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While students at San Miguel’s West Side location will have to find a new school after the end of this academic year, its representatives and members from Austin Coming Together and St. Joseph Services want Austin youth to continue using its community center, computer lab and gym.
The 5200 block of West Adams Avenue will hold its first meeting Saturday, and more events and meetings will follow to address crime in the neighborhood.
Just as last week’s LSC results are released, CPS announced supplemental elections will be held May 18 at schools where not enough candidates ran to fill the council.
While the school’s principal and LSC coordinator declined to speak with AustinTalks, the office manager and previous LSC coordinator said the issue, as well as increasing attendance, will require the attention of newly elected members.
The new members elected Wednesday will help plan the school’s longer day.
Winners of the April 18 election will help the school’s staff determine how to plan the longer day.
Current members worry there aren’t enough parents involved to assist with selecting a new principal, fundraising and recruiting new students – all issues the new council faces.
The current LSC coordinator says members elected next week will have the challenge of recruiting new students for the school that currently has just 390 enrolled and a capacity of 1,600.
The site allows inmates to share their talents with the world by uploading their handwritten letters, artwork, stories and poems.
Residents say they’ve gone for weeks and months without necessities, such as heat and water, among other safety and health issues.