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Prosper ISD board approves petition to annex part of Windsong Ranch from Denton ISD
Summary
The Prosper ISD Board of Trustees voted 5–0 with 2 abstentions Dec. 15 to adopt a resolution approving a petition to detach a portion of Windsong Ranch from Denton ISD and annex it into Prosper ISD; the petition now goes to the Texas Education Agency for final review.
Prosper ISD trustees on Dec. 15 adopted a resolution approving a petition to detach a portion of the Windsong Ranch community from Denton Independent School District and annex that territory into Prosper ISD.
The resolution passed by a 5–0 vote with two trustees abstaining after a public hearing that featured residents and homeowners arguing the change would align tax boundaries with current school attendance and provide new local revenue. Trustee Linker moved to adopt the resolution; Trustee Cavender seconded.
Petitioners, led by resident Doug Charles, told the board they already attend Prosper ISD under a contractual arrangement and sought “permanency” to avoid future contract vulnerability. Charles said the affected area includes about 466 lots and roughly 274–300 students and offered district-level estimates that the added assessed value is about $533,000,000, which he said could generate roughly $3.7 million in net annual cash flow in early years and would require the receiving…
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