ALSO| Parents want accountability, data and next steps from Austin ISD<\/a><\/p>\nKEYE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This was one of the most repeated questions to CBS Austin. Do you think there’s potential for a state takeover?<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not going to speculate, but it would be an intervention and that will come after the appeal process. It will come after a period of time, and it could look different and so that is why I just will not speculate as far as a state takeover,\u201d said Segura.<\/p>\n
Parents also want to know if the superintendent thinks the state accountability grades accurately reflect the performance of students at schools like Burnet, Webb, and Dobie Middle Schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot every school, you know, got to where we were hoping. It does not mean that work did not occur on the campuses, it does not mean that great things did not happen, it just means that we did not quite get there,\u201d said Segura.<\/p>\n
Which has parents asking what has changed to ensure better results this school year.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody that is there supporting our students is ensuring that the rigor and that the instruction is occurring effectively in our classrooms. If it is not, we are not making adjustments in six weeks. We are making adjustments the day of. That is how the system has evolved in the last two years in a way that it had not previously,\u201d said Segura.<\/p>\n
Finally, parents asked if Segura anticipates any more closures or consolidations during the next school year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe closed the $200 million budget deficit, and we consolidated schools and submitted 24 turnaround plans, and at the same time still were able to see significant gains in student outcomes. And so, for me, I want stability. I want fewer disruptions, so I am not envisioning consolidations,\u201d said Segura.<\/p>\n
Segura says the focus is on stability and student achievement while the district waits to learn what, if any, state intervention could come next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin ISD is starting a new school year after one of the most consequential years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-412446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412446","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=412446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}