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In a growing school system, the district’s attendance zones will inevitably change to accommodate the growth. As a hypergrowth district, we are experiencing significant enrollment increases in some areas. As a result, some schools are over capacity while others have available capacity. The Board may consider leveling plans to balance student enrollment across campuses and alleviate overcrowding.   The district’s process is to collect feedback from community stakeholders regarding attendance boundary options. We specifically look to include parents from the potentially impacted campuses/areas. 

We appreciate everyone who provided input during the attendance boundary committee meetings and the leveling process.

The Lamar CISD Board of Trustees has approved new attendance zones that will impact Austin, Frost, Jackson, Long, Pink, Smith, and Travis Elementary Schools, which will go into effect for the 2024-2025 school year.

⤓ Board Approved Attendance Zones

En un sistema escolar en crecimiento, las zonas de asistencia del distrito cambiarán inevitablemente para adaptarse a este aumento. Como distrito de hipercrecimiento, estamos experimentando aumentos significativos de inscripciones en algunas zonas. Como resultado, algunas escuelas se encuentran por encima de su capacidad mientras que otras tienen capacidad disponible. La Mesa Directiva podría contemplar planes de nivelación para equilibrar las inscripciones de estudiantes en todos los campus y reducir la superpoblación.   El proceso del distrito consiste en recabar opiniones de las partes interesadas en la comunidad en relación a las opciones respecto a los límites de asistencia. Específicamente buscamos incluir a los padres de los campus/áreas que potencialmente se vean afectados. 

Agradecemos a todos los que dieron su opinión durante las reuniones del comité de límites de asistencia y el proceso de nivelación.

La Mesa Directiva de Lamar CISD ha aprobado nuevas zonas de asistencia que afectarán a las escuelas primarias Austin, Frost, Jackson, Long, Pink, Smith y Travis, que entrarán en vigor para el ciclo escolar 2024-2025.

⤓ Board Approved Attendance Zones

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Welcome to Austin Elementary School!

Office Hours

The front office will be closed from June 4 - July 8. 
It will reopen July 9.


Registration

Registering your future Astronaut is as simple as 1-2-3-4!
1. Visit LCISD.org > Students and Parents > Registration and scroll down to Students New to LCISD
2. Follow directions to locate your campus and complete the New Student Online Enrollment Application
3. Gather the required documents: Proof of Residency (closing documents, leasing agreement, fixed utility bill - electric, gas, water), copy of parent/guardian driver's license, student birth certificate, student immunization records
4.Visit during one of the below windows:
- June 1- July 18: All grades can visit the Registration Center at Wertheimer Middle School, 4240 FM 723, Rosenberg, TX 77471

Attendance

Attendance notes may be sent by email but must come from a parent's verified email account. The email must be sent to the campus attendance clerk when your student returns to school. Please include your student's first name, last name, teacher name, grade and the date(s) which your student was absent.

Parent Information

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24-25 School Supply Kit Flyer
MyStop Info Flyer
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School Hours

School Hours: 7:15 a.m. - 2:40 p.m. 
Students who arrive after 7:15 a.m. are tardy. 

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.
1st Bell 7:05 a.m.
Tardy Bell 7:15 a.m.
Dismissal Bell 2:40 p.m.

 

Upcoming Events at Austin

Aug. 12 - First Day of School

Austin PTO

To learn more about the Austin PTO, please visit their website and Facebook page:
Austin PTO Website
Austin PTO Facebook Page

Follow Austin Elementary

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Lunch Times

2024-2025 Times TBA

Cafeteria

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Breakfast and lunch are FREE to all students at Austin, but students may purchase a la carte items. Your child's student ID number will also be their lunch number. You can also use this number to add money to their account online. Students will use their SMART Tag in the lunch line.

To make a payment on your child's account, please login to www.schoolcafe.com. 

For parent online help, please call 855-729-2328 or email [email protected].

To put restrictions on your child's account, please call 832-223-0180 or through your student's account on www.schoolcafe.com


SMART Tags

Lamar CISD implemented the SMART Tag system, which is designed to improve the safety and security of students who utilize school bus transportation. For more information, please click here.

If your student lost or breaks their SMART Tag, parents will need to purchase a new SMART Tag for $5.00.  Click here to purchase a new SMART Tag.

Please do not bend or punch a hole into the SMART Tag. 

  

Transportation Changes

Transportation changes must be submitted to the front office before 2:10 p.m. Transportation changes must be submitted by phone call or by a written note. 

On early release days, transportation changes must be submitted to the front office before 11 a.m. 

Permanent transportation changes must be made in writing.

  

Campus Forms & Documents   

After School Care   

For on-site after school care, please call the YMCA at 281-341-0791. Their program is for students K-5 and offered Monday - Friday (on regular school days) until 6:30 p.m. 

Below are the after school care facilities that provide transportation to and from Austin. 
Funshine Academy - 281-342-9624
Kids R Kids - 832-451-1111
Tree House Academy - 832-595-8500

Car Riders   

Please get a White Austin Visor Tag from your student's teacher. 

Place the White Austin Visor Tag in your front window.

If someone else picks up your child, please make sure they have the White Austin Visor Tag.

Please follow the car rider line route on the side of the building. 

All car riders must be picked up in the car ride line. 

Walkers/Bikers

Please meet your student(s) at the flag pole in the front of the bike rack.

Walker/Bikers will be released first. Please be at the flag pole at 2:40 p.m.

Kinder and 1st grade students must have an adult or older sibling present to receive their child. Individuals receiving Kinder or 1st grade students at the flag pole will need to be in possession of a picture ID, so the staff member can verify release authorization on the first day of school. We will then give a White Austin Walker/Biker Tag to use the following days. You could also get a White Austin Walker/Biker Tag from your child's teacher.

For Kinder and 1st grade, please email your child's teacher if you give permission for your child to be released by an older sibling. We must have this parent permission documentation on file. 

We will not release students to parents parked in the parking lot. You must meet your child at the flag pole. 

News

Lamar CISD Requests Feedback on Instructional Calendar Options and School Hours

Nov 30, 2022 | Lamar CISD Communications

As we continue to grow, Lamar CISD remains committed to academic excellence and fostering an environment for our students and staff to be successful. In the current state of education and all its challenges, we believe the best solutions will come from being proactive and thinking outside of the box. To meet our goals, the district and our Board of Trustees are vetting the process to obtain a District of Innovation (DOI) designation and seeking other ways to alleviate issues created by bus driver shortages and increasing student riders.

In spring 2023, the Board of Trustees will review and discuss the following:
1.  Becoming a District of Innovation (DOI)
2.  Instructional calendar options for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years
3.  Moving school hours from a two-tier to a four-tier system for the 2023-2024 school year

District of Innovation
Click HERE to learn more about this process.

Instructional Calendar
There are three calendar options for feedback and consideration. Options A and B were created in the event that the district moves forward with being a DOI. Once a DOI, a district may start the school year earlier. This is desirable for Lamar CISD because it allows the district to include more breaks and professional development and work day opportunities during the school year while still ending before Memorial Day in May.

School Hours 
For a district of our geographical size and enrollment, we can improve student transportation by adjusting our school day hours. In fact, all the districts in our surrounding area operate on three- four- or five-tier system and with considerably less square mileage.

In addition to the nationwide driver shortage, we are currently transporting 3,000 more students than this time last year causing more comeback routes. To get students to and from school safely, the transportation department is required to schedule comeback routes and do turnarounds when there are not enough drivers or buses.

SCHOOL DISTRICT

NUMBER OF TIERS

DISTRICT SIZE (SQM)

Lamar CISD

2

385

Fort Bend ISD

3

169.6

Alief ISD

3

36.6

Cy-Fair ISD

4

185.3

Katy ISD

5

172.6

 

Moving to a four-tier system will allow us to continue to provide transportation to all students who currently receive it. Our district would be able to transport students in a timely manner without eliminating any routes. We have designed the following school hours options for the 2023-2024 school year:

Option A
7:00 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.      High School
7:40 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.      Elementary Group A (½ elementary schools)
8:10 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.      Elementary Group B (½ elementary schools)
8:50 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.      Middle & Junior HS 

Option B 
7:00 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.      High School
7:40 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.      Middle & Junior HS
8:20 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.      Elementary Group A (½ elementary schools)
8:50 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.      Elementary Group B (½ elementary schools) 

Option C 
7:00 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.      Elementary Group A (½ elementary schools)
7:30 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.      Elementary Group B (½ elementary schools)
8:10 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.      High School
8:50 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.      Middle & Junior HS 

Other Surrounding Districts
Alief ISD
7:10 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.             High School     
7:55 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.             Elementary School
8:40 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.             Middle School

Fort Bend ISD
7:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.             High School
8:10 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.             Elementary School
8:55 a.m. to 4:10 p.m.             Middle School

Katy ISD
7:15 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.             High School
7:50 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.             Elementary School (A)
8:10 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.             Elementary School (B)
8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.             Elementary School (C)
8:55 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.             Junior High 

Cy-Fair ISD
7:15 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.             High School
7:45 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.             Middle School
8:15 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.             Elementary School (A)
8:45 a.m. to 4:10 p.m.             Elementary School (B)

Feedback Survey 
During this process, it is important for us to collect feedback from parents, staff, and students (grades 5-12). We encourage you to review the instructional calendar options and school hours options, then take 5 minutes to submit the survey. The survey will remain open from December 1 through January 6 and will be available in English and Spanish.

⤓ 2023-2024 Instructional Calendar Options & Comparison Chart  

Parent Survey

 

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