Conroe ISD approves attendance zones for Timber Mill High, Cartwright Jr. High and Fowler Intermediate

The Conroe Independent School District board of trustees unanimously approved initial attendance zones for Timber Mill High School, Lynn Cartwright Junior High and Janine Fowler Intermediate, the district announced after Tuesday’s meeting. The vote followed a presentation from the district’s attendance boundary committee and a staff report on the expected capacity impacts of the new zones. "If you approve this tonight ... combined with efforts at McCullough, Haley, and Ford to add seats, we will go from 39 campuses over capacity to 11 campuses over capacity," district planner McCord told the board during a lengthy explanation of the committee’s recommendations. The new Timber Mill High zone is planned to open in August 2027 and is projected to open near 72 percent of building capacity, the presentation said. Lynn Cartwright Junior High is also slated to open in August 2027; Janine Fowler Intermediate is planned to open in August 2026 on a contiguous parcel south of the junior high. McCord said the boundaries were drawn to keep neighborhood cohorts together where possible and to shorten student travel times from the far northeast portion of the district. Board members emphasized the importance of the public process. McCord said the committee ran four community presentations, maintained a detailed website with scenario feedback and used community input to refine lines. The board discussion noted growth expected east of Interstate 45 and in developments such as Artavia and Movera as drivers of the need for relief. Trustee Dawson thanked McCord and the committee for a multi‑year effort. The board’s action: motion and second were recorded and the vote carried 7–0. What happens next: district staff said zoning for Grand Oaks High School, Grand Oaks Junior High and Arnold Elementary remains to be completed at a later date and that a demographic/PASA study will be needed before another bond to site future campuses. Context: trustees and staff said the adopted lines, together with planned construction and a ninth‑grade campus on FM 1485, should provide multi‑year relief for affected high schools and feeder campuses in the district’s northeast growth corridor.