Published On: May 14th, 2015By Leticia Fehling

Take Final Community-Wide Survey and Help Plan for Aldine ISD’s Future

Aldine ISD leaders want to hear from students, parents and community members. Leaders also want to hear from staff, alumni, and business sector members.

Many Aldine folks attended the second and final community meeting held May 7 at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center. They got to hear to a presentation about why the district is looking ahead to the future.

Community members learned about the district’s growth.

Currently, AISD has a student population of nearly 70,000 students. That will change. Data shows the district will grow to 80,000 students in the next five years.

Attendees also heard how some schools need extensive repairs. They also heard how enrollment already exceeds capacity of some current school facilities.

If the district doesn’t do anything to plan for the growth, more than 14,000 students won’t have a classroom five years from now.

Representative from DeJong-Richter discusses possible options for the future.

So what should the district consider as it plans for the future? One option is to build more schools. Another option is to create new grade configurations at the current campuses to build fewer new campuses.

These are just a couple of options the district is studying. The district is still seeking to identify the community’s specific priorities and preferences. For example, at the May 7 meeting folks learned the results of the [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]first Community Survey. From that survey, district leaders learned that one of the community’s priorities is to move students out of temporary buildings. That is to say that they want students out of trailers and in permanent classrooms. Another priority included providing programs that have an impact. They want to see more programs that impact academic performance and college-career readiness. The community members also agreed that the district needed to prepare for growth.

Folks at Second Community Meeting take the final survey.

There are still many items for the community members to give their input on in mapping AISD’s future. For example, should AISD make technology improvements? Should AISD create new programs? Should AISD consider building a career technology center. And should AISD consider building a districtwide performing and visual arts center? Folks who attended the second community meeting had the opportunity to again give their input. They filled out the final community-wide survey.

Folks still have a chance to voice their opinion about AISD’s future. For those that did not take the second and final community-wide survey on May 7, you still have time. District leaders encourage you to take the survey. Your participation will greatly help map the district’s future.