Austin ISD Fields Criticisms of Plan to Replace Nonprofit

Local political leaders, including county commissioners and at least two members of City Council, are engaging in back-channel discussions with Austin ISD’s board of trustees., whose district includes three of the schools, told us. “They do good work, and I’d hate to lose them. Especially in the Rundberg area.”

Fifteen years ago, Austin Voices partnered with AISD to create service centers and has run them ever since. Known as family resource centers or FRCs, the centers provide help for economically disadvantaged families in Austin’s poorer neighborhoods with things like food assistance, rent assistance, and health care. The goal is to stabilize families so kids can stay in school.– at an April 4 meeting.

Meanwhile, an email is making the rounds which accuses three AISD administrators of a conflict of interest in the request for proposal process. The message is from, a retired AISD teacher and an elected trustee from 2012-2020. It is addressed to just about every state, city, and county politico in Central Texas, as well as the leaders of AISD and the three administrators Teich criticizes.

In the email, Teich points out that one administrator associated with the selection process is a member of the board of directors for CIS. She also condemns the RFP process in general. “I am extremely disappointed – no, extremely angry – that this corrupt process is allowed to continue,” Teich writes. “This corrupt RFP process is hurting our students, and supporting the education of and mental health of AISD students is your core work as trustees per the Texas Constitution.” Teich challenges Superintendentin her message, asking if he is working to change the process and saying, “I can provide evidence that it is corrupt, should you need it.

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