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Arlington ISD board approves attendance boundary changes after Blanton Elementary closure
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved new attendance boundaries rezoning Blanton students to Bergen, Crow, Goodman and Swift elementary schools, after administrators described TEA accountability constraints and parents raised transportation and transfer concerns; the board approved a special transfer window and transition supports.
The Arlington ISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved a set of attendance boundary changes to reassign students from Blanton Elementary after the district voted earlier to close the campus at the end of the school year.
Administrators presented a draft map that zones most Blanton students to Bergen, Crow, Goodman and Swift elementary schools, noting Texas Education Agency limits that prevent assigning students to schools with D or F accountability ratings or creating a plurality that would shift an existing campus’s accountability grade. Dr. Hill,…
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