Celina ISD administrators are sticking with the elementary attendance map they first showed trustees in October, even after two parent listening sessions this month.
The Board of Trustees is set to vote Monday, Nov. 16, on the attendance boundaries that take effect in 2027-28, when Calvert, Grumbles and Scott elementary schools open.
In a memo attached to the agenda, posted Tuesday afternoon, Senior Chief Jason Johnston writes that after reviewing what parents said at the Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 feedback sessions, administration recommends approving the boundaries "as originally presented" at the October board meeting.
Who moves
Under the plan on the district's attendance zone page, some families now at Bothwell, Martin and Vasquez elementaries could be moved to new campuses. Lykins Elementary's families and staff move as a group to the new Scott Elementary. O'Dell Elementary is not affected.
The district's posted answers to parent questions leave little room for exceptions. Because of growth, Celina ISD is not taking transfers into or out of the district, so students rezoned to a new school cannot stay at their current one. That includes children who will be in fourth grade in 2027-28.
Bus routes will be redrawn, and the district says it expects elementary schools to start serving fifth grade again in 2028-29, though it is still studying enrollment and bond revenue before settling grade configurations for that year.
Families can look up which school an address would be zoned to on the district website.