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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 23, 2019 16:45:17 GMT -6
Expect Fort Bend ISD to announce its rezoning plan recommendation in February. If you scroll down midway, you can see the options. Option 1 provides the most balance (keeps southeast schools under 100% utilization until 2028, while increasing enrollments at Marshall and Willowridge) and will also make for an easy transition to HS #12, which won't be built before 2024. There are 3 other options. If Option 1 is chosen, the 2021 snapshot day numbers (for the 2022 realignment) could look like this: Elkins 2132 Hightower 2138 Marshall 2113 Ridge Point 2318 Willowridge 1956 That means 2022 would likely see 4 of these schools in 5A D1, before 2024 when all 11 FBISD schools could be 6A (depending on if HS #12 is built by then). v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?smk=101549Fort Bend is no longer going to rezone this year. Instead, it will continue to waste space at Marshall and Willowridge, while waiting for HS #12 to be built. This will allow them to rezone at one time. On one hand, it's understandable why they are waiting. On the other, FBISD lacks strong leadership and a clear vision (how was Ridge Point even considered when these other schools had such low enrollments and could accommodate the students?). communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/education/2019/01/19/breaking-fort-bend-isd-withdraws-high-school-boundary-recommendation/ |
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Post by mattsteppdctf on Jan 23, 2019 19:12:32 GMT -6
Expect Fort Bend ISD to announce its rezoning plan recommendation in February. If you scroll down midway, you can see the options. Option 1 provides the most balance (keeps southeast schools under 100% utilization until 2028, while increasing enrollments at Marshall and Willowridge) and will also make for an easy transition to HS #12, which won't be built before 2024. There are 3 other options. If Option 1 is chosen, the 2021 snapshot day numbers (for the 2022 realignment) could look like this: Elkins 2132 Hightower 2138 Marshall 2113 Ridge Point 2318 Willowridge 1956 That means 2022 would likely see 4 of these schools in 5A D1, before 2024 when all 11 FBISD schools could be 6A (depending on if HS #12 is built by then). v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?smk=101549Fort Bend is no longer going to rezone this year. Instead, it will continue to waste space at Marshall and Willowridge, while waiting for HS #12 to be built. This will allow them to rezone at one time. On one hand, it's understandable why they are waiting. On the other, FBISD lacks strong leadership and a clear vision (how was Ridge Point even considered when these other schools had such low enrollments and could accommodate the students?). communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/education/2019/01/19/breaking-fort-bend-isd-withdraws-high-school-boundary-recommendation/Ridge Point if memory serves me correctly is located in Sienna Plantation, which is a wealthier area with more influence so they got their own school.....Willowridge and Marshall are located in rougher parts of FBISD, rezoning kids from other schools to those schools would be political suicide for FBISD admin...thats a battle they have no interest in fighting |
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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 23, 2019 21:00:04 GMT -6
Ridge Point if memory serves me correctly is located in Sienna Plantation, which is a wealthier area with more influence so they got their own school.....Willowridge and Marshall are located in rougher parts of FBISD, rezoning kids from other schools to those schools would be political suicide for FBISD admin...thats a battle they have no interest in fighting I agree with that. Some families were concerned about Marshall becoming an early college high school, which tells you where there priorities lie.. Regardless, at some point FBISD has to let the numbers do the talking. Marshall and Willowridge are both under 50% capacity, and Ridge Point has way too many students. I understand the challenge, and will admit that I’m on board with it so long as they fix the issue when they rezone for HS #12. If they fail to balance enrollments at that time, it will be clear that they are again caving. |
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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 24, 2019 17:38:54 GMT -6
Expect Fort Bend ISD to announce its rezoning plan recommendation in February. If you scroll down midway, you can see the options. Option 1 provides the most balance (keeps southeast schools under 100% utilization until 2028, while increasing enrollments at Marshall and Willowridge) and will also make for an easy transition to HS #12, which won't be built before 2024. There are 3 other options. If Option 1 is chosen, the 2021 snapshot day numbers (for the 2022 realignment) could look like this: Elkins 2132 Hightower 2138 Marshall 2113 Ridge Point 2318 Willowridge 1956 That means 2022 would likely see 4 of these schools in 5A D1, before 2024 when all 11 FBISD schools could be 6A (depending on if HS #12 is built by then). v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?smk=101549Fort Bend is no longer going to rezone this year. Instead, it will continue to waste space at Marshall and Willowridge, while waiting for HS #12 to be built. This will allow them to rezone at one time. On one hand, it's understandable why they are waiting. On the other, FBISD lacks strong leadership and a clear vision (how was Ridge Point even considered when these other schools had such low enrollments and could accommodate the students?). communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/education/2019/01/19/breaking-fort-bend-isd-withdraws-high-school-boundary-recommendation/UPDATE: Fort Bend ISD is making a compromise here to open HS #2 2 years sooner than originally planned. They are securing the land to start building ASAP. I think this is a good compromise for Willowridge/Marshall and Ridge Point. |
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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 26, 2019 11:51:44 GMT -6
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Post by leopard4life on Jan 26, 2019 15:30:31 GMT -6
A big reason I chose Lovejoy over Prosper was their School Boards mismanagement of bond money. They just struck me as big spenders. The passed a bond that was way too big without any detail as to what would be purchased. They overbuilt expecting to immediately to have Frisco like growth even though the toll road hadn't reached Prosper. And they got their S&P rating lowered... Now they have a 6A high school with some of the nicest facilities in the state and they don't have the money to repeat those facilities 6-8 times... The claimed they were staying all 5A (4A at the time) high schools, but their actions didn't match their words. Their FAQ has been "updated" multiple times over the years. In the end, I see them being more like Plano ISD than Frisco ISD. I can easily see 3 6A high schools with comparable facilities. The current high school is huge and on a plot of land the size of Allen High School. No way would I vote to give them more money considering how they have mismanaged the budget they already had... |
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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 26, 2019 20:23:03 GMT -6
A big reason I chose Lovejoy over Prosper was their School Boards mismanagement of bond money. They just struck me as big spenders. The passed a bond that was way too big without any detail as to what would be purchased. They overbuilt expecting to immediately to have Frisco like growth even though the toll road hadn't reached Prosper. And they got their S&P rating lowered... Now they have a 6A high school with some of the nicest facilities in the state and they don't have the money to repeat those facilities 6-8 times... The claimed they were staying all 5A (4A at the time) high schools, but their actions didn't match their words. Their FAQ has been "updated" multiple times over the years. In the end, I see them being more like Plano ISD than Frisco ISD. I can easily see 3 6A high schools with comparable facilities. The current high school is huge and on a plot of land the size of Allen High School. No way would I vote to give them more money considering how they have mismanaged the budget they already had... I cannot blame you there. I don't like when ISDs pull the old "give us money, then we will figure it out" approach either. But don't forget that the Town of Prosper proper had not planned well either, as their 2004 comprehensive plan wasn't very comprehensive. Prosper's 2012 comprehensive plan called for 69K people, but by January 2013 the DMN had a story saying 75-80K. Whereas lots were mainly at least an acre (largely due to lack of city sewage services), that has obviously now changed. And that doesn't even take into account Prosper ISD's territories in Frisco, McKinney, Celina, etc. The Town has only 27 square miles of land, but the ISD covers 59 square miles. Compared to Allen's 29 square miles, PISD could not possibly have only one high school, despite that being the general consensus of outsiders at the time. As you mention, 3 might work at ~20 square miles per school, but then compared to Allen ISD's 7000 HS population at build-out, those schools would each have 4800 students. Get up to 4 HS and ~15 square miles each, and you have around 3500 students per school, which sounds more like it. 6 HS would put the enrollments around 2400, while 8 HS would put them around 1780. While PISD still maintains "6-8 HS at build-out," I feel that 4-6 HS seems more reasonable, but it would still be costly. Could fewer schools allow for each HS to have the same amenities as Prosper High? Possibly, and remember that PHS and RHHS both have 2500 classroom capacities, so 6 schools could be it. The current bond planning committee has not been public, which I find strange (the presentation was at the board meeting, and that video has yet to be posted). I will always vote NO for any bond that doesn't have spending clearly defined, so hopefully for these voters sakes this one will not seem sneaky. |
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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 30, 2019 19:17:17 GMT -6
Princeton ISD has completed its 10-year plan and is looking for a bond to build a 9th and 10th grade center, among other things. No further information can be found at this time, but I did read somewhere that PISD has an optimum capacity of 1000 students at its high schools, with a maximum capacity of 2400. princetonherald.com/2019/01/29/princeton-isd-calls-237m-bond-for-may-ballot/ |
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Post by rtxc1 on Jan 30, 2019 20:11:27 GMT -6
High schools 3-4 would be built by this bond program, spanning about 8 years. They will be holding off on building a CTE center and HS #5. HS #3 would open in 2022 and HS #4 would open in 2024. This would be a $1.337 BILLION bond. |
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Post by rtxc1 on Feb 18, 2019 19:22:55 GMT -6
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Post by arges on Feb 19, 2019 0:12:19 GMT -6
Seems like South San ISD just got off problems with the TEA and they are jumping back into another mess. Several poorly run districts in this part of town. Wouldn't be surprised if the TEA doesn't combine some of these districts.
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Post by rtxc1 on Feb 22, 2019 23:44:51 GMT -6
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Post by redrage00 on Feb 25, 2019 15:22:10 GMT -6
Fort Bend ISD is stupid. They build new schools way too small and then have these overcrowding situations 2 years later. It seems like high schools in FBISD are built for about 2200 kids. I understand the want for smaller schools, but at least plan with some brains. Katy ISD, on the other hand, builds high schools that can hold 3000+ students and they don't have these overcrowding issues so often. If you drive by Katy Seven Lakes HS and FB Travis you'll see a huge difference. One looks like a community college and the other looks like a middle school lol. The same for Cy-Fair ISD...they build huge schools because they realize the area is growing...I have no idea why FBISD does the opposite when FBISD is growing like crazy too.
Fort Bend Travis is having the same issues but just not as bad as Ridge Point. The area where Travis is at is growing and it's only going to get bigger because they are building so many neighborhoods in the Travis zone....and FBISD is doing NOTHING about it right now at the HS level. Give it a couple years, and you'll be hearing the same problems with FB Travis lol
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Post by leopard4life on Feb 25, 2019 19:51:31 GMT -6
Fort Bend ISD is stupid. They build new schools way too small and then have these overcrowding situations 2 years later. It seems like high schools in FBISD are built for about 2200 kids. I understand the want for smaller schools, but at least plan with some brains. Katy ISD, on the other hand, builds high schools that can hold 3000+ students and they don't have these overcrowding issues so often. If you drive by Katy Seven Lakes HS and FB Travis you'll see a huge difference. One looks like a community college and the other looks like a middle school lol. The same for Cy-Fair ISD...they build huge schools because they realize the area is growing...I have no idea why FBISD does the opposite when FBISD is growing like crazy too. Fort Bend Travis is having the same issues but just not as bad as Ridge Point. The area where Travis is at is growing and it's only going to get bigger because they are building so many neighborhoods in the Travis zone....and FBISD is doing NOTHING about it right now at the HS level. Give it a couple years, and you'll be hearing the same problems with FB Travis lol Frisco does the same thing as FBISD. They want to keep their schools small so they build them for 2000-2200 and then add trailers until the next high school is built to relieve the overcrowding. I didn't want the constant rezoning to new campuses so I took a pass on Frisco. |
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Post by rtxc1 on Feb 25, 2019 20:15:44 GMT -6
Fort Bend ISD is stupid. They build new schools way too small and then have these overcrowding situations 2 years later. It seems like high schools in FBISD are built for about 2200 kids. I understand the want for smaller schools, but at least plan with some brains. Katy ISD, on the other hand, builds high schools that can hold 3000+ students and they don't have these overcrowding issues so often. If you drive by Katy Seven Lakes HS and FB Travis you'll see a huge difference. One looks like a community college and the other looks like a middle school lol. The same for Cy-Fair ISD...they build huge schools because they realize the area is growing...I have no idea why FBISD does the opposite when FBISD is growing like crazy too. Fort Bend Travis is having the same issues but just not as bad as Ridge Point. The area where Travis is at is growing and it's only going to get bigger because they are building so many neighborhoods in the Travis zone....and FBISD is doing NOTHING about it right now at the HS level. Give it a couple years, and you'll be hearing the same problems with FB Travis lol Fort Bend ISD does have poor leadership, but school sizes is not really an issue. Here are a few problems they have let happen: -Build 11 high schools, when at least 2 are severely under capacity. -Have only 2 stadiums for 11 schools, that are not all in the same district due to poor zoning. -Refuse to rezone to relieve Ridge Point for several years. -Decide to build HS #12, then backtrack and decide to rezone, then decide to rezone and build HS #12, then decide to postpone rezoning until HS #12 opens. FBISD just doesn't seem to have a clear idea of what to do, compared to Frisco ISD having a clear plan. |
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