ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

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(Click on the name of the school for more information about it. Numbers in red indicate a decrease in enrollment from the previous year or an indication of being over capacity. "Total Capacity refers to the design capacity plus the capacity added by the placement of portable buildings. Each portable building (in most cases) holds two classrooms of 22 students each with a possible total use of 44 students. Whether the capacity is used or not is moot. The capacity is still there!

Schools with an asterisk indicate the five schools (Fielder, King, Memorial Parkway, Rhoads and Schmalz) that are overcrowded by having a bilingual program. Two schools, Davidson and Shafer, have opened recently and were overcrowded when they opened indicating bad predicting of numbers of students by the Demographer (PASA) and bad planning by the Administration.

Elementary School: (2/27/14) # Students Design Capacity Portables Total Capacity Over/Under Capacity

(2/26/14) # Students Design Capacity Portables Total Capacity Over/Under Capacity

1. Alexander (RAE) (XVII) 1,089 934 11 1,418 -329

1,047 934 11 1,418 -371

2. Bear Creek (BCE) (VI) 767 799 5 1,019 -242

753 799 5 1,019 -266

3. Cimarron (CE) (VII) 666 861 2 949 -383

690 861 2 949 -259

4. Creech (SCE) (XIX) 841 936 1 980 -139

845 936 1 980 -135

5. Davidson (KDE) (XXXVI) 0 1,030 0 1,030 -1,030

1,155 1,030 0 1,030 +125(just opened)

6. Exley (JEE) (XXIV) 979 1,030 2 1,218 -239

1,017 1,030 2 1,218 -201

7. *Fielder (FE) (XIV) 1,089 907 9 1,303 -214

1,140 907 9 1,303 -163

8. Franz (FES) (XXVI) 963 1,030 8 1,382 -419

970 1,030 8 1,382 -412

9. Golbow (GE) (XIII) 807 867 7 1,175 -367

803 867 7 1,175 -372

10. Griffin (MGE) (XXVII) 949 1,030 0 1,030 -81

943 1030 0 1,030 -87

11. Hayes (JHE) (XV) 685 907 2 995 -310

715 907 2 995 -280

12. Holland (BHE) (XXXI) 1,009 1,030 1 1,074 -65

965 1,030 1 1,074 -109

13. Hutsell (HE) (V) 847 983 0 983 -136

828 983 0 983 -155

14. Katy (KE) (II) 537 643 0 643 -106

606 643 1 (New) 687 -81

15. Kilpatrick (OKE) (XXII) 1,104 1,030 8 1,382 -278

1,120 1,030 8 1,382 -262

16. *King (RKE) (XX) 1,237 1,030 15 1,690 -453

1,293 1,030 15 1,690 -397

17. Mayde Creek (MCE) (XI) 809 868 2 956 -147

780 868 2 956 -176

18. McRoberts (PME) (XVI) 834 935 6 1,119 -365

834 935 6 1,119 -365

19. *Memorial Parkway(MPE) (IV) 871 742 7 1,050 -179

870 742 10(3 New) 1,182 -312

20. Morton Ranch (MRE) (XXX) 823 1,030 1 1,074 -251

917 1,030 1 1,074 -157

21. Nottingham Country (NCE) (IX) 599 1,053 0 1,053 -454

609 1,053 0 1,053 -444

22. Pattison (PE) (XII) 809 1,052 0 1,052 -243

842 1,052 0 1,052 -210

23. Randolph (JRE) (XXXVII) 0 1,030 0 1,030 -1,030

848 1,030 0 1,030 -182

24. *Rhoads (RES) (XXV) 1,125 1,030 12 1,558 -433

1,138 1,030 12 1,558 -420

25. Rylander (RRE) (XXIII) 1,345 1,030 12 1,558 -213

1,351 1,030 12 1,558 -207

26. *Schmalz (SES) (XXI) 1,167 1,030 12 1,558 -391

1,166 1,030 12 1,558 -392

27. Shafer (FPSE) (XXXV) 1,331 1,030 5 1,250 +81(just opened)

1,113 1,030 5 1 ,250 -137

28. Stanley (SSE) (XXXII) 1,317 1,030 13 1,602 -235

1,126 1,030 10(3 REM) 1,429 -303

29. Stephens (USE) (XXVIII) 756 1,030 0 1,030 -274

755 1,030 0 1,030 -275

30. Sundown (SE) (X) 864 868 2 956 -92

886 868 2 956 -70

31. West Memorial (WME) (III) 779 684 6 948 -169

819 684 6 948 -129

32. Williams (JWE) (XVIII) 736 935 2 1,023 -287

710 935 2 1,023 -313

33. Wilson (RJWE) (XXXIV) 1,116 1,030 2 1,118 -2

1,230 1,030 5 (3NEW) 1,250 -20

34. Winborn (DWE) (VIII) 753 848 5 1,068 -315

769 848 5 1,068 -299

35. Wolfe (WE) (I) 438 405(?) 0 405(?) +33(just opened)

(Wolfe was designed and built to hold 500 students. No one can tell me why the District has arbitrarily changed the number!)

468 405 0 405 +63

36. Wolman (TWE) (XXXIII) 968 1,030 5 1,250 -282

1,031 1,030 2(3REM) 1,118 -87

37. WoodCreek (WCE) (XXIX) 1,459 1,030 16 1,734 -275

1,010 1,030 16 1,734 -724

38. Elementary School XXXVIII

TOTALS 32,468 34,767 176 41,575 -9,107

34,162 34,767 177 42,666 -8504 (This number means that KISD has room for 8,504 more students in their existing buildings and portables without opening another school or buying another portable!)

The capacity of an individual portable is 22 X 2 for elementary schools (44.) So each portable is capable of holding two classrooms of 22 students each.

These numbers are from the enrollment statistics on February 27, 2014 which is about when the 2014 Bond Committee was being organized. (The second line under each set of first numbers is the February 26, 2015 updated numbers). These would have been the "actual" numbers (not those projected by the demographer) that they would have based their decision on that they "needed new schools." I obtained this information in an Open Records Request to the Katy School District. I received the enrollment number in early March 2014 and another ORR list of portables in July 2014. The lists of capacity numbers were not the same in those two documents, and so I used the larger number in the response that was more recent.

What is quite evident is that Katy ISD (superintendent and School Board) seems to be building schools too soon in some places, not soon enough in other places, not zoning properly, sticking the Bilingual Program in areas where those students may not live (thus increasing busing costs and depriving their parents of the right enjoyed by most KISD parents of having their elementary children close by during the day at a neighborhood school), (see table below) sticking the Bilingual students in schools to fill them up so the Board doesn't have to rezone (which is a political nightmare the way they do it), sticking Bilingual students in especially old buildings and having to use portable buildings which causes the neighborhoods where they are to deteriorate (Memorial Parkway is a prime example), putting Bilingual students in schools to overcrowd them when just down the street there is a school building that is half empty (Nottingham Country Elementary), building some schools in the wrong place altogether, all of which verify my statement of long ago to the Board--they've "never built a school in the right place at the right time, ever!"

I have pointed out many times that the change in policy in the 1990's to build schools BEFORE there are students to fill them appears to be for the purpose of helping out developers and encouraging growth in the Katy area. That policy benefits commercial enterprises, but does not do much for individuals who are paying the taxes for that policy.

Here too (as at the high school and junior high levels) there appears to be more crowding in the southwest quadrant. Could this be payback for all those parents who voted against the stadium bond because they wanted a stadium closer to the three high schools in that area and not in a location that is going to be a traffic nightmare every Friday and Saturday night?

I realize some will question the use of the portables in setting the capacity number, but if these are paid for buildings (about $125,000 plus installation which, times 177 -the total number of portables owned by the District that are placed on school property- equals $22,125,000.00!)*, and they are on the campuses already, why shouldn't they be counted? [The District actually owns 315 portable buildings scattered about over the District. Since 2004, they have managed to retire and dispose of 9 of them!] The District puts a slew of them in every bond as something they NEED and always buys more of them or uses the money for something else. So far since last fall's bond election they have a net gain of 1 portable! It's difficult to say whether some of them are being used or just sitting there rotting. I saw one today at Hayes Elementary that had a sign on it that it was a "Parent Center." When did we start funding buildings for "Parent Centers"?

If there are errors on this page, please notify me at Icemom617@aol.com as I do not wish to have errors. The source for all of this information came from responses to my open records requests from the Katy Independent School District and from the Katy ISD web site. I have put it together to show what I believe to be the truth about the building situation and overcrowding. It does not appear to me to be necessary at this time to build more elementary schools.

Guessing as to the intent of the superintendent, one can think of all sorts of things, but the one that comes to my mind most often is mismanagement of resources and funds!

BILINGUAL STUDENTS AT TWELVE KISD ELEMENTARY SCHOOOLS (FIRST LINE IS 2014 AND SECOND LINE IS 2015)

Alexander (RAE) 0

Bear Creek (BCE) 281

284

Cimarron (CE) 0

Creech (SCE) 0

Davidson (KDE) 0

Exley (JEE) 0

Fielder (FE) 374

423

Franz (FES) 328

320

Golbow (GE) 0

Griffin (MGE) 0

Hayes (JHE) 0

Holland (BHE) 0

Hutsell (HE) 343

358

Katy (KE) 0

Kilpatrick (OKE) 0

King (RKE) 270

273

Mayde Creek (MCE) 0

McRoberts (PME) 228

257

Memorial Prkwy (MPE) 255

277

Morton Ranch (MRE) 188

195

Nottingham (NCE) 0

Pattison (PE) 0

Randolph (JRE) 0

Rhoads (RES) 249

249

Rylander (RRE) 0

Schmalz (SES) 217

209

Shafer (FPSE) 0

Stanley (SSE) 0

Stephens (USE) 264

277

Sundown (SE) 220

237

West Memorial (WE) 0

Williams (JWE) 0

Wilson (RJWE) 0

Winborn (DWE) 0

Wolfe (WE) 0

Wolman (TWE) 0

WoodCreek (WCE) 0

Total Bilingual Students in KISD: 3,217 IN 2014

3,359 IN 2015 which is an increase of 142 students which is 4.7% of total.