The Todd & Oz Show 6-4-26

The Todd & Oz Show 6-4-26

From The Todd and Oz Show by The Todd and Oz Show on News Radio KLBJ

June 4, 2026 · 2h 14m

About this episode

The episode discusses budget cuts in Austin ISD, a student's graduation despite immigration issues, and parental perceptions of education quality.

The Austin ISD school board will be presented this evening with a plan to cut $181-million-dollars from the next year's budget to address a massive deficit as superintendent Matias Segura highlighted several of the planned cuts yesterday, including 558 district roles. he says that all employees with teaching certifications will be given alternate placements, while the district is working to find roles for those who are not certified when possible. An Austin ISD student in the country illegally was able to walk across the stage for graduation with his classmates this week. It was early last month when Luis Fernando Cabrera -- a senior at Northeast early college high school -- was detained by ICE officials following a traffic stop due to an expired registration, following the arrest, Cabrera had been held at the Karnes detention center until a judge ordered his release, and Texas parents are giving the public school system a failing grade as 15 percent of parents say the quality of education in their ISD is excellent, 41-percent call it good, 22 percent describing it as fair and 9 percent as poor. The numbers jump up a bit when talking about the parents of private, charter or…

People in this episode

Hosts: Todd, Oz

Topics covered

  • Austin ISD budget cuts
  • education quality
  • immigration
  • student graduation
  • public vs private education

Keywords

  • Austin ISD
  • budget cuts
  • Matias Segura
  • Luis Fernando Cabrera
  • education quality
  • Texas
  • immigration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Austin ISD, ICE

Places: Texas

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