Updated April 13 at 10:34 a.m.

Pre-k registration has been delayed until further notice, Spring ISD officials announced via Twitter April 13. Updated April 7 at 1:45 p.m.

Online registration for Spring ISD's full-day pre-K program for the 2020-21 school year begins April 13.

To be eligible for enrollment, students must be four years old on or before Sept. 1, 2020 and meet requirements mandated by the Texas Education Agency. SISD currently offers the program at nine campuses, however all 25 elementary schools will offer full-day pre-K in the 2020-21 school year. For more information, click here.

Posted Feb. 10 at 2:47 p.m.


Spring ISD Superintendent Rodney Watson announced the launch of four new specialty programs, plans for a second early college program and the expansion of full-day pre-K to all 25 elementary campuses during the annual State of the District event Feb. 5.

The third annual event aims to share SISD’s progress in its five-year strategic plan, known as Every Child 2020, with the community, while also giving community members an overview of the district’s accomplishments, areas of improvement and future plans.

When Every Child 2020 launched in 2015, Watson said the district had two specialty high schools and one specialty middle school; today, the district is home to two specialty high schools, three high schools with strong career and technical education programs, three specialty middle schools and three dual-language elementary schools.

By the 2020-21 school year, Watson said the district will have also added a pre-K-8 specialty school, two more specialty middle schools and one specialty elementary school.


“We want all of our students to have the opportunity to participate [in specialty programming], but we don’t want them to have to chose to move outside of their neighborhood or their community to get opportunities of choice; we want to provide that within their community,” Watson said during the event.

The new specialty programs announced at the event include an international studies program at Bammel Middle School, an International Baccalaureate program at Salyers Elementary School, a school for performing and visual arts at Bailey Middle School, and a Polytechnic program at Claughton Middle School.

According to Watson, the Bammel Middle School for International Studies will be a pre-K-8 academy in partnership with the Asia Society; key components of the program will include dual language with an emphasis on sign language, French Spanish, German and Mandarin Chinese as well as enrichment opportunities.

Likewise, Watson said the Salyers Elementary School International Baccalaureate program will also focus on dual language, world cultures and language and global awareness, but at the elementary level.


“One of the strongest areas in our district has always been [performing and visual arts], so next year, we’ll be opening the Bailey [Middle] School of Performing and Visual Arts,” Watson said. “We currently have partnerships with the Houston Symphony [and] the Alley Theatre, and we’ll be working closely [with them] to ensure that this school is a state-of-the-art, one-of-a-kind [school] in the state of Texas.”

Students of the Bailey Middle School of Performing and Visual Arts will have the opportunity to participate in drama, dance, creative writing, film, instrumental and visual arts as well as pre-Advanced Placement classes, arts-integrated curriculum and arts-related internships.

Additionally, the Claughton Middle School Polytechnic Middle School will focus on communications, video game programming, animation, and digital forensics and robotics, while also offering pre-AP classes and technology-related internships.

“One of the things that we’re doing is we’re linking our middle school [career and technical education] pathways to our high schools so our students can explore [and] also take opportunities to learn more about the pathway as they transition,” Watson said.


In addition to specialty programming, Watson also announced SISD is in the initial planning process of a new early college high school to be housed at Dekaney High School in partnership with Lone Star College-North Harris. The district is already home to the Spring Early College Academy, which allows students the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and college degree simultaneously while helping families save money on tuition costs.

For SISD’s youngest students, Watson also announced the district would begin offering full-day pre-K at all 25 elementary campuses across the district starting in the 2020-21 school year. When Every Child 2020 launched in 2015, SISD only offered full-day pre-K at one campus; today it offers full-day pre-K at nine campuses.

“[Previously, full-day pre-K] wasn’t fully funded, so we were trying to find money in our budget by reducing other areas because we knew this was a specific need in our community,” Watson said. “Well, thanks to our legislative session this past year and [state Rep.] Dan Huberty, based upon House Bill 3 next year we have been given additional funds from the state, [and] we’re going to be able to expand to have full-day pre-K at every single [elementary] campus in the district.”

House Bill 3 mandates full-day pre-K programs for students who quality in hopes of bridging the gap between economically disadvantaged 4-year-olds and those who are more affluent. Qualified students include those who are low-income, homeless, limited in English proficiency, in foster care, or whose parents are active-duty members in the armed forces or whose parents were injured or killed while serving in the military, as a peace officer or first responder.


Watson closed the presentation by announcing the district’s new strategic plan, Every Child 2025, would launch this spring. To view the full SISD State of the District 2020 presentation, click here.