Judson ISD board of trustees approves new trustee districts

The Judson ISD board of trustees on Jan. 19 approved a resolution for a plan to redistrict single-member trustee districts. The redistricting is due to population changes shown through 2020 census data, which indicates the school district having a total population of 147,369.

Single-member districts must be drawn with no more than a 10% variance in populations, and total deviation between largest and smallest single member districts must be at or below 10%, according to Texas Education Codes.

The board of trustees was given two plans for redistricting, with both plans resulting in a 5.1% population differential between the lowest and highest populated districts.

District 1 Trustee Suzanne Kenoyer said, due to growth, the size of District 1 will be reduced, and much of her representation in Live Oak will be moved to District 5, which is represented by Board President Jennifer Rodríguez.

The area of District 5 south of Gibbs Sprawl Road will be moved into District 4, which is represented by José Macias.

Kenoyer said feedback from constituents supports the board of trustees approving the second plan.

“I asked several of my more vocal constituents about their preferences, and for the most part they did not have a strong preference either way, but those that did express a preference, preferred the Plan 2,” she said.

The plan was approved unanimously, and changes will be forwarded to the county to start the process of letting voters in District 1 know about the new boundaries.