AUSTIN, Texas — Eanes ISD just announced it’s closing its Valley View Elementary School at the end of this school year. They cite declining enrollment and budget constraints.
But Eanes isn’t the only district with this problem. Many school districts are actually seeing fewer school children these days.
Austin ISD closed Metz Elementary five years ago along with another neighborhood school in East Austin. The old neighborhood is changing and the new residents just aren’t having as many kids…