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Mustang School Board approves intermediate and middle-school boundary realignment
Summary
The Mustang Public Schools Board of Education voted to approve a boundary realignment affecting intermediate and middle schools for the 2025–26 school year to reduce long bus rides and balance enrollment as new housing increases.
The Mustang Public Schools Board of Education on a voice vote approved a proposed boundary realignment that shifts attendance areas for intermediate and middle schools for the 2025–26 school year.
Superintendent Bradley said the change is intended to reduce travel time for students, balance enrollment among campuses and prepare the district for heavy, near-term housing growth. “If we don't make [the change], we're just delaying further down the road of something that's going to upset an even larger number of people,” Bradley said.
Board members and staff said the district considered four guiding priorities while drawing the new lines: keep housing additions intact where possible, limit student ride time on buses, avoid routing buses that pass one school to reach another, and balance intermediate-to-middle-school feeder relationships so no middle school receives an unsustainable surge of students. Staff noted the city has issued about 600 building permits so far in the current permit year and said that growth motivated doing the realignment now rather than waiting.
The board heard from at least one neighborhood spokesperson during public comment. Residents of Prairie Hills Estates told the board they prefer boundaries that keep their neighborhood assigned to nearer schools and asked that out‑of‑city parcels be adjusted instead. Superintendent Bradley and board members said staff will run outreach to help families make the transition, including in-person visits and opportunities to meet principals and counselors at receiving schools.
The board voted by voice in favor of the realignment; the motion was made and seconded during the meeting and passed with the members present voting aye. The district will apply the new boundaries starting with the 2025–26 school year and will publish maps and transition logistics for affected families, including information about transportation and how to meet receiving-school staff.
Board members emphasized the district must weigh community impact when implementing lines on a map and pledged to monitor and respond to problems families raise as students move to new campuses.
