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AISD chief backs parents’ petition amid state takeover threat (opens the original)
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Austin Current is a nonprofit local news organization supported by The Texas Tribune, reporting on Austin government, education and community. Sign up for the Current’s free newsletter here. Parents at two failing Austin middle schools should have a say in whether the campuses close, a last-ditch effort to prevent a state takeover of the entire school district, Superintendent Matias Segura said Thursday. The Texas Education Agency is poised to add the Austin Independent School District to its gr
Austin ISD appeals two failing school ratings in bid to avoid takeover (opens the original)
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The Austin school district has appealed the failing ratings of Webb and Burnet middle schools to the Texas Education Agency, according to TEA spokesman Jake Kobersky, making a last attempt to change the grades that have put the district at risk of state intervention. The appeal of the schools’ 2025-26 ratings is the district’s latest move to avoid a state intervention, which the two schools triggered after receiving their fifth consecutive failing ratings. And the margin is narrow: Burnet fell o
Austin mayor tries to prevent Texas from taking over AISD (opens the original)
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Austin Current is a nonprofit local news organization supported by The Texas Tribune, reporting on Austin government, education and community. Sign up for the Current’s free newsletter here. In an effort to keep the Austin school district independent, Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing to close two chronically-failing middle schools that triggered the state’s takeover law. He’ll need parents’ help to do it. Watson’s plan, released in his newsletter Wednesday morning, cites a little-known state rule th
Austin weighs data centers before they strain water, power (opens the original)
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Austin Current is a nonprofit local news organization supported by The Texas Tribune, reporting on Austin government, education and community. Sign up for the Current’s free newsletter here. The recent surge in water- and energy-intensive artificial intelligence data center construction has forced lawmakers across the country to find ways to protect limited local resources. Now Austin is too. As AI use has skyrocketed, so has the need for data centers to house the servers that power it. The faci
Austin races to regulate AI data centers before they strain city’s water and power (opens the original)
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The recent surge in water- and energy-intensive artificial intelligence data center construction has forced lawmakers across the country to find ways to protect limited local resources. Now Austin is too. As AI use has skyrocketed, so has the need for data centers to house the servers that power it. The facilities can be expansive — some spanning more than 1,000 acres — and resource-intensive, consuming hundreds of millions of gallons of water a year and requiring more than 100 megawatts of powe
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