In November 2019, there were news saying that Austin Independent School District (AISD) informed that a total of four schools stayed on closure list because it would not cost extra to shut all of them. If you want to know about the case, you can catch up the details below.
At a town hall, the representative of the Austin Independent School District (AISD) explained about the changes to the newest school closure plant of the district. The total of four elementary schools are suggested to be closed on the second draft that was released on a Friday in 2019. Those four elementary schools include Sims, Metz, Pease and Brooke. It is not a temporary close but they are suggested to be closed for two years. Actually, there are the other eight schools included on the original list but the district is rethink and will decide to take an action later.
An associate superintendent of elementary schools named Gilbert Hicks said that the reason why the four mentioned earlier are still included on the list of the potential closure is because the district wanted to implement changes in year one that did not really need money to spend.
The representative of the Austin Independent School District (AISD) stated that they want to move the students from the schools that are closed to the new ones. Not only new, they also have more better buildings. The closure plan made by Austin Independent School District (AISD) could happen if another bond is proved by the voters.
In case Sims, Metz, Peace and Brooke are really closed, another bond is not needed anymore, as said by Hicks. According to the data, the Norman/Sims and Metz/Sanchez consolidations were funded by the 2017 bond. Some students from Brooke will go to Govelle Elementary, the one that was modernized through a previous bond. As for the students of an all transfer school named Pease, they will not go to a single building. On the other words, modernization money is not needed.
Since the students would go to different schools and not go to the same new school together, the district said that they will discuss it more with the staff of the schools and the families of the students about the Brooke’s proposed closure. In this case, it is possible for the school to be kicked out of the list, according to the staff.
Aside from the plan to talk with the staff of the Brooke and the families of the students, the staff of Austin Independent School District (AISD) also said they will also speak with the parents who have children in Peace about finding a school that wants and is ready to open their arm to the students to make the community stay together. They said that the public meetings will be held to take a decision.
Even though a few schools of Austin Independent School District (AISD) are on the edge of the cliff, there are still lots of schools under this district, including:
High schools:
- Akins Early College High School
- Anderson High School
- Austin High School
- Bowie High School
- Crockett Early College High School
- Eastside Early College High School
- LBJ Early college High School
- McCallum High School
- Navarro Early College High School
- Northeast Early College High School
- Travis Early College High School
- Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
- Garza Independence High School
- Liberal Arts & Science Academy High School
Middle schools:
- Bailey Middle School
- Bedichek Middle School
- Bertha Sadler Means Young Women’s Leadership
- Burnet Middle School
- Covington Middle School
- Dobie Middle School
- Gorzycki Middle School
- Gus Garcia Young Men’s Leadership Academy
- Kealing Middle School
- Lamar Middle School
- Lively Middle School
- Martin Middle School
- Mendez Middle School
- Murchison Middle School
- O. Henry Middle School
- Paredes Middle School
- Small Middle School
- Middle School
- Webb Middle School
- Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
- Kealing Magnet Program
- Lively Humanities and Law Magnet for International Studies
Elementary schools:
- Allison Elementary School
- Andrews Elementary School
- Baldwin Elementary School
- Baranoff Elementary School
- Barbara Jordan Elementary School
- Barrington Elementary School
- Barton Hills Elementary School
- Bear Creek Elementary School
- Becker Elementary School
- Blackshear Elementary School
- Blanton Elementary School
- Blazier Elementary School
- Boone Elementary School
- Brentwood Elementary School
- Bryker Woods Elementary School
- Campbell Elementary School
- Casey Elementary School
- Casis Elementary School
- Clayton Elementary School
- Cook Elementary School
- Cowan Elementary School
- Cunningham Elementary School
- Davis Elementary School
- Dawson Elementary School
- Doss Elementary School
- Galindo Elementary School
- Govalle Elementary School
- Graham Elementary School
- Guerrero Thompson Elementary School
- Gullett Elementary School
- Harris Elementary School
- Hart Elementary School
- Highland Park Elementary School
- Hill Elementary School
- Houston Elementary School
- Joslin Elementary School
- Kiker Elementary School
- Kocurek Elementary School
- Langford Elementary School
- Lee Elementary School
- Linder Elementary School
- Maplewood Elementary School
- Mathews Elementary School
- McBee Elementary School
- Menchaca Elementary School
- Metz Elementary School
- Mills Elementary School
- Norman-Sims Elementary School
- Oak Hill Elementary School
- Oak Springs Elementary School
- Odom Elementary School
- Ortega Elementary School
- Overton Elementary School
- Padron Elementary School
- Palm Elementary School
- Patton Elementary School
- Pecan Springs Elementary School
- Perez Elementary School
- Pickle Elementary School
- Pillow Elementary School
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School
- Reilly Elementary School
- Ridgetop Elementary School
- Rodriguez Elementary School
- Sanchez Elementary School
- St. Elmo Elementary School
- Summitt Elementary School
- Sunset Valley Elementary School
- T. A. Brown Elementary School
- Travis Heights Elementary School
- Uphaus Early Childhood Center
- Walnut Creek Elementary School
- Widen Elementary School
- Williams Elementary School
- Winn Elementary School
- Wooldridge Elementary School
- Wooten Elementary School
- Zavala Elementary School
- Zilker Elementary School
In addition to these schools mentioned above, the school district known as the Austin Independent School District (AISD) also have some athletic facilities such as Toney Burger Center (baseball, football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, track and field), I.I. Nelson Field (basketball, football, soccer, track and field), Delco Activity Center (volleyball, basketball), Ellie Noack Sports Complex (football, baseball, softball, soccer), and House Park (football, soccer). To know more about these facilities, the best thing that you can do is to visit the official website of Austin Independent School District (AISD) at austinisd.org.
