EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO ROSEMONT

The primary and elementary campuses in Kessler Park are among the most transferred-to schools in Dallas ISD

By KERI MITCHELLL

Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

Rosemont is by far the most populated and popular school in north Oak Cliff, with a combined 1,066 students at its detached primary and elementary campuses. That’s almost as many students as live in the school’s attendance zone — 1,111, according to estimates based on U.S. Census data.

But more than a third of Rosemont students aren’t zoned to Rosemont. A total of 376 transfer in from other Dallas ISD schools, a population that rivals the total enrollment at nearby Reagan Elementary (387) and surpasses the enrollment at Hogg Elementary (287).

In other words, the transfer students at Rosemont could be an elementary school all on their own.

Its 35 percent transfer rate is not the highest in DISD, but it’s high enough that in fall 2015, the district’s board-appointed Attendance Boundary Advisory Committee (ABAC) was asked to consider a boundary change that would send more of Rosemont’s students to Hogg.

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Rosemont’s campuses, just south of the Stevens Park Golf Course, draw from Kessler Park, Kings Highway, Winnetka Heights and part of Kidd Springs. The committee considered extending Hogg’s boundary north to I-30 and west to Sylvan, which would have put East Kessler and all of Kidd Springs within Hogg’s attendance zone.

“Transfers are a huge concern amongst the community,” state the minutes from the Dec. 9, 2015 ABAC meeting hosted at Rosemont to gather input. “Hogg and Reagan need more students to improve the quality of their schools. Several community members want to see more move out of zone.”