State threatens to take over Austin ISD board; Austin begins urban trail design on abandoned corridor and more top Central Texas news

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Consuelo Mendez Middle School has consistently received poor reviews from the Texas Education Agency. (Employee of the Community Impact newspaper)

Read the most popular news from central Texas over the past week.

Austin ISD

The state could take over the AISD board if the poorly rated campus doesn’t improve next year

An ISD school in Austin that has repeatedly received low ratings from the Texas Education Agency could threaten the autonomy of the district’s elected board of trustees if its rating does not improve over the next year, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said during a meeting of the Austin ISD- Board on December 2nd.

Central Austin

The city of Austin begins planning a city walk on an abandoned railroad corridor

The City of Austin’s Urban Trails Program has begun planning an urban trail that would run through the Bergstrom Spur Corridor, according to a December 1 press release.

Cedar Park-Leander

Project 183 North on track, beginning in early 2022

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority plans to begin work on the 9-mile 183 North project in early 2022.

Start of construction on Horizon Lake 480 residential building in Leander

Construction is underway on the 480 home development Horizon Lake in Leander, according to a December 3 press release from Taylor Morrison.

Northwest Austin

Tewbeleaux’s Cajun Grill opens first location in Northwest Austin, Central Texas

Tewbeleaux’s Cajun Grill opened a location at 12001 Burnet Road, Ste. D, Austin, November 2nd.

Maggie Quinlan, Benton Graham, Taylor Girtman, and Claire Shoop contributed to this report.

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