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Residents ask trustees to keep Williams Creek Lake Estates assigned to Pebble Creek Elementary amid rezoning
Summary
Two residents from Williams Creek Lake Estates urged the College Station ISD Board of Trustees to keep the neighborhood zoned to Pebble Creek Elementary during the district's elementary rezoning discussion, citing a small local enrollment, short commutes and projected large growth in nearby Southern Point.
Kristen Hitt, a resident of Williams Creek Lake Estates, told the College Station Independent School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 19 that her neighborhood should remain zoned to Pebble Creek Elementary amid proposed elementary rezoning.
Hitt said Pebble Creek is over capacity and acknowledged that rezoning will affect many families, but she argued Williams Creek Lake Estates' 25 elementary-age students are not the cause of the school's capacity problems and should not be moved. "Pebble Creek has a population problem," Hitt said. "Our community of 25 school children is not and will never be the contributing factor to capacity issues at Pebble Creek."
The Williams Creek speakers placed their plea in the larger context of rapid housing growth nearby. Hitt told trustees that Williams Creek…
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