Rezone Pros And Cons

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Alyssa Ayala
September 12th, 2016
Professor Nyasulu
Should Frisco ISD Rezone Every Year?
On a percentage basis, no school district in the country grew faster than FISD from 1990-91 to 2010-11. In the article “Frisco ISD parental complaint: Rezoned again” by William Taylor claims that rezoning is something that has to continue to happen due to the growth of the city that’s been rising for the past couple years. It will continue to grow with the new Dallas Cowboys training complex and the new Toyota’s Headquarters in the same area. Which will bring many families to move to the area for many job opportunities. Then he emphasizes that they know that not everyone walks away happy due to the rezoning. He is confident as they move forward and the …show more content…

He then goes on and says when you experience unprecedented growth year in and year out and you are committed to smaller schools to create more opportunities for students, rezoning is a part of that commitment. He then states leaders believe it will provide more opportunities for students to get involved in activities and enhance educators’ abilities to build personal relationships and know the name and need of every student. Lyon then observes the reports of growth in FISD. He talks about how in the past 20 years, FISD has built 60 schools and grown by more than 50,000 students. Which means the District has opened three new schools each year in the past 20 years. In the past five years, FISD has grown by 15,845 students. No other school in the DFW area is near that number. He also reports that the average annual growth in the last 10 years has been 3,300 students saying that it is enough to fill one high school and one middle school and is greater than the size of most school districts in Texas. Frisco ISD is expected to enroll a total of 56,909 students next school year. Current enrollment is approximately 53,200. Lyon assures us that people are making a conscious decision to move in the Frisco ISD because of the small school philosophy. But also because all the new jobs opening up at Dallas Cowboys training complex and the new Toyota’s