Periodic boundary modifications ensure efficient campus usage and helps balance enrollment across our campuses.”

Ted Vierling, Katy ISD chief operating officer

Katy school trustees are looking at a plan that would change attendance boundaries for nine elementary schools, including two now under construction.

If approved, the changes would go into effect for the 2023-24 school year.

Ted Vierling, the district’s chief operations officer, presented the plan to trustees at their Monday meeting. Assisting him with the presentation was Population and Survey Analysts, a firm which works with the district to analyze the district’s growth.

The district continues to experience strong population growth. Vierling said the student population is expected to reach over 100,000 students by 2028.

“Periodic boundary modifications ensure efficient campus usage and helps balance enrollment across our campuses,” Vierling said.

Other elementary schools whose attendance boundaries will be affected by the proposal include: Bethke, Campbell, Golbow, Hutsell, Leonard, McElwain and McRoberts.

Elementary #45 and #46 are under construction through a voter-approved bond program from 2021. Both schools are to open in the fall of 2023.

Both schools will be located in the northwest quadrant of the district, keeping with the growing population in that area. Elementary #45 will be at 25600 Longenbaugh Road. Elementary #46 will be at 25615 Clay Road. Neither school has been named.

The district will survey residents in the neighborhoods surrounding these campuses for feedback. The survey will run through Oct. 7.