EDUCATION
Some students at Rough Hollow Elementary School will be rezoned to West Cypress Hills Elementary or Serene Hills Elementary schools for the 2023-24 school year. ATTENDANCE ZONES CHANGING
SCHOOL ZONES
SCHOOL CAMPUS
Serene Hills Elementary
Rough Hollow Elementary
West Cypress Hills Elementary
CURRENT ELEMENTARY ZONES
CURRENT ZONES
NEW ZONES
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SOURCE: LAKE TRAVIS ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
PROJECTED ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT
LTISD rezones portions of Rough Hollow Elementary
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Capacity
Before rezoning
BY APRIL KELLEY
LTISD Trustee Lauren White said rezoning is a short-term solution. “We need to come up with a plan that’s going to get us through, and we’re not relying on another body—that we have no control over—making the decisions that are going to impact educational outcomes,” White said. LTISD Trustee Phillip Davis said capacity is more than just the capacity of classrooms. “What I understand about the overcrowd- ing at Rough Hollow is that it’s not the classrooms that feel crowded,” Davis said. “It is the hallways; it is the specials [art, music, etc.]; it is recess and the playground.” Dorsett said his own children had been rezoned while attending LTISD schools. “For those of you being impacted, you’re not alone,” Dorsett said. “We’ve all been through it. It’s part of living in this great district.”
The Lake Travis ISD board of trustees unanimously approved a rezoning option at a meeting April 19 that would move some students out of Rough Hollow Elementary School in the 2023-24 school year. Students from the southwestern portion of Rough Hollow Elementary will be moved to West Cypress Hills Elementary School, and students from the northeastern portion will be moved to Serene Hills Elementary School. The decision comes after the city of Lake- way denied a development agreement for the construction of Elementary School No. 8 due to tra c concerns. LTISD Vice President Bob Dorsett Jr. said the district bought land and designed the building with City of Lakeway sta . “We’re all in a very impossible situation that none of us want to be in,” Dorsett said.
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