Perryton ISD superintendent outlines campus reconfiguration, program moves and summer transitions

The Perryton ISD superintendent told the board the district will move pre-K and kindergarten to Wright Elementary next school year and reorganize Williams Intermediate as the district's third–fifth grade campus to bolster teacher collaboration and reduce facility costs.

The superintendent said the move will make Wright a pre-K through second-grade campus and place third grade in Williams so teachers working with the same grade bands can plan together across the hall. "We're planning on moving our Kinder campus over to Wright," the superintendent said, adding the change responds to a decline in student counts and the district's desire to concentrate same-grade teachers under one roof.

The board heard that the Ludy program will be relocated to space in the high school IT building and that the DAP discipline program likely will be housed at the junior high until construction is finished. District staff said the two programs will remain separate even if housed in the same building.

District leaders also described logistical steps for the transition: moving furniture and age‑appropriate playground equipment from the current kinder site to Wright, transferring a piece or two from Wright's playground to Williams (possibly swings), and hiring a summer moving crew to stage transfers and room assignments.

The superintendent presented the reconfiguration as a cost-saving and instructional benefit, saying grouping grade bands improves teacher collaboration and planning time. He also announced several staff resignations submitted to the district: Landry Tran, Austin Zimmerman, Leanne Nelson, Ted Nelson and Tim Clayool.

Board members and campus staff raised no formal objections during the report. The timeline for construction-related decisions and the final location of the DAP program remain dependent on completion of planned work; staff said they will return with specific action items as the plan advances.