Education
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
JISD nixes plans to move disciplinary program to Coronado
The presentation identified challenges in JCARE’s current facility which include limited library, cafeteria, parking and storage space. A few of the benefits for moving JCARE to Coronado Village Elementary identified in the presentation were having a full size library for classroom instruction and a full size cafeteria for student lunches. The committee also received presentations from the special education department and Judson ISD Police Department vying to use the space. A closer look The district conducted a survey asking what priorities should guide the district in repurposing the former elementary school building. Surveyors were asked to select their top three. Respondents indicated that they want the dis- trict to prioritize expanding community and adult education programs and creating a workforce development or career training center, according to survey results. What the community is saying During a Feb. 18 Universal City City Council meeting, Coronado Village resident Robert Whiting said he was concerned that repurposing the elementary school into a DAEP facility would impact resident safety, decrease property values and prevent attracting new families into the neighborhood. During a Feb. 20 Judson ISD school board meet- ing, Universal City resident Kari Carlson said she was against housing the district’s DAEP program in the former elementary school facility. “I am 100% in support of giving attention to and
Judson ISD officials held a growth and planning town hall meeting on Feb. 24 for the repurposing of Coronado Village Elementary School, located at 213 Amistad Boulevard, in Universal City. What happened Superintendent Milton “Rob” Fields III said the district started its Growth and Planning Commit- tee to hear from both the district and members of the community which included discussion of the ways they could repurpose Coronado Village Elementary School. “If you look at our [Disciplinary Alternative Education Program] they’re really struggling with the area that they’re in right now, and then we got feedback from the community that that wasn’t something that was truly wanted over in Coro- nado,” Fields said during the town hall. Based on community feedback, Fields said they will continue to look at ways to repurpose Coro- nado Village Elementary School, but part of that repurposing would not include the district’s DAEP campus. “We don’t feel comfortable making a recommen- dation to move DAEP to Coronado, so that’s not something that we’re even going to bring to the board at this time,” he said. Some context The Judson ISD board of trustees voted to move students from Coronado Village to Selma Elementary School in December. In January, a presentation was given to the district’s Growth and Planning Committee for repurposing Coronado Village into the district’s secondary alternative school—JCARE.
School survey results Respondents supported expanding early childhood educational programs for the repurposing of Coronado Village Elementary.
Number of votes
Expand early childhood educational programs 175
Create a workforce development or career training center
164
Expand community and adult education programs 158 Provide additional student support services 136 Relocate district offices and staff 117
Relocate programs
88
SOURCE: JUDSON ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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helping people who have kind of fallen through the cracks—I think it’s really important. I just don’t think that Coronado Village is the place to do that,” Carlson said.
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