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March 7, 2013 Volume 18, No. 5 Southwest Austin’s Community Newspaper Since 1995
AISD gives options for new high school by Bobbie Jean Sawyer AUSTIN - What kind of academic program will define a new south Austin High School? AISD has presented some choices for the public to weigh in on. The Austin Independent School District hosted the third in a series of community engagement meetings on a new south Austin high school
Thursday, February 21, at Crockett High School. AISD continued to seek community input on the academic programming for the new high school by presenting information on five different academic scenarios and soliciting community feedback. Possible academic scenarios for a new South High School:
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Mixed reactions to Cap Metro changes by Ann Fowler
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OAK HILL - The Oak Hill transit changes proposed by Capital Metro have some residents fearing bus service to their neighborhood, while others fear losing service to theirs. The Oak Hill Flyer, Route 171, provides weekday commuter service from Oak Hill to downtown Austin and UT. Capital Metro proposes tweaking the 171’s schedule and service, while adding another Flyer, Route 111. The news has prompted mixed reactions. The proposed new Route 111, the South Mopac Flyer, would start in $JSDMF $ BOE SVO EPXO #FDLFUU TFSWing the Western Oaks and Legend Oaks neighborhoods before taking Mopac for the trip downtown. The
route was suggested by the vehicle registration addresses of cars at the Oak Hill Park & Ride, located at William Cannon Drive and U.S. Highway 290 West. Capital Metro Principal Planner James Gamez told the Gazette that a See MIXED on page 26
Big error, big correction:
Last week’s top front page article about low-income housing should have been about low DENSITY housing. Aside from that one word in the headline, and in the first paragraph, the rest of the article was correct (the neighborhoods were reacting to the low density project being presented to them). But that one word error changes the meaning of the article, and the readers’ impressions of the proposed project. We regret the error and apologize for any misconceptions it may have fostered.