District finalizes boundary changes for high schools

Lilianna Moran | Copy Editor

After a month of consideration, PfISD has officially solidified their zone adjustment plans for the following school year.

“It looks like they’re going to keep our boundaries the same,” principal Michael Grebb said. “They’re going to leave us alone and move the other three high school lines a little bit.”

The initial two high school plans the district had proposed would have removed a sector of students from the Rowe Lane area and moved in a section of Pflugerville High School students.

Plan One would have done this at a low capacity while Plan Two would have called for a greater population of transfers. The district has decided to go with a modified version of Plan One. This means all transfer plans would remain the same with the exception of the school, whose boundaries are to be left untouched. This means no Hendrickson students would have to transfer next year.

“We’re projected to have about the same enrollment [next year]. We’re hoping [enrollment] will stay the same, so we don’t have to add teachers or lose teachers,” Grebb said. “The other plan, [Plan Two], would have affected us. It would have taken out Highland Park and Spring Trails, so it would have been weird to lose some of our elementary feeder schools.”

Freshman Rosaleah Browne is relieved the school is unaffected by the changes.

“I probably would have ended up in Pflugerville,” Browne said. “Which is fine, but I wouldn’t have been able to take the classes that I wanted to take, per se, and I don’t know anyone at Pflugerville, and the commutes are longer. So, it would have been a hassle.”

Given the minimal changes the plans would have had on the school’s population, Grebb feels the district made logical choice.

“Looking at all the plans, moving the lines didn’t affect our enrollment that much,” Grebb said. “So, why affect a few families when you don’t have to?”