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Waco ISD board approves new attendance boundaries after committee, public feedback
Summary
After committee work and community input, the Waco ISD Board unanimously approved new elementary, middle and high school attendance zones that reassign students from the closing Alta Vista campus primarily to Kendrick and South Waco and set a process for grandfathering and future program planning.
The Waco Independent School District Board of Trustees on the evening approved new attendance boundaries recommended by the district’s attendance-boundary committee and administration, moving students from the closing Alta Vista campus into Kendrick and South Waco zones.
Superintendent Dr. Spicer introduced parent and teacher presenters and said the committee’s maps were shaped by declining enrollment, a 2021 facilities bond and extensive engagement. "We had over 1,000 participants give us feedback, 462 thoughts, and then 12,099 ratings," Dr. Spicer said, noting the district used online thought exchanges, three public hearings and a superintendent email address to collect community input.
Committee members outlined the recommended boundary changes at elementary, middle and high school levels so that affected students would feed together through the feeder pattern, with particular emphasis on keeping West Avenue students intact. Brandy Fowler, a special education teacher who served on the committee, described the group’s priorities as program equity, natural neighborhood boundaries and maintaining feeder integrity.
Board members focused questions on implementation details including grandfathering rules for students already mid‑progression through a school, transportation impacts and how advanced academic programs would be managed. The administration said it would research program placement and bring recommendations back to the board during the 2025–26 planning year before any program changes take effect.
Trustee Grant moved to approve the committee’s recommended maps, a motion that was seconded and passed unanimously. The board directed administration to develop clear grandfathering and transfer procedures and to return with implementation timelines and communication plans.
The approval authorizes staff to begin the next steps of policy, transportation planning, program analysis and community outreach to implement the boundaries for the 2025–26 school year.
