Overview
- Superintendent Matias Segura told families the board will wait at least a year on districtwide boundary changes and will not take up closures for Bryker Woods, Palm, or Maplewood in the coming year.
- Trustees still plan a Nov. 20 vote on consolidating 10 campuses, relocating schoolwide dual-language programs, and certain boundary changes tied to state-required turnaround plans.
- Segura said the district will investigate concerns raised by community members about the integrity of individuals applying public feedback to the updated plan.
- District leaders cite a 14.5% enrollment decline over the past decade and a nearly $20 million budget shortfall as drivers for consolidation and redrawn boundaries.
- Parents at affected campuses, including Palm Elementary, say they are weighing transfers to charter schools if closures or consolidations proceed.