AUSTIN, Texas — Petitions asking the state to close Burnet and Webb middle schools in attempt to prevent a districtwide takeover are due to Austin ISD’s superintendent tonight.
“A lot of rides on what happens at Burnet and Webb and the decisions on what happens between those two schools,” said Crystal Brothwell Hernandez, the president of Austin Council PTAs.
After Burnet and Webb received their fifth consecutive F rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Education Commissioner Mike Morath would be legally required to intervene if the ratings stand when scores are finalized in December…