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CPS extends Local School Council application deadline to March 23
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Applicants will now have an extra two weeks to submit the required forms, and many positions are still available.
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Activists react to board approval for school turnarounds, phase-outs and closures
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They say CPS left the community out of the process and the decision is not in students’ best interest.
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Manufacturing job program; arts district coming to Austin
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Both projects are being developed by the group Austin Coming Together with help from the city and other local organizations.
Community
Community occupies Piccolo Elementary to protest proposed turnaround
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West Side residents sat in classrooms and pitched tents outside the building until the school board agreed to meet with them and discuss plans to overhaul the school.
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Time is running out to apply for Local School Council positions
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Parents and community members interested in being part of a public school’s decision-making body have just until March 8 to submit an application.
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Douglass Local School Council looking for new principal
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Some have concerns the school, already on academic probation, could be slated for closure if its new leader can’t make improvements.
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Parents, teachers and students protest at Piccolo
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Local residents are upset about CPS’ plan to restaff the school next year.
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ACT Charter to share Nash Elementary School
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CPS will not be closing schools in Austin next year but plans to merge the two campuses.
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Nine Austin schools meet CPS criteria for shutdown
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While test scores for area schools have improved, some are still at risk.
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San Miguel’s 5th annual School Rocks! fundraiser a success
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Officials also celebrate the Austin campus’ test scores, which are the best in the school’s history.