Education
BY WESLEY GARDNER
Humble ISD board approves Foster Elementary relocation plan
Humble ISD trustees approved a draft plan to temporarily relocate Foster Elementary students while work is completed on a replacement campus scheduled to open for the 2026-27 school year. The overview During the board’s Jan. 11 meeting, trustees approved a plan that would disseminate the students currently attending Foster Elementary to four separate HISD elementary campuses:
A closer look According to Erb, several options were explored for the relocation effort. However, 66% of the 358 parents of Foster Elementary students who responded to a survey preferred disseminating the students to existing elementary schools over alternative options. “The preferred option based on survey results adds no additional rental fees or costs to refurbish buildings, all safety and technology infrastructure meets district standards, campus learning envi- ronments support all Humble ISD programs, and this option decreases the travel distance for the Foster Elementary families,” Erb said. Erb said the proposal would keep all students outside exiting fifth graders at the same campus for the duration of construction, noting the additional students would not create capacity issues at any of the campuses. Additionally, Erb said Foster students will continue to be taught
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1 Foster Elementary would be split among these campuses for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. 2 Hidden Hollow Elementary 3 Deerwood Elementary
• Willow Creek Elementary School • Deerwood Elementary School • Shadow Forest Elementary School • Hidden Hollow Elementary School
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Christy Erb, the district’s assistant superinten- dent of elementary schools, said the relocation was necessary because the new campus—a bond project approved by voters in May 2022—will be constructed in close proximity to the old campus.
by Foster teachers, be in homeroom classes with Foster students and receive bus transportation. She also noted the school would still receive its own accountability rating.
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