AUSTIN, Texas - Austin ISD has released its updated consolidation and boundary change draft plan, which could close 13 schools.

The backstory:

Austin ISD is grappling with 25,000 empty classroom seats, a nearly $20 million budget shortfall, and low performance at some campuses.

"I can tell that if we don't do these now, all it's going to do is make those decisions and those impacts introduce greater risks to our system," said Superintendent, Matias Segura.

To address these issues, the district’s draft plan released earlier this month proposes boundary changes at 98% of schools. Thirteen campuses are also being considered for closure, possibly the largest closure and boundary realignment in district history.

"We arrived at this draft plan through a process and now the time is to real

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