District no longer accepting new transfers, with some exceptions
From 2012 to 2016, our district enrollment increased from 1,348 students to 1,747 students. Of those additional 399 students, 275 of them (69%) live in Salado and 114 of them (31%) are out-of-district transfer students.
In an attempt to slow down this growth, this past January our Board of Trustees voted to discontinue accepting new transfer students, with the following exceptions: children of school district employees, siblings of current transfer students, resident students that move out of the district, and children of active duty military or disabled veterans. While this change has prevented our transfer student enrollment from increasing, our enrollment this year still increased by 115 students (which all live in Salado). Thus, our enrollment has now increased from 1,348 students to 1,862 students during the past five years. Of those 1,862 students, 1,626 of them (87%) are resident students and 236 of them (13%) are transfer students. Over the past five years, our enrollment has increased an average of 103 students or 6.7% per year, for a total increase of 514 students or 38%.
We have formed a long range facilities planning committee to develop a plan to address this continued enrollment growth. This committee is comprised of about sixty parents, community members, local business representatives, and school district employees. We have a large committee because obtaining different perspectives from the entire community is very important to the process.
The goals of this committee are the following:
1.Consider the educational needs of all students and align with the district’s mission, vision and goals.
2.Represent the entire community, its values and perceptions in the facility planning process.
3.Assess and prioritize the district’s current and long-term facility needs, including, but not limited to: district growth and capacity; building age, safety and condition; evolving educational delivery and programs.
4.Create a long-range facilities and equipment plan of the district.
5.Bring forward recommendations to the Board of Trustees as to how to proceed with a long-range plan.
All of the meetings will be open to the public so everyone is welcome to attend and listen to the committee discussions. The meetings will be held on Monday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Salado ISD Administration Building/Civic Center, located at 601 North Main Street. These are the dates for the meetings:
September 25
October 2 (this meeting will be a tour of all of our current facilities)
October 23
November 6
December 4
January 8
January 22
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