Waxahachie ISD outlines rezoning, transfers and transportation as new Waxahachie Creek High School advances toward 2027 opening

Waxahachie ISD administrators presented a rezoning proposal and operational plans for the district’s new Waxahachie Creek High School at a public town hall, saying the building (3,200-student maximum capacity) is scheduled to open in August of 2027 with freshmen and sophomores and will phase in upper grades over the following two school years.

District officials said the campus is under construction, with the district having broken ground in December and crews now pouring grade beams and completing underground utilities. The plan includes an on-campus agriscience facility, duplicated academic wings and specialized CTE spaces, and a non-varsity stadium and field-house–style athletics support. TxDOT has committed to build the first 1.6 miles of Spur 394, which will connect I‑35 to Howard Road and run along the front of the property the district described as roughly 45 acres on the high-school side.

Administrators said the rezoning proposal (presented as "high school plan 3") was developed to produce clearer elementary-to-junior-high-to-high-school feeder patterns and to avoid overloading one…