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Spring resident urges board to reconsider optimization feeder plan, saying outreach was insufficient
Summary
During public participation at the Sept. 9 Spring ISD board meeting, resident Debbie Townsend criticized the district’s optimization plan outreach and feeder pattern proposals, warning the plan would harm Spring High School’s culture and increase transportation costs for Hirsch students.
Debbie Townsend, a Spring ISD resident, used the public participation period of the Sept. 9 board meeting to challenge the district’s optimization planning and the outreach used to solicit community input.
Townsend told trustees she felt the optimization planning process had not been sufficiently advertised and that about “200-ish” survey participants was an inadequate sample given the district’s size. “We have about 30,000 kids in Spring,” she…
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