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Parent urges Boerne ISD to allow daughter transfer after rezoning split family’s path
Summary
Rebecca Whiting, a Boerne ISD parent, told trustees that elementary rezoning and unclear communications forced her son to request a transfer to his preferred middle school and warned that similar treatment for her daughter would split the family’s school community. She said a meeting with district staff is scheduled to follow up.
Rebecca Whiting, a Boerne ISD parent, told the board during public comment that a 2020 elementary rezoning and subsequent unclear communications about secondary-school boundaries forced her family to seek a transfer so her son could attend North Middle School.
Whiting said her family was told during the rezoning that their elementary would feed to North and Boerne High, but when her oldest son registered in 2023 he was told he would have to request a transfer and forfeit busing to attend North. After an in-school field trip to North, her son requested and received the transfer; her younger daughter now faces a similar, disruptive reassignment under the current zoning rules.
"It is a detriment to my child to give her not give her continuity in her education," Whiting said, urging the district to allow her daughter to attend North so both children can preserve friendships and school identity.
Whiting said she had pursued clarification through district communications and requested a meeting; she reported that a meeting with Dr. O'Hare is scheduled for the coming Friday to follow up.
The board did not take immediate action on the zoning concern during the meeting. Trustees and staff typically handle transfer and boundary matters through district administration and, when appropriate, bring options to the full board for policy or boundary changes. Whiting concluded by asking the district to "make it right and allow her to attend North."
