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Zone B (FM 407 middle school/Argyle High School) Zone A (US 377 campus/future middle school) New property purchase
Carpenter said. “Schools rezone attendance boundaries to balance enrollment, prevent overcrowding and adapt to population shifts for staffing and resource distribution across campuses within the district.” All AISD sixth graders will continue to attend the Sixth Grade Center until another middle school is built, which is targeted for the 2029-30 school year in the 2025 bond. At this point, students zoned to the US 377 campus will attend the new middle school for sixth through eighth grade. “Our biggest pinchpoint in this district right now is middle school,” board President Sam Slaton said. “It’s massive and growing.” Without another middle school, AISD might need to serve some intermediate students in portable buildings, which would eat into operations costs and could result in another rezoning. In this case, district officials might not be able to consider school-to-community proximity or travel time when redrawing zones, Slaton said.
By 2033-34, the district anticipates to serve 2,563 students in sixth through eighth grades and 3,659 students in grades 9-12. To accommodate this growth, the district is creating a new zoning for middle and high school, building a new middle school on FM 407 and repurposing its current middle school off US 377 into a hybrid campus that will serve seventh through 12th graders. AISD plans to build a second dedicated middle school and purchase land for a new elementary, a third dedicated middle school and high school with funds in a proposed 2025 bond on the May ballot. When a second dedicated middle school is built the US 377 campus will function solely as a high school. Historically, all AISD students attended the same campuses for middle school and high school: the Sixth Grade Center, Argyle Middle School on US 377 and Argyle High School at Canyon Falls. “Fast-growth school districts are faced with building new schools to accommodate growth,”
1 Argyle Middle School/US 377 campus 2 Argyle High School 3 Argyle 6th grade center
New FM 407 middle school
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What to expect
Fall 2028: 11th graders added to US 377 campus
Spring 2025: bond called for new middle and elementary schools
Fall 2027: US 377 school accommodates seventh- and eighth-graders; ninth and 10th graders added
Fall 2029: With voter approval, new middle school opens
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Fall 2026: FM 407 middle school opens to seventh- and eighth-graders
Fall 2027: Elementary No. 5 opens
Fall 2029: 12th graders added to US 377, middle schoolers leave
Fall 2030: Possible rezoning at high school level
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