Desperate times may lead to desperate measures
, school board Trustee Candace Hunter broached a nearly forbidden topic. She asked Superintendent Matias Segura if the shortfall might necessitate closing some schools.
“I don’t want to sit here and tell you that three years from now we won’t be having that conversation.” Ann Teich was a school trustee during the closure struggle. She told us she voted against the closures , in part because of the way the process was handled. She said the superintendent then in charge did not confer with trustees or solicit input from the communities that would be affected before deciding which schools to target.
Community members at a 2019 AISD board meeting express outrage over the closure of Brooke, Pease, Sims, and Metz schoolsThe argument for doing so is that closing and consolidating schools reduces the costs of underenrollment and maintenance on aging buildings. It allows districts to attract more students with improved facilities that offer a better learning environment and more services.
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