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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 12, 2015 17:18:40 GMT -6
Here's a list of schools to keep an eye on. If you hear of any others that spring up, or emerging details of these, this is the thread to post your updates.
2014: FW Benbrook (9) Midlothian Heritage (9)
2015: CC Veterans Memorial (9-11) Socorro Pebble Hills (9-10) Frisco Reedy (9-10) Northwest Eaton (9-10)
2016: Alvin Shadow Creek (9-10) Cypress Park (9-10) Denton Braswell (9-11) Frisco Lebanon Trail (9) Lamar Fulshear (9-10) Judson Veterans Memorial (9-10) Leander Glenn (9-10)
2017: Cypress Bridgeland (9-10) Katy Paetow (9-10) Klein Cain (9-10) Northside Harlan (9-11) Pflugerville Weiss (9-10) Southwest Legacy (9-11)
2018: Conroe Grand Oaks (9-10) Frisco Memorial (9-11) Montgomery Lake Creek (9-11)
2019: Hays Johnson (9-10)
2020: Katy Jordan (9-10) Lake Belton (9-10) Comal Davenport (9-11) Prosper Rock Hill (9-12)
2021: Comal Pieper (9-10) Frisco Emerson (9-10) Lamar Randle (9-10)
2022: Alvin Iowa Colony (9-10) Belton New Tech (9-10) Canyon West Plains (9-12) Frisco Panther Creek (9-11) Killeen Chaparral (9-10 or 9-11) New Caney West Fork (9) Northside Sotomayor (9-11)
2023: Fort Bend Crawford (9-10) Lubbock-Cooper Liberty (9-10) Prosper Walnut Grove (9-12)
2024: EMS Eagle Mountain (9-11) Katy Freeman (9-10) Liberty Hill Legacy Ranch (9) New Braunfels Long Creek (9-10)
2025: Frenship Memorial Lamar Tomas (9-12) Prosper Richland
2026: Del Valle HS #2 (9-10) Medina Valley HS #2 Tomball West (9-10)
2027: Anna HS #2 Conroe HS #7 Denton HS #5 Lake Travis HS #2 Lamar HS #8 Northwest HS #4 Royse City Worthy Fate (9-10) Waxahachie Creek
2028: *Prosper HS #5
2029: *Leander HS #7 Princeton Anthony
2031: *Splendora HS #2
TBD: *Argyle HS #2 *Cleveland HS #2 *Dripping Springs HS #2 (failed Nov. '22 bond) *Edinburg HS #5 Georgetown HS #3 Hutto HS #2 (9-10) Forney HS #3 *Mansfield HS #6 *Round Rock HS #6
*=Not funded
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Post by BandidoNB on Mar 14, 2015 19:21:45 GMT -6
New Braunfels ISD is expected to have two upcoming bond elections, with one bond election as soon as 2016 for a new high school that would be up by 2020 roughly. Currently New Braunfels HS would be at about 2,500 if UIL numbers were taken right now. With a growth rate of about 4% per year, you can see how that can push New Braunfels HS past 3,000 students in only several more years. What is not yet known is whether this new high school will be a second 9-12 grade HS or if NBHS will combine this campus to form a mega high school. A New Braunfels ISD at 100% buildout would have a high school population of up to 4,400 students. So any new campus decision would most likely be a permanent decision with no further high school campuses on the line. From the interviews that I have read, it seems like the superintendent prefers two smaller 5A high schools, but he seems also aware that he can only make a recommendation and that the school board will make a decision based on the desires of the community. And there seems to be those that would prefer the 6A mega high school format as well. From a competitive standpoint, a 6A high school makes more sense. New Braunfels already has a difficult time competing against 5A schools in Seguin, Alamo Heights, Boerne Champion in non district, and NB is 6A. Taking that school and splitting it in half would still have NB1/NB2 competing against those schools, only with half as many students. And both schools would be small 5As as opposed to being a large 6A. I do see the point of more participation with smaller schools, but larger schools also have larger teams, so I don't know how advantageous small schools truly are from a participation standpoint.
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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 15, 2015 17:46:39 GMT -6
Denton HS #4 has been named Braswell HS. We've known it opens in 2016 for a while now. Starting with grades 9-11, it should start as a 5A school. It will have an initial capacity of 2400, but is designed to allow for a freshman center that will increase enrollment to over 3000 (let's be real here, the freshman class is usually the biggest, so 3200-3500 should be the final capacity). No colors or mascot yet. www.dentonisd.org/domain/6230----------------------------------------- Midlothian Heritage HS opened this school year, hosting all of MISD's freshmen. In 2015, half of the freshmen will move to MHS, as MHHS becomes its own high school. The mascot will be the Jaguars, while the colors will be Midlothian Blue and Red, with Chrome trim. ----------------------------------------- Frisco Reedy HS opens in 2015 and will be the Lions. Colors are Blue, Green, and Silver. ----------------------------------------- Fort Worth ISD is converting Benbrook MS into Benbrook HS. Currently called Benbrook Middle-High School, the school will house all current students during the transition, dropping the lowest adding the next grade each year. 2014-15 has the first freshmen class, so 2017-18 will be the first senior class.
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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 15, 2015 18:03:38 GMT -6
New Braunfels ISD is expected to have two upcoming bond elections, with one bond election as soon as 2016 for a new high school that would be up by 2020 roughly. Currently New Braunfels HS would be at about 2,500 if UIL numbers were taken right now. With a growth rate of about 4% per year, you can see how that can push New Braunfels HS past 3,000 students in only several more years. What is not yet known is whether this new high school will be a second 9-12 grade HS or if NBHS will combine this campus to form a mega high school. A New Braunfels ISD at 100% buildout would have a high school population of up to 4,400 students. So any new campus decision would most likely be a permanent decision with no further high school campuses on the line. From the interviews that I have read, it seems like the superintendent prefers two smaller 5A high schools, but he seems also aware that he can only make a recommendation and that the school board will make a decision based on the desires of the community. And there seems to be those that would prefer the 6A mega high school format as well. From a competitive standpoint, a 6A high school makes more sense. New Braunfels already has a difficult time competing against 5A schools in Seguin, Alamo Heights, Boerne Champion in non district, and NB is 6A. Taking that school and splitting it in half would still have NB1/NB2 competing against those schools, only with half as many students. And both schools would be small 5As as opposed to being a large 6A. I do see the point of more participation with smaller schools, but larger schools also have larger teams, so I don't know how advantageous small schools truly are from a participation standpoint. From my understanding of this link, the bond passed in 2010 was to build a MS that would become the 2nd HS. Has that stance changed? What is the 2nd bond they are about to propose? www.nbisd.org/default.aspx?name=bond.info
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Post by BandidoNB on Mar 15, 2015 18:38:09 GMT -6
You are correct. The NBISD middle school is now open as New Braunfels MS. What was the old NBMS is now the New Braunfels HS 9th grade campus. And the current New Braunfels MS will eventually be that 2nd HS. However, a bond election would have to be passed to make the current middle newer school into an adequate HS campus. The other bond election that may be up for late 2015 would address two new elementary schools. The upgrading of the middle school to a HS is not an immediate need so it will be put off for a later bond election. radionb.com/news/local-news/article22164/nbisd-still-considering-november-bond-election-likely-will-not-include-second-high-school
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Post by urbuddha on Mar 15, 2015 18:52:21 GMT -6
Smaller schools with a lower student to teacher ratio are usually better for the kids.
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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 15, 2015 19:28:05 GMT -6
Smaller schools with a lower student to teacher ratio are usually better for the kids. Yeah, but large schools can have that too.
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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 15, 2015 19:36:32 GMT -6
You are correct. The NBISD middle school is now open as New Braunfels MS. What was the old NBMS is now the New Braunfels HS 9th grade campus. And the current New Braunfels MS will eventually be that 2nd HS. However, a bond election would have to be passed to make the current middle newer school into an adequate HS campus. The other bond election that may be up for late 2015 would address two new elementary schools. The upgrading of the middle school to a HS is not an immediate need so it will be put off for a later bond election. radionb.com/news/local-news/article22164/nbisd-still-considering-november-bond-election-likely-will-not-include-second-high-schoolOkay, that makes sense. The price of that MS school was way too low to be at a proper HS size. Personally, I love single-HS ISDs. Band and clubs almost accept an unlimited number of members. Sports at those schools typically have more junior varsity teams, so only the varsity level is where kids get left out or less playing time. It's great when a community can rally around 1 school, yet also have a chance to compete. Also, the Plano ISD method could be used where there is a school for 11-12 and either 1-2 schools for 9-10.
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Post by EnnisHS76 on Mar 15, 2015 19:42:02 GMT -6
Midlothian Heritage HS opened this school year, hosting all of MISD's freshmen. In 2015, half of the freshmen will move to MHS, as MHHS becomes its own high school. The mascot will be the Jaguars, while the colors will be Midlothian Blue and Red, with Chrome trim. I read elsewhere that Heritage will field a varsity football squad in 2016, and current Midlothian HC Lee Wiginton will take over the program at there. Their projected enrollment for that year is 800 students, which will put them in class 4A. I don't know if the loss of 800 students will drop Midlothian HC back into 5A.
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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 15, 2015 20:20:31 GMT -6
Midlothian Heritage HS opened this school year, hosting all of MISD's freshmen. In 2015, half of the freshmen will move to MHS, as MHHS becomes its own high school. The mascot will be the Jaguars, while the colors will be Midlothian Blue and Red, with Chrome trim. I read elsewhere that Heritage will field a varsity football squad in 2016, and current Midlothian HC Lee Wiginton will take over the program at there. Their projected enrollment for that year is 800 students, which will put them in class 4A. I don't know if the loss of 800 students will drop Midlothian HC back into 5A. Oh yes, they'll have juniors by then so they'll have varsity. I was figuring the numbers the other day and came to the conclusion there is no way they'll be 5A, but I'm including all future HSs here, as they'll all play their part in the next 5A realignment figures. I'm fairly certain MHS will fall down to 5A.
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Post by flowtowntigers on Mar 16, 2015 5:58:14 GMT -6
New Braunfels ISD is expected to have two upcoming bond elections, with one bond election as soon as 2016 for a new high school that would be up by 2020 roughly. Currently New Braunfels HS would be at about 2,500 if UIL numbers were taken right now. With a growth rate of about 4% per year, you can see how that can push New Braunfels HS past 3,000 students in only several more years. What is not yet known is whether this new high school will be a second 9-12 grade HS or if NBHS will combine this campus to form a mega high school. A New Braunfels ISD at 100% buildout would have a high school population of up to 4,400 students. So any new campus decision would most likely be a permanent decision with no further high school campuses on the line. From the interviews that I have read, it seems like the superintendent prefers two smaller 5A high schools, but he seems also aware that he can only make a recommendation and that the school board will make a decision based on the desires of the community. And there seems to be those that would prefer the 6A mega high school format as well. From a competitive standpoint, a 6A high school makes more sense. New Braunfels already has a difficult time competing against 5A schools in Seguin, Alamo Heights, Boerne Champion in non district, and NB is 6A. Taking that school and splitting it in half would still have NB1/NB2 competing against those schools, only with half as many students. And both schools would be small 5As as opposed to being a large 6A. I do see the point of more participation with smaller schools, but larger schools also have larger teams, so I don't know how advantageous small schools truly are from a participation standpoint. The old German townies money wont allow the city to be split in half.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Mar 16, 2015 9:13:02 GMT -6
You are correct. The NBISD middle school is now open as New Braunfels MS. What was the old NBMS is now the New Braunfels HS 9th grade campus. And the current New Braunfels MS will eventually be that 2nd HS. However, a bond election would have to be passed to make the current middle newer school into an adequate HS campus. The other bond election that may be up for late 2015 would address two new elementary schools. The upgrading of the middle school to a HS is not an immediate need so it will be put off for a later bond election. radionb.com/news/local-news/article22164/nbisd-still-considering-november-bond-election-likely-will-not-include-second-high-schoolOkay, that makes sense. The price of that MS school was way too low to be at a proper HS size. Personally, I love single-HS ISDs. Band and clubs almost accept an unlimited number of members. Sports at those schools typically have more junior varsity teams, so only the varsity level is where kids get left out or less playing time. It's great when a community can rally around 1 school, yet also have a chance to compete. Also, the Plano ISD method could be used where there is a school for 11-12 and either 1-2 schools for 9-10. BNB is correct. The MS was built with the intent of eventually making it a HS Campus. The 'core facitlity' is big enough to accompany 5a numbers. It was also builty in a manner where adding on classroom wings and such will be relatively easy. I was involved with the construction of it and will say it is a very, very nice school with lots of property to expand it on. NBISD did this right. It will eventually make a fine 2nd HS for the district when the time comes. Hang in there BNB, better times are coming for the Unicorn football team IMO. I think the new coach and having Streety back in the district as the AD will be a big plus and there are some classes coming up with some better size and speed.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Mar 16, 2015 9:15:19 GMT -6
New Braunfels ISD is expected to have two upcoming bond elections, with one bond election as soon as 2016 for a new high school that would be up by 2020 roughly. Currently New Braunfels HS would be at about 2,500 if UIL numbers were taken right now. With a growth rate of about 4% per year, you can see how that can push New Braunfels HS past 3,000 students in only several more years. What is not yet known is whether this new high school will be a second 9-12 grade HS or if NBHS will combine this campus to form a mega high school. A New Braunfels ISD at 100% buildout would have a high school population of up to 4,400 students. So any new campus decision would most likely be a permanent decision with no further high school campuses on the line. From the interviews that I have read, it seems like the superintendent prefers two smaller 5A high schools, but he seems also aware that he can only make a recommendation and that the school board will make a decision based on the desires of the community. And there seems to be those that would prefer the 6A mega high school format as well. From a competitive standpoint, a 6A high school makes more sense. New Braunfels already has a difficult time competing against 5A schools in Seguin, Alamo Heights, Boerne Champion in non district, and NB is 6A. Taking that school and splitting it in half would still have NB1/NB2 competing against those schools, only with half as many students. And both schools would be small 5As as opposed to being a large 6A. I do see the point of more participation with smaller schools, but larger schools also have larger teams, so I don't know how advantageous small schools truly are from a participation standpoint. The old German townies money wont allow the city to be split in half. Ha! Don't bet on it Flo! They new NB Yuppy crowd will have a louder voice than the 'old germans' do in very short order! NB is growing by leaps and bounds and 'new' money is joining the 'old' money there in a hurry. LOL
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Post by leopard4life on Mar 16, 2015 10:05:39 GMT -6
You are correct. The NBISD middle school is now open as New Braunfels MS. What was the old NBMS is now the New Braunfels HS 9th grade campus. And the current New Braunfels MS will eventually be that 2nd HS. However, a bond election would have to be passed to make the current middle newer school into an adequate HS campus. The other bond election that may be up for late 2015 would address two new elementary schools. The upgrading of the middle school to a HS is not an immediate need so it will be put off for a later bond election. radionb.com/news/local-news/article22164/nbisd-still-considering-november-bond-election-likely-will-not-include-second-high-schoolOkay, that makes sense. The price of that MS school was way too low to be at a proper HS size. Personally, I love single-HS ISDs. Band and clubs almost accept an unlimited number of members. Sports at those schools typically have more junior varsity teams, so only the varsity level is where kids get left out or less playing time. It's great when a community can rally around 1 school, yet also have a chance to compete. Also, the Plano ISD method could be used where there is a school for 11-12 and either 1-2 schools for 9-10. The Plano model is a mess. There is no consistency in the programs. The middle schools split kids up to different high schools and then the high schools split kids up to different Senior Highs. If they just drew a line and said this road splits East from Central and this road splits Central from West they could put in a lot better programs and compete with Allen.
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Post by rtxc1 on Mar 16, 2015 10:31:22 GMT -6
Okay, that makes sense. The price of that MS school was way too low to be at a proper HS size. Personally, I love single-HS ISDs. Band and clubs almost accept an unlimited number of members. Sports at those schools typically have more junior varsity teams, so only the varsity level is where kids get left out or less playing time. It's great when a community can rally around 1 school, yet also have a chance to compete. Also, the Plano ISD method could be used where there is a school for 11-12 and either 1-2 schools for 9-10. The Plano model is a mess. There is no consistency in the programs. The middle schools split kids up to different high schools and then the high schools split kids up to different Senior Highs. If they just drew a line and said this road splits East from Central and this road splits Central from West they could put in a lot better programs and compete with Allen. I agree. I should've worded that differently, where I say I like the HS/Sr HS model that Plano has. I never understood why you'd have 5 HS that feed into 3 Sr HS...just build a 6th one and create a true feeder system.
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