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- Reinvention Roadmap
- A visual depiction of the School Changes Process.
- Planning Region
- A geographic area defined by a group of attendance areas. Each scenario will be tied to a planning region. Each planning region is expected to comprise eight to 15 schools.
- Scenario
- A solution that outlines changes for each school within a given planning region.
- Scenario Option
- A potential solution for exploration that outlines the changes for each school within a given planning region.
- Scenario Recommendation
- Administration’s recommended solution for each school within a given planning region presented to the board of trustees for consideration.
- Affected Facility
- Any school within a scenario that may experience a change, including:
- Additional educational programming and services.
- Shared use with community partners.
- Receiving or re-assigning students.
- Facility improvements.
- Site enhancements.
- Consolidation or closures.
- Campus Repurposing
- Any school facility considered for consolidation or closure may be repurposed for:
- District use
- Public benefit
- Private sale (one-time) or lease (long-term).
- To generate revenue.
- Methodology
- The process the district will follow to develop and analyze regional scenarios.
- Case Study
- A research method performed before implementing a large-scale study. It involves an in-depth, detailed examination of the methodology to help identify questions and select types of measurement prior to developing scenarios.
- Reinvention Guiding Principles
- The guiding principles reflect Austin ISD’s values that guide decision-making as the district reimagines the use and alignment of its assets.
- Factors
- A circumstance, fact, or condition that will contribute to the evaluation of a scenario to ensure alignment with guiding principles.
- Regional Goals
- A set of targets, informed by community input, that the district will use to evaluate the opportunity of each scenario.