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Attendance Zone Commission reviews 2025–26 zoning priorities after district rezoning approval
Summary
Clark County School District staff told the commission the Board of School Trustees approved rezoning and four focus areas for 2025–26; commissioners raised overcrowding concerns in Southwest valley high schools and asked staff for hotspot maps and follow-up this summer.
Tracy Murphy, a staff member in the Demographics, Zoning and GIS department for the Clark County School District, told the Attendance Zone Advisory Commission on March 25 that the district’s rezoning for the 2025–26 school year had been approved by the Board of School Trustees and that “all 4 focus areas were approved, by unanimous vote.”
The announcement matters because the commission will advise on local attendance-zone priorities tied to those approvals and to capacity pressures at several schools. "I'm getting stories of students that are literally sitting on the floor during lunch," Commissioner Tim Vicario said during the discussion, citing overcrowding at multiple high schools and urging earlier attention to capacity relief.
Murphy told commissioners there are no new schools opening next year and recommended members coordinate with their trustees and with district staff before submitting focus-area requests. "We will be reaching out to you this summer to discuss possible focus areas and get your input on what we might be looking at for next year," she said. She added staff can provide development-tracking data and hotspot maps to help the commission identify pressure points.
Commissioner Lance Arndt asked staff to distribute the hotspot map as a PDF; Murphy said the map is available on the Demographics, Zoning and GIS website and that staff would email a version to commissioners. Murphy also identified specific areas the district is monitoring: several high schools in the southwest valley and an elementary school in the northwest near Sky Canyon that are showing overcapacity on district “hot spot” maps.
No public comments were recorded on the item, and commissioners did not take a formal vote on new zoning actions at this meeting. The discussion focused on information sharing and next steps for the advisory commission’s outreach and review work this summer.
Earlier in the meeting the commission adopted the agenda and approved minutes by voice votes, and later voted to adjourn; those procedural motions were unanimous among members present.
Looking ahead, Murphy said staff will follow up with commissioners over the summer with data and maps to shape any recommended focus areas for the 2026 zoning season.
