📰 What's next in AISD's proposed closures

🤔 AISD Proposes Closing 13 Schools

As many as 13 Austin Independent School District campuses could close as part of a plan to reduce costs as declining enrollment numbers and budget issues continue, the district has announced. Students would be rezoned to other campuses if the schools are closed. [Austin American-Statesman]

• Virtual town halls will be held over the next few weeks so parents and guardians can comment on the potential closures. [KXAN]

🎸 How Austin Bands Land ACL Fest Slots

Despite huge headliners like Sabrina Carpenter and Hozier, Austin City Limits Music Festival still kicks off with an Austin-based band every year. But as the festival grows, how do Austin bands get stage time? It turns out, you have to get discovered. [City Cast Austin]

📰 Austinite Released From Israeli Custody

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett posted on X that Greg Stoker is on his way back home to Austin after he was detained by the Israeli military with activist Greta Thunberg and others, when their flotilla was intercepted while on the way to Gaza with food and medical supplies. [KUT]

📘 Book Fair for Grownups Coming to Austin

Do you also have fond memories shopping the Scholastic Book Fair at your elementary school? Well! Mark your calendar for Oct. 19, when the School-tastic Book Fair for Grown-Ups takes over the Baker Center. [CultureMap Austin]