Lamar's attendance boundary is absolutely massive. The eastern edge of its boundary map could be changed to release some of its zoned students to any combination of O'Henry, Kealing, Webb, and Martin. That would bring down Lamar's over capacity issue. Which is called out on rubric with "School zone is too crowded". Lamar's cost per student in terms of Building & Operations is high and should be addressed longer term. I just don't see a scenario where Lamar is closed, particularly given its status as Fine Arts Academy, unless AISD decides to do away completely with the academy concept.
I agree that "pain" is going to be distributed but I think that will come by major boundary zone changes, not by closing overcrowded schools on the west side. Though the Bryker Woods parents seem to be in full force to save their school from perceived threats of closure. Bryker Woods rubric score is identical to Gullett. So maybe I'm just not reading the tea leaves correctly.