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Resident petitioner urges Denton ISD to approve Windsong Ranch detachment; district outlines statutory and fiscal impacts
Summary
At a public hearing, Windsong Ranch resident Doug Charles asked Denton ISD trustees to approve a petition to detach a portion of the subdivision to Prosper ISD, arguing residents already send their children to Prosper and should have voting rights; district staff summarized statutory steps and estimated fiscal and debt impacts.
The Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees heard a petition Wednesday seeking detachment of part of the Windsong Ranch neighborhood in Prosper, Texas, with petitioner Doug Charles urging trustees to approve the move to Prosper ISD.
Doug Charles, who identified himself as a resident of the affected territory and the lead petitioner, told trustees he and other residents have been sending their children to Prosper ISD since 2012 and argued that families should be able to vote in the district that educates their children. "We're already attending and have been since 2012," Charles said. "I should be able to have a vote in the education of my kids." He said the petition drew signatures from the majority of registered voters in the territory and asked the board to avoid…
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