Elementary schools in the district are expected to reach capacity in 2023 while the middle schools and high school will reach capacity in 2024. The entire district is estimated to be overcapacity by 2026. Enrollment growth 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23* Over capacity Available capacity
Long range plan Dripping Springs ISD’s long-range plan, rst adopted in 2019, lays out the district’s vision for growth. Some projects will be funded if the May bond passes, but others would require another future bond. The timeline is subject to change based on construction.
2,500 2,750 2,000 2,250 1,750
High School
Key:
funded by May 2023 bond if passed
1,500
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Elementary schools
Middle schools
Bond election
1,000 1,250
Begin construction of Elementary School No. 6, Sycamore Springs Middle School expanded
500 750 250
Open Elementary School No. 6
Begin construction of Elementary School No. 7, Middle School No. 3
Open High School No. 2
0
Dripping Springs
Walnut Springs
Rooster Springs
Sycamore Springs
Cypress Springs
Sycamore Springs
Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs
Open Elementary School No. 7, Middle School No. 3
SOURCE: DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
*AS OF DEC. 9
SOURCE: DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
what the district is telling you is correct and feeling safe that you can continue to a ord to live in your house.” Planning for overcapacity Five portables have been installed for the 2022-23 school year at Dripping Springs Elementary and Sycamore Springs Middle schools.
costs the district $234,000 on average with additional costs incurred to move the portable and set up power, air conditioning and ramps for access. “Continuing to cram a child into a classroom which is bursting at the seams, pack- ing kids into overcrowded cafeterias, and forcing
Terry Purdy, parent to two students and chair of Friends of Dripping Springs Education, reported that on her daughter’s rst day of school at Sycamore Springs Middle School, students had to sit on the oor because there wasn’t enough room in the classroom to sit. A portable classroom
students and teachers into portables out by the parking lot is just plain wrong,” DSISD parent Aaron Buzali said. The bond package for May was nalized Feb. 17. Elec- tion day is May 6. “Regardless of the outcome of the bonds and the board meetings, our sta is left with whatever constraints
are given to them,” Purdy said. “It’s important to our community to show appre- ciation to our sta and to remember we are voting on impacts of all that.”
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