bedichek and Martin middle schools.<\/p>\n If the board of trustees decides to close those schools, the turnaround plans will be applied to the schools where a majority of students transfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n