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Editorial: Holdsworth campus a gift to education

By Express-News Editorial Board|June 22, 2021
A photo of The Campus on Lake Austin that sits on 44 acres off the shores of Lake Austin and includes 15 buildings spanning 173,000 square feet.
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As Holdsworth Center celebrates the opening of its new 44-acre campus on Lake Austin, the facility reflects the organization’s commitment to empowering education leaders who change lives, improve schools and inspire student success.

Educators will receive game-changing training and support in the five-year leadership program at the new $200 million campus’ 18 buildings and spaces. The mission? Transforming Texas education leaders. That’s a gift to schools and all Texans.

The Holdsworth Center is an Austin-based nonprofit founded in 2017 by H-E-B Chairman Charles Butt. His investment in this program — valued at $6 million per school district and provided free to schools — reflects his extraordinary commitment to education.

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