Board Approves Rezoning Option B

The Goose Creek CISD board of trustees approved Rezoning Option B at a regular meeting February 1, 2021. Setting the attendance zones for Edward Franklin “E.F.” Green Junior School, scheduled to open August 2021, resulted in the rezoning of the other five junior schools. Students currently attending Baytown, Cedar Bayou, Gentry, Highlands and Horace Mann junior schools may be affected. These changes will relieve overcrowding, help Goose Creek CISD provide improved educational opportunities for all students and allow true feeder patterns for the high schools.

Parents whose children will be assigned to a school other than the one they are currently attending will be notified by letter and by email in the next few days. The district is offering current seventh graders the opportunity to remain at their present campus upon parent request (grandfathering), but parents must provide transportation to and from school for their child. Placement for special education students in district-wide programs will be determined by the ARD (Admission, Review and Dismissal) committees.

Parents whose current seventh grader is zoned to another junior school, according to the letter or email they receive, but wishes to remain at the present campus must submit an online form that will be provided to eligible students.