BY KEVIN CUMMINGS
What else?
Moving forward
implementing them became a “necessity,” she said. The consolidated campuses are planned to be used for other purposes that are expected to create future savings, Branum said. Those could include housing a day care for sta , becoming the new site of central o ces and the district’s professional devel- opment center, and housing college acceleration and disciplinary alternative education programs.
RISD is also seeing a student population decline that’s expected to continue for at least the next nine years, according to a demographer’s report. Branum said past administrations have consid- ered some of the measures in Project RightSize but held o in hopes that state funding would increase. However, with the population decline that happened in the district during the pandemic,
As students and parents deal with the changes, Tim Seaman, longtime resident and member of the Greenwood Hills Neighborhood Association, said his community is focused on integrating with and supporting the schools residents will now be a part of. Moving forward, other proposals from the budget committee are on the table as part of Project RightSize. They include: • Closing Dobie Pre-Kindergarten School in the 2025-26 school year • Opening enrollment outside the district • Making cuts to central and support departments • Implementing a $0.03 property tax increase that would bring in $5.9 million in additional annual revenue “We support the schools because by doing that we’re supporting our neighborhood,” Seaman said.
RISD Student Enrollment
40,000
-15.45% projected
37,500
35,000 32,500 30,000 0
'20-'21
'22-'23
'24-'25
'26-'27
'28-'29
'30-'31
'32-'33
School year
SOURCES: DAVIS DEMOGRAPHICS, RICHARDSON ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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