The Gazette-Enterprise

SEGUIN — The Seguin ISD school board is moving forward with district rezoning for K-5 campuses.

In a board meeting on Tuesday night, board members announced they have finished appointing community members to a committee that would help for new attendance zones within the district.

Superintendent Irene Garza said it was important that the existing K-5 campuses was represented in the committee.

“Everyone on the committee was nominated by principals at the K-5 campuses, and by board members,” Garza said. “We made sure each board member and each of the K-5 campuses were represented. Since Seguin ISD is divided into 7 single, board-member districts, having representatives from each of the 7 districts helps us ensure that all areas are represented. In addition, K-5 elementary campus principals provided names of parents that reside in their current attendance zones, including representatives who live in the Ball neighborhood.”

The committee consists of 22 members of the community, and will begin meeting on Nov. 4.

Garza said the board hopes the committee will make big strides in the rezoning process just after the new year.

“We’re hoping that by the end of January we will be able to have a public workshop to discuss where we’re at,” Garza said.

The new district lines are being drawn in order to fill the desks at Oralia R. Rodriguez Elementary, which is slated to open August 2010.

The new elementary school next door to Briesemeister Middle School will be the seventh K-5 campus in the district.

Garza said the committee is striving to even out the numbers at each of the elementary schools.

“We hope to bring enrollment numbers at each of the elementary schools to 500,” Garza said. “We have made it very clear from the get-go that we would have to look at all of our campuses and attendance rates. We’re looking to balance the campuses. The committee will also look at demographic factors. They will be provided with data specific to the current make-up of our K-5 campuses, including gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and programmatic needs. The committee will have access to a computer-aided program called MapNet NT that allows student data to be placed on a district map, identifying exactly where each K-5 student resides. Through the use of technology, any options considered can quickly be analyzed, showing the impact at each respective campus.”

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