BY VALERIA ESCOBAR
Moving ahead
What they’re saying
District officials will review feeder patterns on a yearly basis, Martinez said. Some feeder patterns will be reviewed more than once to allow further needed changes. From May to September, Martinez said the district is conducting assessments to determine the conditions of campuses included in the first year of study after the board approved a $400,000 facilities index in June. FBISD will host a special workshop in November to receive feedback on recommendations on these campuses, with board action to take place in February, Martinez said. While variables such as demographic changes, increased enrollment in private or charter schools, and facility usage can affect the proposed timeline for long-range planning, Martinez said the district will move forward to provide capacity relief.
As of May 25, most schools with less than 600 students enrolled were located in the eastern portion of the district. Stephanie Brown, founder of the Marshall Advocacy Focus Group, a partnership between the district and Marshall High School area volunteers, said school closures must consider past zoning deci- sions that routed Marshall schools to aging areas. Brown said the feeder pattern has long been overlooked in bond funding, despite strong student outcomes, and urged the district to focus on improving existing school performance rather than building new ones. “Why can’t we focus on how to improve school performance all over the district instead of always finding ways to build unnecessary schools,” she said. “The bottom line is that we are in the business of education, not construction.”
FBISD boundary review schedule Each year, the district will review all schools that feed into the high schools listed below.
2025-26: • Austin • Bush • Crawford • Elkins
• Kempner • Hightower • Ridge Point • Travis
2026-27: • Bush • Clements
• Marshall • Willowridge
2027-28: • Crawford
• Hightower • Ridgepoint
• Dulles • Elkins
SOURCE: FORT BEND ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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