From the cover
Klein ISD rezoning e orts underway
BY WESLEY GARDNER
Intermediate school boundaries
KISD elementary school boundaries 2024-25
KISD intermediate school boundaries 2024-25
The overview
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Hernandez said the biggest area of concern for future growth was in the northern portion of the district near the Grand Parkway, noting there was more stability in the southern end. According to an October report from demographic rm Population and Survey Analysts, around 1,000 housing units are projected to be built in the northeastern portion of the district in City Place and along Gosling Road in the next 10 years. Hernandez said most of the changes in the rest of the district are aimed at evening out enrollment among campuses. Under the rezoning plan, Brill and Theiss elementaries’ enrollment numbers are projected to drop from 119% and 108% of the campuses’ capacities, respectively, to 87% and 99% in the 2024-25 school year. As of Feb. 5, Hernandez said the district had reviewed more than 1,600 pieces of feedback from community members. Regina Childress, a KISD parent, said she believes the district’s feedback process could have been more transparent. Hernandez said reports from each of the district’s 170-member rezoning committee’s meetings have been posted on the KISD’s rezoning webpage.
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Elementary school boundaries
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NOTE: THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOLS SERVING THE GRACE ENGLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED.
SOURCE: KLEIN ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
What's next
A closer look
What they're saying
According to an October report from demo- graphics rm Population and Survey Analysts, KISD’s enrollment is not expected to grow signi - cantly in the next decade. However, Hernandez said rezoning will help balance enrollment across campuses as o cials move forward with bond projects, including the construction of a new middle school and additional classrooms at Klein Cain and Klein Oak high schools.
KISD’s new zoning boundaries will go into e ect beginning in the 2024-25 school year. O cials said families residing in newly rezoned areas will receive detailed communications about the changes and how they will a ect their families. Additionally, campus principals will arrange welcome nights and opportunities for families to visit their newly zoned schools. Hernandez said she believes the plan will put the district in a good position moving forward. “When you’re rezoning 43 schools, 4,400 streets and close to … 25,000 kids that were a part of this process, you need to make sure you don’t make a mistake along the way,” Hernandez said. “We used the most reliable data from the expertise that we have to make the best decisions for the school district and the resources we have.”
“Feedback can often become emotional in a process like this,
and we have to look at that, and we have to take that into consideration.” DAYNA HERNANDEZ, CHIEF OF STAFF, KLEIN ISD
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“It stands to reason that in 1,600- plus comments, there were likely valuable suggestions for large-
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SOURCE: POPULATION AND SURVEY ANALYSTS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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