The board unanimously approved the School Boundary Advisory Committee’s recommended boundary changes. Over a dozen schools at all levels are affected, and district officials said the adjustments will alleviate overcrowding and balance school populations as the area continues to grow in population.
The list of changes is as follows:
Elementary schools
- Move 471 students from Hall Elementary to the new Campbell Elementary, which will open for the 2019-20 school year.
- Move 38 students from North Pointe Elementary to Ward Elementary.
- Move 30 students from Brookwood Elementary to Robinson Elementary.
- Move 64 students from Landolt Elementary to Greene Elementary.
- Move 237 students from Mossman Elementary to Hyde Elementary.
- Move 123 students from Gilmore Elementary to Hall Elementary.
- Move 123 students from Bauerschlag Elementary to Gilmore Elementary.
- Move 51 students from Goforth Elementary to League City Elementary.
- Move 55 students from Hyde Elementary to Ferguson Elementary.
Intermediate schools
- Move 22 students from League City Intermediate to Clear Creek Intermediate.
High schools
- Move 243 students from Clear Springs High to Clear Brook High.
- Move 236 students from Clear Falls High to Clear Lake High.
- Move 37 students from Clear Falls High to Clear Creek High.
- Move 39 students from Clear Springs High to Clear Creek High.
The committee originally had more recommendations but withdrew some and limited the scope of others based on comments from parents and residents.
Two Rustic Oaks residents spoke against the recommended the changes, under which their children will attend Hall Elementary instead of Gilmore Elementary. Resident Christine Parizo urged the board to delay the vote and seek alternatives rather than divide her neighborhood.
“We can find a better way forward for the children and families of west League City,” she said.
Board members thanked the committee for working hard on the recommended boundary changes and adjusting them according to residents' feedback. Trustee Laura DuPont said the process showed parents are dedicated to their own schools, which they sometimes believe are the schools where the good things in the district are happening.
“We have a lot of those schools in the district," DuPont said.
High school students will be grandfathered into the changes, meaning only incoming freshmen will attend the high school to which they are now zoned; those currently in ninth, 10th and 11th grades will remain at their schools, even if they're zoned to a new one. Those currently in fourth and seventh grades will be given priority treatment if they apply for an intradistrict transfer to remain at the schools they currently attend instead of the schools to which they are now zoned, district officials have said.
The committee began meeting in October and analyzed data and maps before beginning to alter school boundaries. It presented its original recommendations in January and edited them based on public feedback. The committee presented its final recommendations to the board Feb. 11.
Stay tuned to Community Impact Newspaper for a more detailed and in-depth story about CCISD’s school boundaries next week.
