Officials have also received feedback from parents and families at several community dialogue events. B.B. Owen Elementary, Creekside Elementary, Garden Ridge Elementary, Highland Village Elementary and Polser Elementary STEM Academy are earmarked for closure, according to district documents.
Eight other schools could also get boundary adjustments, per district documents.
The context
The consolidations were precipitated by increased inflation, rising insurance cost, a forecasted enrollment decline and a stagnant state funding formula that has resulted in a $4.5 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2024-25.
Campuses will continue to be reviewed for potential ways to increase facility efficiency based on enrollment and capacity within each LISD middle and high school feeder pattern.
The board anticipates final determinations will be made in December, and will take effect for the 2025-26 school year.
The Colony High School feeder
B.B. Owen Elementary has 273 students enrolled, 73 of which are transfers, per district documents. If B.B. Owen closes, students would be rezoned to Ethridge, Camey, Morningside and Peters Colony elementary schools. Students rezoned to Morningside and Peters Colony will attend Griffin Middle School and those rezoned to Ethridge and Camey will feed into Lakeview Middle School.
In this plan, some students attending Peters Colony would be rezoned to Ethridge and students in a neighborhood north of 121 attending Morningside would be rezoned to Camey. Students at Ethridge, Memorial and Camey Elementary will remain at those schools.
Additionally, B.B. Owen Elementary’s three special education and pre-K programs would move to Camey, and its one co-teach program would move to Peters Colony. All of these schools are zoned for The Colony High School, according to district documents.
Lewisville High School feeder
The closure of Creekside Elementary would result in boundary adjustments for Lewisville, Lakeland and Degan Elementary schools, which would absorb Creekside's 373 students. Creekside students currently feed into either Hedrick Middle School and Durham Middle School and will continue to do so should the campus close, according to the proposal. District staff will continue to provide services for students in the dual language program at new campuses.
Students in the Quail Crest, Harbor Heights and Manco Manor neighborhoods that attend Lakeland Elementary will be rezoned to Degan and students in the Lake Terrace neighborhood attending Lewisville Elementary will be rezoned to Lakeland. Students zoned to Degan will remain at that campus.
In the proposed plan Creekside’s two behavioral intervention programs will be moved to Lakeland Elementary. The schools affected by the possible Creekside closure will all remain zoned for Lewisville High School.
Flower Mound High School feeder
The retirement of Garden Ridge Elementary would impact Donald Elementary STEM Academy and Forest Vista Elementary, which would absorb the campus's 323 students, 121 of which are transfer students. The transfer students, some of who were originally zoned to Donald or Forest Vista will be provided a space or can request additional transfers.
The special education communication program at Garden Ridge will move to Wellington Elementary and the life skills program will move to Forest Vista. No students from Donald or Forest Vista will be rezoned and the campuses will continue to feed into Forestwood Middle School and Flower Mound High School, according to the proposed plan.
Petitions to keep Garden Ridge and Highland Village Elementary open circulated in October, garnering over 1,700 signatures each.
Marcus High School feeder
The 378 students at Highland Village Elementary would be rezoned to McAuliffe Elementary School and Heritage Elementary, both neighboring schools in Highland Village. However, the proposal would not displace any students zoned for McAuliffe or Heritage or any attending these schools on a transfer.
According to the plan, Highland Village’s behavioral intervention special education classes will move to Heritage. The rezoning would push McAuliffe closer to its enrollment capacity, and as a result, the plan proposes moving the school’s academic life skills program to Heritage.
All students affected by this school closure and boundary adjustments will remain zoned to Briarhill Middle School and Marcus High School. Highland Village City Council recently approved a resolution asking the district to keep the school open.
Hebron High School feeder
The 504 students attending Polser Elementary STEM Academy would be combined with Hebron Valley Elementary, which would become the new STEM academy, according to the plan. Around 120 students at Polser are transfer students and will be given a spot at their originally zoned school.
LISD staff estimate that national STEM Certification could be earned for Hebron Valley by the start of the 2025-26 school year. Should Polser close, all Hebron Valley students will participate in STEM and Engineering curriculum.
As a result of the changes Polser STEM Academy’s three Pre-K co-teach programs would move to Indian Creek Elementary and the academy’s life skills programs would move to Homestead Elementary. Hebron Valley’s Pre-K and early childhood programs would relocate to Memorial Elementary and its three special education communication programs would relocate to Castle Hills Elementary.
All students affected by this school closure and boundary adjustments will remain zoned to Creek Valley Middle School STEM Academy and Hebron High School.
Also of note
In December the board is also considering possible boundary adjustments for the following eight campuses:
- Bluebonnet Elementary
- Degan Elementary
- Memorial STEM Academy Elementary
- Old Settlers Elementary
- Rockbrook Elementary
- Creek Valley Middle School
- Downing Middle School
- Lakeview Middle School
