The committee was designed to serve as a representative of the JISD community by providing recommendations on options and actions to district leadership and the school board, by sharing information about new and existing facilities and district growth, according to the district’s website.
What happened
Assistant Superintendent of Operations Daniel Brooks said the district was going to have to consolidate campuses.
“There is no campus untouchable on this list,” Brooks said.
Kirby and Kitty Hawk middle schools were voted as the top two middle schools to consider for consolidation based on feedback from the committee, followed by Judson Middle School.
The committee also selected the following elementary schools to be considered by the board for consolidation:
- Park Village
- Ed Franz
- Candlewood
- Spring Meadows
- Rolling Meadows
- Millers Point
Interim Superintendent Lacey Gosch said the decisions the committee has to make are difficult ones.
“We see value in every single one of these programs. We know you have a difficult decision to make,” Gosch told the committee.
She also said the scenarios presented to the committee are preliminary.
“There will be more work later for the committee to do as we work with demographers, ... but we wanted to provide the committee with some ideas about what those numbers might look like and where we might be able to send students,” Gosch said.
Stay tuned
Brooks said district staff plan to bring a recommendation to the board no later than February. Any school closures or consolidation of programs will have to be approved by the JISD school board at a future meeting.
