OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMUNITY — FRACTURED BY AISD’S CONSOLIDATION PLAN

We are the families of Patton Elementary, living in the close-knit community between MoPac and Highway 290 — neighborhoods that have built strong roots around Austin ISD’s promise of stable, neighborhood-based schools.

AISD’s proposed consolidation and boundary changes threaten to dismantle that promise. Our community is being split apart like data on a spreadsheet, separating children from their classmates, friends, and the schools we intentionally chose and invested in.

Despite our schools operating at optimal and stable population levels, AISD’s plan divides Patton Elementary in multiple directions — sending some families to different middle schools and even different high schools — severing the continuity and belonging our children depend on.

These boundary “trades” don’t balance communities — they disrupt them. Families lose carpools, support systems, and access to trusted schools. Children lose friendships, stability, and confidence.

We’re asking AISD to honor its own guiding principles — to minimize impact, align feeder patterns, balance enrollment responsibly, and ensure long-term stability.

Keep the MoPac–290 triangle, including Beckett Meadows and Western Oaks, within the Patton → Small → Austin High feeder pattern.

Let’s preserve the strong, connected community AISD says it values — engaged, stable, and invested families who believed in Austin ISD.