AUSTIN, Texas — Friday is a student holiday in Austin ISD, but some students and parents used the day off to protest a controversial preliminary plan to consolidate schools and change boundaries.
Austin ISD’s plan to close 13 schools and redraw boundaries has parents and students demanding more transparency about how these decisions are being made.
On Friday, Govalle Elementary parents and students said they were shocked and heartbroken by the district’s draft plan. They do not want their school to become the new magnet campus for Austin ISD’s Montessori program. Under the plan, Govalle will no longer have a boundary and will welcome students from Winn Montessori as a non-zoned elementary school, supporting the district’s Montessori program…