Last night, the Board of Trustees had public comment at their regular meeting and heard from 4 Boone parents who spoke against Plan 3. The board heard from no one who was in favor of Plan 3.
If you support Plan 3, you can do 3 things:
1) Write a letter to the Board of Trustees supporting Plan 3 at trustees@austinisd.org. Use your talking points from the Jan 5 public comments meeting using the boundary task force's four criteria: tracking, balance capacity, long term stability, affect fewest students possible.
- Plan 3 is similar to Plan 0 than staff proposed.
- Meets tracking for all but one school, where we were told parents supported moving out of tracking.
- Look at underutilized schools separately, as part of the Board-approved strategic plan.
- Underutilization is a systemic problem in South Austin, should be looked at as separately.
- For Mills and Kiker to be stable for long term, needs to be between 105%-110% capacity, since it's an established neighborhood.
2) Attend the Work Session of the Board of Trustees Feb 8 at 6:30-10pm. Take Signs, Wear T-shirts. You can not speak at this meeting. This is the night the FUBTF will present Plan 3 to the board.
3) Sign up to speak during the Board of Trusteees meeting Feb 22 at 7pm. You must sign up in the morning at the headquarter's downtown. Public Comment is limited to the first 30 speakers. More details on sign up at http://www.austinisd.org/inside/board/meetings.phtml
Plan 3 is not final until the Board votes on Feb. 22.
More information on the last FUBTF meeting, including the recommendation to the board can be found at: http://www.austinisd.org/inside/2004bond/boundaries/swes.phtml Look under Jan. 21 heading.
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Just to clarify, the initial plan from the district was named plan 0, not plan 1.
ReplyDeleteDebby - thanks for the catch. I corrected it.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone -
ReplyDeleteMake sure in your letter that you CLEARLY say you support Plan 3, so that it's easy to discern whether you are for or against.
Perhaps a little bold or underlining?
Neither of us was able to be at the Board meeting. I understand that all 30 speaker positions were filled. Did anyone get a count of how many speakers were for which positions, or even representing which schools? I'm really surprised no OH/TC people showed up in support.
ReplyDelete--Matthew
The majority of the speakers were addressing the Lamar/Fulmore Magnet issue. There were some speakers regarding the strategic plan as well. The only people who spoke about the FUBTF plan were the 4 speakers from Boone, who spoke against Plan 3.
ReplyDelete@Matthew: Can you speak on Feb. 22nd?
ReplyDeleteI'll be there to speak on 2/22
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