(August 7, 2008)- Waco's school board voted to close GL Wiley Middle School after it fell short of state test requirements five years in a row.
But Waco Councilman Wilbert Austin says this action violates a previous promise from the school board.
Austin claims in an earlier meeting with Waco school board representatives, he was assured that the school board would not close any school for the coming up school year if the school bond election was passed.
Now that the multi-million dollar bond election was voted in, Austin says the school board's closing of Wiley violates that guarantee.
Representatives for the school district do not acknowledge that any such promise was made.
The vote to close Wiley comes after a decision handed down from the Texas Education Agency concerning the school's performance on the TAKS test.
The TEA has given Waco's school board the option to allow Wiley one more year to redeem its failing scores on the science TAKS test due to significant improvement in other subjects.
Wiley's students will be distributed to other district schools including: Brazos, Middle and Carver Academy, and potentially Cezar Chavez.
Students also have the option to apply to transfer to the middle school of their choice.
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