What we're watching
The district has resumed a districtwide effort to redraw attendance boundaries — with no further school consolidations currently planned.23
Two draft maps, "Oak" and "Elm," show different ideas for how boundaries could be drawn. Nothing is final.23
The district says it will combine the best parts of both plans. A change in one neighborhood affects everyone else — so input from Brentwood & Crestview matters.23
Timeline & how to weigh in
Comment Card (Round 1) is open now · tinyurl.com/2026BoundaryRound1 · austinisd.org/boundaries23
AISD's four guiding principles24
Shorter, safer commutes; protect underserved students and special programs; phase changes so kids can stay where possible.
Fill ~85% of seats by Aug 2026; keep campuses between ~61% and 106% full by 2030 using boundaries and transfer rules.
Keep cohorts together, end "island zones," and aim for no more than ~3 splits from elementary to high school.
Use long-term enrollment trends and how neighborhoods are changing — not just this year's numbers.
Data they say they use: utilization, transfer-in/out rates, % of seats filled by neighborhood population, a Support & Resource Index, and annual demographic projections.24
Questions to consider
One plan covers very different neighborhoods. How will the district balance growth vs. decline, and newer vs. long-rooted communities — and weigh this disruption against everything else families are managing?
Which demographer and projections decide where families are moving — and will those be shared publicly, neighborhood by neighborhood?
"Continuation transfers" now let many students stay (including rising 6th & 9th graders and siblings). But to hit enrollment targets, transfers will tighten — which campuses close to transfers, and how does that square with the right to stay?25
The drafts used a Support & Resource Index to protect higher-need schools. Will that equity lens survive into the single, final map?