HISD considers a different kind of redistricting

It would likely be just as contentious as the usual kind.

HISD School Map

Houston school officials may rezone students from roughly two dozen elementary schools over the next few years in an effort to meet the state’s class size limits.

District officials presented a proposal to the school board Thursday morning. It would be the largest redrawing of attendance boundaries in years.

HISD trustee Harvin Moore acknowledged that he expects concerns from parents.

“It’s hard to find a popular change in boundaries,” Moore said.

The Houston Independent School District required 1,499 waivers from the Texas Education Agency this year to exceed the state’s 22-student class size cap. The district’s goal is to cut the number of waivers by 50 percent next school year.

The full Chron story is here, and you can see the current school boundary maps here. There’s a list of potentially affected schools at the first link above. This sort of thing is never easily done or lightly undertaken, but the goal of reducing the number of class size waivers is a good one, and will hopefully make everyone want to get this done. The Board will vote on this in March, so contact your board member if you have any questions or concerns.

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