FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees will meet for its monthly board meeting Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The meeting comes amid news that the district is preparing to redraw its school boundaries, a move that could shift students to different schools and potentially impact property values in the area.<\/p>\n
While rezoning is not on the agenda for Monday\u2019s meeting, parents are expected to show up and speak during the public comment section of the meeting.<\/p>\n
One parent, who says she is frustrated, is Tressy Garcia.<\/p>\n
A Fort Bend ISD alum and mother of five, Garcia says her family has been rezoned three times in the past five years.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, our kids are not able to form a community because after elementary school, they are divided into two different middle schools. Now we are thinking about rezoning our middle schools and our neighborhoods to two different high schools,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n
Garcia and her husband bought their Riverstone home in 2018. Within a year, they were rezoned. It\u2019s happened twice more since then.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to rent a home. This is in the COVID bubble years. We had to rent a home for one year and decide where we wanted to live so we wouldn\u2019t be rezoned again, keep the kids together, and now the rezoning is back on the table after having lived in our house for two years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She says the biggest stress isn\u2019t just where her kids will go, but how their daily routine would even work.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo for me personally, I have rising 9th graders next year. And unfortunately, if we\u2019re rezoned high schools, that would mean that I would have one child at Elkins High School and two children at another high school. And I\u2019m not sure, because Fort Bend ISD has not been transparent in what their plans are, how the transportation would look for that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She also points to overcrowding at Elkins High School.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe currently have Elkins High School sitting at 112% capacity, and so they\u2019ve built 13 portables outside, which are not safe, which are not secure, and are really hard for the kids to get to,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n
KPRC 2 asked Garcia what questions she would like to ask the district.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would love to know why they continue to kick the can down the road, what is causing the delay in letting us know the boundary scenarios, and I\u2019d love to know why certain communities have always been targets of the rezoning, while others have stayed untouched,\u201d she responded.<\/p>\n
The district says draft boundary scenarios won\u2019t be released until January 2026, with time for families to give feedback before any recommendations go to the Board in the spring. District leaders were not available for an interview Monday, but released this statement:<\/p>\n
Fort Bend ISD is committed to ensuring every student learns in an environment that is safe, supportive and designed for long-term success. As FBISD enrollment begins to stabilize across the district, we are conducting a long-range boundary planning process. This is a multi-year planning process designed to balance enrollment across our campuses over time. <\/p>\n
We are committed to a transparent process that includes meaningful input from our families, staff, students, and community members. As part of this work, the District will share draft boundary scenarios with the public in January 2026, providing ample opportunity for feedback before any recommendations are finalized and presented to the Board of Trustees for consideration in early spring. <\/p>\n
FBISD looks forward to continued collaboration with our community as we work together to build a strong and sustainable future for Fort Bend ISD. <\/p>\n
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