AUSTIN (KXAN)— Noemi Burgos-Chambers, a mom of twins who attend Widén Elementary, left a public feedback meeting at the school early Tuesday afternoon. She said she was disheartened and wasn't feeling great about how the meeting went.

"Kids don't understand that no matter how you explain it to them, they don't care about budgets and they don't care about, redistricting," Burgos-Chambers said. "What they care about is consistency and that stability, and that makes them feel safe. And I think that when you take that away, you make them feel unsafe and insecure."

She was among dozens of concerned parents who wanted to know why Widén was chosen as a schools that could possibly close as part of "consolidation plans" being developed by the Austin Independent School District, or AISD. It was se

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