In an unusual move, the Austin Independent School District has sued 125 of its constituents who are neighbors of the old Rosedale School. Here’s how the legal battle is playing out.
With a wave of a piece of paper, the old Rosedale School property survived the first attempt to sell it off. But what worked in 1981 may not work now. Legal covenants that shielded the 87 year-old school site from development as anything other than a school or single-family residences Read more
AISD’s lawsuit against Rosedale Neighbors and contract to sell the campus of the original Rosedale Elementary School to the highest bidder won’t be the last. In fact, AISD’s fire sale of community assets spreading fast. After failing to quickly cash in on the sale of the Rosedale property, AISD approved Read more
January 6, 2026 Play Fair with Rosedale Attorney Renea Hicks filed his initial response to AISD’s lawsuit against its Rosedale neighbors, urging the court to deny what AISD is seeking in a declaratory judgment and to make AISD pay the legal expenses of all the defendants he represents. Hicks currently Read more
Some homeowners in the Rosedale H subdivision are being served notices this week that they are defendants in the Austin Independent School District’s unprecedented lawsuit against its own constituents. If you’re a named defendant and haven’t been served, you will be over the next few days. One defendant/neighbor created a Read more