The College Station ISD Board of Trustees saw for the first time Monday night proposed attendance boundaries adding elementary schools and the new College Station High School.
Click HERE to see the map of proposed elementary school boundaries.
Click HERE to see the map of proposed boundaries for intermediate, middle, and high schools.
Click HERE to be taken to the CSISD website where Monday night’s presentation was videotaped.
The only comments made Monday night were thanks to the 37 member committee that developed the recommendations.
Next year there are new boundaries for CSISD’s eight elementary schools. The year after that the district’s second high school opens. Deputy Superintendent Clark Ealy says building populations and a better mix of students from all socio-economic backgrounds were key factors in determining boundaries by a 37 member committee.
Dr. Ealy repeatedly referred to the district’s 40 percent of elementary students on free and reduced lunches. Last year only one of seven elementary buildings was near that figure. Ealy says next year, with eight buildings, four will be close. Southwood Valley Elementary, which had 72 percent of its students on free and reduced lunches last year, drops to 46 percent because students living at Southgate Apartments will be transferred to Creek View. The proposed zones keep less than one-fourth of the student bodies on free and reduces lunches at Pebble Creek and Forest Ridge.
As for grandfathering, this year’s third, fifth, and seventh graders could stay at their present buildings next year if parents provide the transportation. Some third graders could be grandfathered for two years if it meant transferring to their third building. Siblings would not be eligible for grandfathering.
The first of three public hearings is a week from Wednesday night, September 8th, starting at 7 in the Consolidated High School auditorium.