Flower Mound - Highland Village - Argyle | October 2023

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Growing Argyle ISD requires more land for schools

BY DON MUNSCH

What you need to know

Planned Argyle ISD expansion

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including in the southern portion of the district, where Flower Mound Ranch is being built. Construction has also started in Bartonville on 30 lots for homes that will feed into Argyle ISD. “There are exceptional choices for schools in Bartonville, [as] it is within Argyle ISD and Liberty Christian [School] is very close,” said Swapnil Sharma, realtor with the Sharma Group in Southlake, which is listing the lots.

The latest bond, approved in May 2022 at nearly $268 million, pays for two new Argyle ISD elementary campuses and a middle school, along with a stadium and indoor activity center that will be located in the southern part of the district. Developers received City Council approval in November to construct 3,000 single- family homes and 6,000 multifamily units in Flower Mound Ranch, a new development that will feed into the district. To address the expected growth, the May 2022 bond included $20 million for land purchases,

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Zooming in

Also of note

Carpenter said Zonda, the school district demog- rapher, will have the latest student enrollment data in October. The school board will receive the demographer’s quarterly report and update to the 10-year strategic growth plan during the regular board meeting in November. Additionally, this fall, the district will launch a new Bond and Growth Planning Committee that will study Argyle ISD facilities and analyze capacity with demographic data to determine future needs for facilities. This committee will present its work and ndings to the board in January or February. Former AISD Superintendent Telena Wright explained in the spring the district’s approach to nding land centered on location in the district and accessibility at the school site.

Construction for the yet-to-be-named Ele- mentary School No. 4, to be built at 17th Street and Cleveland Gibbs Road, began in early summer and is expected to open in time for the 2024-25 school year. It will accommodate 850 students. Leslee Shannon, one of the co-chairs of the committee for the May 2022 bond, said the committee tried to best determine whether the bond will cover a few years or a longer period of time. The bond committee decided to recom- mend a short-term bond that will cover growth for the next three to ve years. Argyle ISD Board President Sam Slaton said nding land in Argyle is “always a challenge,” as the land must t the needs of the facilities and also t the budgetary constraints the district

"This board and administration has been successful in procuring land that has great value and will be utilized

well in the district." SAM SLATON, ARGYLE ISD BOARD PRESIDENT

must live under. A land purchase also has to make sense for where students are living and which schools need relief the most, he said. “Land is tight in Argyle ISD,” Shannon said, noting that district ocials have been eective in identifying the next schools’ locations.

12K Argyle ISD 10-year enrollment projections

Strategic growth plans

What’s next

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District ocials examine growth semiannually and plan accordingly

The purchase of land in Canyon Falls for school properties occurred before the residential growth happened in the southern part of the district, Wright said. Hillwood Properties provided land for two schools in the Harvest development, located west of I-35. Argyle West Elementary is located at the Harvest development and the new Elementary School No. 4 will join that school on the site.

Continuous review of bonding capacity

By the 2032-33 school year, district data shows Argyle ISD could have as many as 12,000 students.

Continue collaboration with local municipalities

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