Attendance Boundary Process – Bartlett Elementary

The District understands the impact that rezoning has on families. However, our District is rapidly growing, and as a result, we must open new campuses from time to time. In addition, over time we periodically must revisit the attendance boundaries of existing campuses where we have seen demographic changes. We try to not rezone for the sake of rezoning. We are committed as a District to providing outstanding schools for all our students, while maximizing the use of existing facilities and reducing the use of temporary or portable classrooms when possible.

School sites are chosen based on multiple factors including:

• Demographic reports on future growth trends of the area
• A developer’s amenability to selling a parcel of land sufficient in acreage size to meet the needs of potential school
• Cost
• Availability of utilities on the site for development of a campus
• Roadway access
• Analysis of drainage and detention needs of the land parcel being analyzed
• Consideration of future known District building sites for campuses

Bartlett Elementary is projected to be a Pre-Kindergarten through fourth grade campus.

When determining the location of special programs, the District considers many factors including the participation in special programs by the students living in the attendance zone, facility space, program history, etc.

We have traditionally allowed families to remain at a particular school to complete the final year; however, space and program availability will determine whether this is an option. When allowed to transfer, the parent must provide transportation. If a transfer is granted for a student to complete his/her final year at his/her current campus, sibling transfers are generally allowed for that year also.

We included representation from campuses that possibly could have areas rezoned (moved to attend a different school than currently attending). We will not know the answer until we go through the process. We do anticipate adjustments being made to the attendance boundaries of several Conroe and Caney Creek area campuses.

We will not know the answer to this until we complete the entire process.

There will be a combination of both virtual presentations and in-person presentations. Campuses involved will also share information via newsletters. In addition, we will utilize the District’s websites to share possible attendance boundary scenarios and to receive feedback.

The public is encouraged to attend community meetings and submit feedback electronically via this portal. The ABC Committee will take all feedback into consideration when deciding which scenarios to recommend to the Board of Directors. The Board will make the final decision.