The cause
During NCISD’s Oct. 20 regular board meeting, trustees unanimously approved both proposed rezoning plans with board President Creg Mixon, Assistant Secretary Angela Tompkins and trustee Beth Prykryl absent.
In the fall of 2027, Highlands Middle School—NCISD’s newest school, which is currently under construction—is slated to be completed, as previously reported by Community Impact.
The new school requires feeder patterns to be adjusted, but the changes are also needed because the district is growing quickly, Executive Director of Operations Blake Carroll said Oct. 20.
“It's hard when you're a growing district—you have to have the capacity,” Carroll said. “As we're getting bigger, Tavola West is exploding so New Caney Elementary['s enrollment] went up [by] 250 kids in a year-and-a-half. So we have to have a little more room. Even though we're opening a new building, we still like to balance it out before we get them in that area.”
What’s happening?
According to an Oct. 20 news release, under Proposal 1, students will be rezoned from Woodridge Forest Middle School to White Oak Middle School if they live:
- In the Hollyridge neighborhood
- In the Summer Hills neighborhood
- Off of Hill Road
- Off of Sorters Road, and have an even-numbered address falling in 24012-24528
- Trinity Way, for addresses 20502-20661
- Vick Drive, for addresses 20450-20570
- Clyde Drive, for addresses 20477-20576
- Dogwood Drive
- Strickland Drive
- New Caney Elementary School pre-K-4 students, who live in the affected locations, to Valley Ranch Elementary School
- New Caney elementary fifth-grade students, who live in the affected locations, to Pine Valley Middle School
- Keefer Crossing Middle School sixth- and seventh-grade students, who live in the affected locations, to Pine Valley
- Keefer Crossing eighth-grade students, who live in the affected locations, to Porter High School
- New Caney High School ninth-, tenth- and eleventh-grade students, who live in the affected locations, to Porter High School
In November, NCISD’s board of trustees approved new attendance zones for Crippen Elementary School and Highlands Elementary School students that went into effect for the current 2025-26 school year, according to the district’s website.
What else?
Trustees have not yet approved the district’s 2026-27 calendar, but the district’s current 2025-26 school year began Aug. 6, according to NCISD’s website.
