As communities at Martin and Mendez schools seek answers about Austin ISD's announcement that those schools would no longer have a 6th grade, the district maintains that the decision will be good for enrollment.
's announcement that those schools would no longer have a sixth grade, the district maintains that the decision will result in a net good for district enrollment, and therefore funding."Our goal is to reduce the number of fifth graders who unenrolled from Austin ISD instead of attending those two middle schools," read an AISD blog citing the results of a recent survey of fifth-grade families in schools that feed into Martin and Mendez.
According to the district's survey, which was conducted after the announcement, about 66% of fifth-grade families at those schools have said they would keep their students enrolled in sixth grade at their elementary campus rather than move to a middle school where sixth grade is an option. Another 18% would move to a middle school that has sixth grade.
The district has cited declining enrollment as a key factor in its budgetary woes. It attributed an $18.6 million loss in fall of 2021 as the result of yet another year of underenrollment for the current school year. The district had already been facing aBut teachers, families, and other stakeholders remain unconvinced that this is a sound plan for enrollment.
Meanwhile, the district has received only one application in its now-closed call for a new partner organization to take over administration of Mendez Middle School, which ended its existing partnership within the fall of 2021."We think [this] is because of the timeline as well as the stipulation from TEA that a partner has to have been in operation for 3 years in order to partner with a campus that has an F-rating," said the district in an email.
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