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Board sets 2009-2012 Spring ISD elementary boundaries
  
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By KEVIN KOLOIAN
The attendance boundaries for the three new Spring Independent School District elementary schools set to open in the fall of 2009 have been decided on, and will affect people differently depending on where their children currently go to school.
The new boundaries will change the attendance zones for Clark Primary, Clark Intermediate, Bammel, Beneke, Cooper, Heritage, Meyer, Ponderosa, Reynolds and Thompson elementary schools.
The campuses that will see the greatest impact on their enrollments are Cooper, Clark and Meyer elementary schools, said Dalane Bouillion, associate superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for Spring ISD.
She explained that all three campuses have been experiencing above-capacity enrollment numbers for several years.
“Of the three options developed by the committee, this option allows for the greatest balance across the western elementary schools through year 2011-2012,” Bouillion said.
The Boundary Committee took into consideration the visions and mission of the district, findings and directions, projections and recommendations, 2008-09 enrollment figures and the three options laid out before them as well as community input.
There were 61 community responses via forums and the district’s website. Option one, the chosen plan, received the most support with 30 pieces of positive feedback.
The student shuffle for the new schools breaks down like this: Sugar Pine Elementary will receive students from Meyer, Ponderosa, Reynolds and Clark; Wittershaw Elementary will bring in students from Cooper and Clark; and Grand Point will pull students from Cooper and Meyer.
As for the few existing schools that will gain students, Bammel will now have students from Ponderosa, Reynolds will be sending some students to Ponderosa, a few Beneke and Thompson students will go to Reynolds, and Heritage will send some students to Clark.
Booker, Link and Lewis are the only Area 1 elementary schools whose boundaries will not change.
Bouillion said the committee of approximately 60 members, including parents, business owners, community members and district resource staff, can’t be thanked enough.
“I want to commend the Boundary Committee for doing a great job balancing enrollment at the elementary schools,” Bouillion said.
The new boundaries will change the attendance zones for Clark Primary, Clark Intermediate, Bammel, Beneke, Cooper, Heritage, Meyer, Ponderosa, Reynolds and Thompson elementary schools.
The campuses that will see the greatest impact on their enrollments are Cooper, Clark and Meyer elementary schools, said Dalane Bouillion, associate superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for Spring ISD.
She explained that all three campuses have been experiencing above-capacity enrollment numbers for several years.
“Of the three options developed by the committee, this option allows for the greatest balance across the western elementary schools through year 2011-2012,” Bouillion said.
The Boundary Committee took into consideration the visions and mission of the district, findings and directions, projections and recommendations, 2008-09 enrollment figures and the three options laid out before them as well as community input.
There were 61 community responses via forums and the district’s website. Option one, the chosen plan, received the most support with 30 pieces of positive feedback.
The student shuffle for the new schools breaks down like this: Sugar Pine Elementary will receive students from Meyer, Ponderosa, Reynolds and Clark; Wittershaw Elementary will bring in students from Cooper and Clark; and Grand Point will pull students from Cooper and Meyer.
As for the few existing schools that will gain students, Bammel will now have students from Ponderosa, Reynolds will be sending some students to Ponderosa, a few Beneke and Thompson students will go to Reynolds, and Heritage will send some students to Clark.
Booker, Link and Lewis are the only Area 1 elementary schools whose boundaries will not change.
Bouillion said the committee of approximately 60 members, including parents, business owners, community members and district resource staff, can’t be thanked enough.
“I want to commend the Boundary Committee for doing a great job balancing enrollment at the elementary schools,” Bouillion said.
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