San Angelo Independent School District trustees voted 6-0 to approve new feeder patterns for the local middle schools July 13.
According to the district, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, each middle school will receive students from four elementary campuses.
Officials said the new feeder patterns are designed to “balance enrollment across the district, improve operational efficiency and support the district’s long-term needs as student enrollment and demographic trends continue to change.”
New Plan
- Students from Belaire, Fort Concho, Glenmore and Lamar will attend Glenn Middle School
- Students from Bradford, Fannin, Goliad and Holiman will attend Lincoln Middle School
- Students from Bonham Crockett, McGill and Santa Rita will attend Lone Star Middle School
In a Facebook post following the meeting, District 4 Trustee Ami Mizell-Flint explained her thinking:
I know many people have questions about the middle school boundary decision, especially regarding Crockett Elementary, so I wanted to share some of the thought process behind the vote.
First, there wasn’t a “perfect” option. Every map had tradeoffs, and every option affected a different group of families.
I wasn’t even planning to make the motion last night because I wasn’t particularly excited about any of the options. But we had reached the point where we needed to move forward. Transfer requests have been waiting on these boundary decisions, and delaying the vote wasn’t helping anyone.
I looked at every option that was presented and even tried to come up with a few alternatives myself.
One challenge is that Glenn and Lone Star Middle Schools are only about 1.5 miles apart. (For the record, I originally hoped the new Glenn could be built on a different site, but cost and logistics made that impossible.)
Another consideration was our three GT magnet elementary schools. The goal has been to have one GT elementary feed into each middle school. Holliman naturally feeds into Lincoln. Santa Rita and Ft. Concho are so close together, but moving one of them to a different campus wasn’t a solution that had much support.
We also wanted to keep our Goodfellow military families together. Most Goodfellow students attend Belaire and Glenmore, and Glenn Middle School has developed a strong reputation for supporting military-connected students. Keeping those students together was an important consideration.
Once those pieces were in place, Lincoln already had four elementary schools feeding into it. That left eight schools to divide between Glenn and Lone Star while also trying to keep enrollment balanced and the socioeconomic makeup of the schools as comparable as possible. None of the options accomplished every goal perfectly.
From a geography standpoint, I think it would have made sense for Glenn to include Lamar, Bonham, Crockett, and Santa Rita. However, that configuration would have created a much larger socioeconomic gap between Glenn and the other middle schools, something we wanted to avoid.
Another reality is that Glenn is already crowded, while Lone Star has room to grow. Glenn currently has five elementary schools feeding into it, while Lone Star has only three. It became clear that one school would need to shift from Glenn’s attendance area to Lone Star.
Because we wanted to keep Glenmore and Belaire together for our military families, and Lamar is our southernmost elementary school, Crockett ultimately became the school that made the most sense to move.
Do I like that students who live very close to Glenn will attend Lone Star? No, I honestly don’t. But after looking at all of the competing priorities, I don’t see another option that better balances enrollment, demographics, military family support, and long-term growth.
I understand that people may disagree on where those lines should have been drawn, but I hope this helps explain why the decision was made.
To learn more, visit San Angelo ISD’s website.
