BY EMILY LINCKE CONTRIBUTIONS BY LIZZY SPANGLER
In their own words
Next steps
In November, the district held two listening tour stops at Tomball Memorial and Tomball high schools where parent feedback was gathered on drafted maps for the boundary redesign. “It is often hard to think about leaving a community, a school, a zone, an area in which you are very comfortable and you have been very happy. One of the things that we say is, ‘In Tomball, ISD, it really doesn't
The district hopes to present the nalized maps to trustees Jan. 8, and trustees will vote on the boundary realignments Jan. 9. TISD’s District Zone Committee had not recommended a nal rezoning plan as of press time Nov. 21. • Dec. 4: The District Zone Committee will meet. • Jan. 8-9: Attendance boundaries will be presented to the board, who will consider the changes. • Aug. 14: New boundaries, if approved, will be implemented for the start of the 2024-25 school year as West Elementary opens.
“My main concerns are where siblings could possibly be split between two high schools. My daughter would be a junior at Tomball Memorial when the new school opens, and my son would be a freshman. It's upsetting to me to think that my two children would attend two di erent high schools.” BRIANNA VU, TISD PARENT AND WILDWOOD AT OAKCREST RESIDENT “We are not in favor of the rezoning proposal. It is currently 7 9 minutes to our schools. Y'all are asking our students to be 25 40 minutes from the school. This has negative impacts on academics.” ROXANN BACCHUS, TISD PARENT AND LAKES AND THE ENCLAVE AT NORTHPOINTE RESIDENT
matter where your children go. Any school in our district is an outstanding school.’”
To view TISD’s proposed boundary maps under plans 1-4, scan the QR code.
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