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21 minutes ago, Deej said:

Have they figured out a plan to put bike lanes on the I-35 rebuild?

All the main lanes will be for bikes only, and there will be two bike toll lanes, along with a bike HOV lane.  There's even a statue of Jeremi Suri getting pegged by Alison Alter on the cap and stitch near downtown in the works.

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10 minutes ago, texasdago said:

If accurate, not bad October... not bad.

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Three months to go...

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Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

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24 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, I mean.....October hasn't happened yet, so "zero homicides for the month" isn't exactly a great flex.

Once it starts cooling off, and Nicole doesn't have to break as much of a sweat dragging bodies down to the water, we should see an uptick in the numbers. 

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42 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Any guesses what Austin ISD is gonna do tomorrow? 

At least I find out tomorrow if I'm moving my kid to Colorado.

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1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

Any guesses what Austin ISD is gonna do tomorrow? 

If those dumbfucks close all the bilingual schools west of I-35, I'm going to lose my shit.

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12 minutes ago, Bolero88 said:

If those dumbfucks close all the bilingual schools west of I-35, I'm going to lose my shit.

I don't think they're closing the schools but it sounds like they're moving the programs to other campuses that have those demographics in the neighborhood.

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37 minutes ago, Bolero88 said:

If those dumbfucks close all the bilingual schools west of I-35, I'm going to lose my shit.

This. 
 

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

At least I find out tomorrow if I'm moving my kid to Colorado.

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And this. 

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27 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

I don't think they're closing the schools but it sounds like they're moving the programs to other campuses that have those demographics in the neighborhood.

They've already notified principals at a dozen schools that they're closing.

 

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Rumors are flying. Our school is supposedly closing completely, which would make no sense from the rubric and rankings they released last month. So I totally expect it to happen. 

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With all of the other amazing news in Texas education lately, my wife is ready to hand the keys to our house over to the bank and get the fuck out, depending on what these nimrods come up with.  We all know it's going to just be bussing wrapped up in a different package.  Bussing is all this district has ever come up with to improve test scores.  Whatever is coming will be a version of it.  I'm not too concerned, but if the end result is my kids having to ride the bus for an hour+ each way every day, see you later AISD.

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The rubric is bullshit. For example, they are penalizing schools for being overcrowded but calculating the overall capacity of the school by excluding portable buildings. Contrast that with the district’s Enrollment Forecast Report from last year that uses actual capacity (including the portables) which renders a totally different enrollment percentage. The difference is one calculation was generated as a tool to close schools, and the other was not.

And regardless, whose fucking fault is it that a school is overcrowded? The district has the ability to modify boundaries or close a campus to transfers. But okay sure. Close a full school but leave a half full and failing one open. Makes total sense.

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1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

I don't think they're closing the schools but it sounds like they're moving the programs to other campuses that have those demographics in the neighborhood.

I should have said programs, not schools. Bilingual programs should be as much about teaching kids to speak Spanish as it is about teaching kids to speak English. The fact that AISD doesn't seem to realize that is ridiculously short-sighted and stupid. America gets shittier every fucking day. 

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The district is at about 60% of capacity. Anything other than major closures is fiscal irresponsibility. My guess is that they will actually go for it but the school board will play politics and we get about half the closures that we actually need. The can will be kicked a few years down the road and we can play this game again in 2030.

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Closing schools is a no-brainer.  It has to happen. The problem lies in the irrational way it will be handled, closing schools in high-volume areas to appease interests in zones with very few students, thereby forcing a mass daily migration of students for no reason beyond "feelings."  The economic impact this will have on home values in certain areas is going to lead to some interesting litigation as well.  The impact on traffic as busses crisscross the city for no reason will also be fun for all residents.

My larger concern isn't with the necessary closures, even if it's evident that Segura and his team are completely in over their heads and incapable of handling it professionally. It's with the redrawing of boundaries and the closing of programs. That's where the absolute fuckery will take place.  Dumping this late on a Friday (notwithstanding Segura's on-brand lies disguised as reasoning) tells you all you need to know about how they expect it to be received.

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7 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

Closing schools is a no-brainer.  It has to happen. The problem lies in the irrational way it will be handled, closing schools in high-volume areas to appease interests in zones with very few students, thereby forcing a mass daily migration of students for no reason beyond "feelings."  The economic impact this will have on home values in certain areas is going to lead to some interesting litigation as well.  The impact on traffic as busses crisscross the city for no reason will also be fun for all residents.

My larger concern isn't with the necessary closures, even if it's evident that Segura and his team are completely in over their heads and incapable of handling it professionally. It's with the redrawing of boundaries and the closing of programs. That's where the absolute fuckery will take place.  Dumping this late on a Friday (notwithstanding Segura's on-brand lies disguised as reasoning) tells you all you need to know about how they expect it to be received.

Funny thing is his exact words for why he chose that time were "very very intentional".

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