Overview
- The preliminary plan would redraw boundaries across about 38 campuses to balance enrollment and consolidate resources.
- Officials are weighing closures of Austin Parkway, Dulles, Fleming, Glover, Mission West, Ridgegate and Sugar Mill elementary schools.
- The proposal includes opening Amy Coleman Middle School in Arcola at 22200 S Post Oak Blvd, with 724 students moved from Thornton and 48 from Baines.
- Leaders attribute the changes to declining birth rates, housing-market shifts, growth of charter and virtual programs, rising operating costs and funding pressures.
- Parents packed Monday’s meeting to voice concerns, and the district plans draft maps for public review in January, a board workshop in February and a trustee vote in March.