Once again, the Clear Creek Independent School District wants to adjust the schools’ attendance zones. While the meetings about these changes are currently going on, the school boundary advisory committee would like it if the public would also voice their opinions about the attendance zones changing again. The changing of the attendance zones, if approved, will take place for the 2012-13 school year.

The School Boundary advisory committee has much to think about and decide as to whether it is right to change school boundaries. There could be upset parents and students; especially those who have been at their school two or more years can finish their final year at the school where they began. The potential line changes will affect more than the students who have to switch schools. It also will affect parents, transportation, and perhaps even students who are not even changing schools. 

The proposal of these changes started with the presenting of the idea of changing the boundaries to the public and the staff of the seven CCISD elementary schools. Along with the presentation, the School Boundary Advisory Committee wanted to hear feedback from the community. The feedback they did receive from the community was not the greatest. After the proposal of the idea the School Boundary Advisory committee considered to meet up again and revise the maps that they proposed. The committee will be presenting the maps to the Board of Trustees in February.

At first the 25 member committee was originally given the task of looking at the elementary and middle schools attendance zones and figuring out what needed to be shifted to fix any problems the school may have with the amount of students. They were also asked to accommodate for the growth of the student populations at the school for the next year to come.

While in the process of trying to change the lines, the Board of Trustees made a decision to approve of a creation of a second middle school. This middle school would be a school for the gifted and talented. With the creation of this new school, it will reduce the crowding at Westbrook Intermediate, which houses the WAVE Program. With the creation of this new school, the need will be eliminated to change middle school attendance zones.

Now that the changing of lines for middle schools are no longer affected, high schools, such as Creek, are not affected by this change. The Board of Trustees’ main focus is to try to decrease the crowding of elementary schools, such as Brookwood, League City, Ward, and Ferguson. More elementary schools are also up for the possible line changes.