EDUCATION Spring ISD rearranges elementary school boundaries for 202324 school year
BY EMILY LINCKE
located near the intersection of FM 1960 and I-45—will be attending Meyer Elementary beginning in 2023- 24. Previously, those students were
MAKING MOVES
On April 11, Spring ISD trustees voted to approve new boundaries for several elementary schools, which will go into eect for the 2023-24 school year.
Nine Spring ISD elementary schools will have altered attendance boundaries in the 2023-24 school year after trustees approved new maps April 11. Boundaries for Burchett, Marshall, Clark, Salyers, Anderson, Smith, Meyer, Cooper and Heritage elementary schools will be shifted beginning in August. The changes were made to account for expected population increases that would leave some campuses over capacity, Chief Operations O cer Mark Miranda said during
zoned to Salyers Elementary. Unlike the other boundary changes, the Cypress Station boundary change was made because of long bus commute
202223 SCHOOL YEAR
202324 SCHOOL YEAR
1960 1 Clark Elementary 1 Heritage Elementary 1 Cooper Elementary
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times for students, Miranda said. The commute was taking between 15 minutes and 45 minutes due to tra c, but it will be cut to 10 minutes with the rezoning. On April 11, the new boundaries
E. RICHEY RD.
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1 Marshall Elementary 1 Smith Elementary
were approved in a 6-1 vote, with Board President Justine Durant dissenting. upon boundary changes, I would like for us to have done it more holistically in looking at our “When we embark disrupted, not clear feeder patterns from our middle schools and to our high
the school board’s March 7 meeting, when the changes were rst discussed. “The purpose would be to improve student outcomes ... and to really balance out our campuses ... to ensure that
“THE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO
IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES ... AND TO REALLY BALANCE OUT OUR CAMPUSES ... TO ENSURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED ...” MARK MIRANDA, SPRING ISD CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
ALDINE WESTFIELD RD.
ALDINE WESTFIELD RD.
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1 Salyers Elementary 1 Meyer Elementary
the resources are equitably distributed, to provide students with more personalized attention and support,” Miranda said. Two neighborhoods currently zoned to Marshall Elementary will be zoned to Smith Elementary in the upcoming year. Pieces of Clark Elementary’s feeder zones will also be split o for Heritage and Cooper elementary schools, and a portion of Burchett Elementary’s feeder zone will go to Anderson Elementary. Students living in the Cypress Station neighborhood—which is
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NEED TAX HELP? LOCAL & READY TO SERVE! equity standpoint is we wanted to make sure that we weren’t going to disproportionately move students, especially economically disadvantaged students,” he said. “So the numbers are pretty balanced between the campuses.” leaders also considered equity for students when planning the rezoning, Miranda said. “One of the things from an schools and have done it all at one time,” Durant said. Along with school capacity, district
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1 Burchett Elementary 1 Anderson Elementary
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CYPRESSWOOD DR.
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