Pflugerville ISD Mulls Boundaries Changes Amid Brisk Growth

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — The growing Pflugerville ISD region has spurred construction of two more schools slated for completion next year along with a plan to extend the district's boundaries to accommodate further expansion, officials said.

The city's population growth is most pronounced east of SH 130, where Pflugerville ISD will be opening its 7th middle school, Bohls Middle School, and 22nd elementary school, Jessica Carpenter Elementary School. These two campuses will be located at the intersection of Weiss Lane and Pleasanton Parkway just south of Weiss High School, and are scheduled to open in the 2021-2022 school year. Pflugerville ISD also will open Elementary #23 in the 2022-2023 school year.

Such growth has triggered an assessment of the district's existing school boundaries for all three new campuses toward making appropriate adjustments to ensure campus balancing and to honor feeder patterns for our middle and high school campuses, officials wrote in an advisory. Adjusting boundaries can help maximize the use of school buildings in these areas, officials noted. The new attendance boundaries will begin with the 2021-2022 school year for Jessica Carpenter Elementary School and Bohls Middle School, according to the advisory.

Pflugerville ISD staff began gathering information in the fall regarding boundary changes and will hold Parent/Community Information Sessions via Zoom in January. Through this boundary process for the two new campuses, the district is considering restructuring attendance zones for:

• Mott Elementary School.
• Cele Middle School.
• Dessau Middle School.
• Kelly Lane Middle School.
• Park Crest Middle School.

An internal committee has been created to review existing boundaries, evaluate current and future campus needs, and look at future enrollment projections, district officials said, stressing that no definitive decisions have been made about any boundary changes.

The committee will work together to generate potential boundary options, officials said, adding that there will be multiple opportunities for public feedback and a board workshop to review boundaries to address campus capacity, align feeder patterns, and prepare for these new campuses' opening. Among the community input sessions are:

• Jan. 6 - 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.: pfisd-net.zoom.us/j/85285387150
• Jan. 7 - 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.: pfisd-net.zoom.us/j/81546787419
• Jan. 11 (day) - 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.: pfisd-net.zoom.us/j/88953855423
• Jan. 12 - 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.: pfisd-net.zoom.us/j/88041327433

Pflugerville ISD officials provided snapshots of development at the new schools:

• Former Westview Middle School Principal Jorge Franco has been named principal for Bohls Middle School. Pflugerville ISD veteran administrator and most recently past principal of Murchison Elementary, Reese Weirich, has been named principal for Jessica Carpenter Elementary School.
• Jessica Carpenter Elementary School will be able to house 850 students across 39 academic classrooms, six smaller classrooms and fine arts facilities.
• Bohls Middle School will have a capacity of 1,200 students and feature 27 classrooms, nine science labs, fine arts facilities, career and technical education classrooms, two separate gyms, fine arts amenities and an outdoor courtyard.
• Elementary #23 will have the same or very similar floor plan as Jessica Carpenter Elementary School. This campus has not been named yet and the principal has not yet been named for this new campus.

District officials directed those interested in updates to monitor the Pflugerville ISD website. "We look forward to being able to provide our community with updates as we continue to get them," district officials wrote.