Withdraw

Memo

Campus

Action

Recommendation

SMD*

1

Collins Garden

Remain Open

Collins Garden Elementary remains open and continues to serve as a neighborhood school.

4

2

Pershing

Remain Open

Pershing Elementary remains open and continues to serve as a neighborhood school.

1

Withdraw & Modify

Memo

Campus

Action

Recommendation

SMD*

3

Ogden/ Rodriguez

Ogden Remain Open & Co-locate Rodriguez

Ogden Elementary remains open. The district is considering the option of co-locating Rodriguez Montessori Elementary at the Ogden campus to ensure an efficient utilization of space. In the next four weeks, the district will actively involve the Rodriguez community in discussions to thoroughly exam the feasibility of this co-location. Final decision letter.

5

4

Riverside Park/

Green/

Bonham

Riverside Park Remain Open,

Close Green Building & Expand Bonham

Riverside Park remains open. Green Elementary building closes for Green students, and its location becomes the expansion site for Bonham Academy. Green students attend Riverside Park Elementary and are given priority enrollment if they wish to attend Bonham PK-2 or Bonham 3-8.

4/1

Modify

Memo

Campus

Action

Recommendation

SMD*

5

Baskin

Delayed Closure

Baskin Elementary delays closure until the new wing is completed at Maverick Elementary.

7

6

Carroll ECC/Gates/Miller/M. L. King

Carroll Delayed Closure, Close Gates & Repurpose; Close Miller, Move M. L. King 

Carroll Early Childhood Education Center delays closure until the new M.L. King Academy is completed. Gates Elementary closes at the end of 2023-24, and its location temporarily becomes M.L. King Academy until the new MLK facility is renovated. Miller Elementary closes, and all students within the neighborhood attend Smith. Dual-language students living within the Gates, MLK, and Hirsch attendance areas attend MLK at Gates, which will offer a dual-language program. 

2/4

7

Foster/ Schenck

Close Foster & Move Schenck

Foster Elementary closes at the end of 2023-24, and its location temporarily becomes Schenck Elementary. Schenck moves to the Foster building during construction until the new Schenck facility is renovated. Foster Elementary students in the Ball and Highland Hills Elementary attendance areas return to their home schools in 2024-25.  

3

8

Highland Park

Close & Repurpose

Highland Park Elementary closes at the end of 2023-24, and students attend Japhet and Highland Hills. 

3/4

9

Steele Montessori

Move

Steele Montessori moves to a new location, and this new location is determined at a later time after community input. Final decision letter.

3

Sustained

Memo

Campus

Action

Recommendation

SMD*

10

ECC Centers: Knox, Nelson, Tynan

Close & Repurpose

Close all Early Childhood Centers to return early childhood programs back to their home campuses.

2, 4, 7

11

Gonzales ECC/Twain

Close Gonzales & Expand Twain

Close Gonzales Early Childhood Center to return early childhood programs back to their home campuses. Twain will expand into the vacated Gonzales building to accommodate their extensive waitlist. Gonzales students who want to attend Twain are given priority enrollment.

1/6

12

Beacon Hill/ Cotton Academy

Close Beacon Hill & Merge with Cotton Academy

Merge Beacon Hill and Cotton Academies with PK-2 students at Beacon Hill and 3-8 at Cotton Academy.

6

13

Douglass

Close & Repurpose

Close Douglass Elementary, and students attend Herff Elementary.

2

14

Forbes

Close & Repurpose

Close Forbes Elementary, and students attend Ball and Highland Hills Elementaries.

3

15

Huppertz

Close & Repurpose

Close Huppertz Elementary, and students will attend Woodlawn Hills Elementary and Fenwick Academy.

7

16

Japhet

Redesign

Redesign Japhet Academy as a PK-5 elementary. Students in grades 6-8 will attend Hot Wells Middle School. 

4

17

Lowell/ Kelly

Close Lowell & Merge with Kelly

Merge Lowell Middle School with Kelly Elementary and redesign the Lowell facility as a unified PK-8 academy, initially with PK-2 at Kelly and 3-8 at Lowell. Following renovation of Lowell, PK-8 will reside at Kelly Academy at Lowell.

4

18

Lamar

Close & Repurpose

Close Lamar Elementary, and students will attend Hawthorne Academy.

1

19

Storm

Close & Repurpose

Close Storm Elementary, and students will attend Sarah King and Barkley-Ruiz Elementaries. 

5

20

Washington

Redesign

Redesign Washington Elementary as PK-5, and 6th grade students will attend Davis Middle School. 

2

21

CAST MED

Co-locate

Co-locate a new CAST affiliated school at CAST Med High School.

3