AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Texas education leaders rejected an Austin ISD plan to enter into a partnership to operate three troubled northside schools, officials said Thursday.
TEA said the district's plan to partner with Texas Council for International Studies to operate the Burnet, Dobie, and Webb campuses was denied due to a "lack of operating partner capacity necessary to successfully turn around" the campuses.
All three campuses have received four consecutive unacceptable ratings, dating back to the 2018-19 school year.
While the state cannot stop AISD from working with TCIS, the rejection means that the district remains on the edge of a possible state takeover, if any of the three campuses were to receive a fifth unacceptable rating later this year.
In a statement, AISD Superintendent Matias Segura said the district will provide TEA evidence that it hopes will change the agency's mind. "TEA has explicitly invited Austin ISD to submit additional information to support and reinforce our application, and we fully intend to do so," Segura said in a statement.
"We look forward to sharing additional details with TEA that reinforce our certainty that TCIS has the experience and capacity required to meaningfully improve student outcomes at these three schools."
Rejection leaves district closer to potential state takeover due to failing accountability grades
Rejection leaves district closer to potential state takeover due to failing accountability grades
