On a chilly Saturday in January, Matias Segura sat on the stage in the cafeteria of the brand-new Marshall Middle School while students asked him questions about safety, teacher retention and library book challenges.
“I never thought that I would be in this position, to be honest,” Segura said to the onlooking community members.
When the Austin school board in December 2022 appointed Segura to temporarily run the district while members searched for a superintendent, he was focused on stabilizing the 73,000-student organization after years of turmoil wrought by leadership changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.
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