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Waco ISD seeks public input for new attendance zones

Members of the Zoning Committee discuss the proposed attendance zones for Waco ISD.
Waco ISD
Members of the Zoning Committee discuss the proposed attendance zones for Waco ISD.

In 2021, Waco voters approved a $355 million dollar bond for Waco Independent School District to build a new middle school and renovate or relocate three other schools.

The last of those construction projects are expected to be completed before the 2025-26 school year, and new attendance boundaries are needed.

Over the course of four meetings, a committee of parents, community representatives and teachers gathered to help develop the new attendance boundaries.

Now, the committee is asking the public for input on the new attendance zones before they are presented to the School Board for approval.

There are two remaining meetings for public comment. There will be one meeting at Alta Vista Elementary School on February 20 and one meeting at G.W. Carver Middle School on March 4. Both meetings will be at 6 p.m.

The new attendance zones will be presented to the School Board on April 24. If approved, the new zones will take effect for the 2025-26 school year.

Molly-Jo_Tilton@Baylor.edu

Molly-Jo, or MJ as her friends know her, joined KWBU in 2024 as the station's Multimedia Reporter. Originally from San Antonio, Tx, she grew up on local TV journalism and knew that when she decided to pursue journalism as a career, she wanted to find a local beat. Molly-Jo graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2024 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. While there she served as the Audio Editor for UT's student paper, The Daily Texan, and worked with The Drag Audio. She also interned for The Texas Standard, where her feature on a San Antonio nonprofit earned her a statewide award for health reporting (and becoming the first intern to do so). When she is not scoping out stories, MJ enjoys reading a good book, hiking or learning new crafts.