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Our school district is growing fast, which means more students are joining us. While we manage our growing student population, we want to ensure all students receive a quality education. To manage our growth, we have developed three strategies that we would like to share with you:

  • Cap & Overflow: When a school reaches its capacity, we stop enrollment at that campus and send new students to enroll at a neighboring campus.
  • New Campuses: We build brand-new schools using bond money. When these new schools open, we need to rezone some current campuses to create the population of students who will attend these schools.
  • Leveling: We monitor how many students are at each school. If some schools have a lot of students and others do not have as many, we might move some students around to balance enrollment across campuses.

The Board considers specific guidelines when deciding which campuses students will attend and tries to create attendance zones that work well for everyone. The Board wants to ensure that schools have enough space for students but aren't over capacity. They also try to keep neighborhoods together and ensure students can get to school safely.

When Lamar CISD needs to change attendance zones, the Board creates Attendance Boundary Committees (ABC). This group has parent representatives from the different schools to help create and rank potential attendance zone maps. The District also asks parents for their feedback through surveys, and impacted parents will receive a direct link for this survey via email and campus communications. 

 

Rezoning FAQ Documents

Attendance Boundary Committees