Timnwendy Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 The article at this next link could be very significant to those of you with kids, who live in west Pearland and are not crazy about the Alvin or Fort Bend ISD. http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2008/09/...er_students.txtThere are a few Pearland schools that won't allow transfer students (see list at bottom of the article), but I suspect that will go away in the years ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 So, how will you pay taxes to Pearland ISD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 So, how will you pay taxes to Pearland ISD?Out of district people do not pay PISD taxes. The district is doing them a "favor" by taking them in.Anyway, IMO this is really attractive to people in the Willowridge HS zone of SCR.I'm not sure this will be as popular with people in the AISD part of SCR as AISD is building schools there.Maybe PISD could open magnet schools in its district. I wonder when PISD will be ready for a magnet high school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Some speculation I'm hearing is that Pearland ISD did this to help people in coastal communities that were hit hard by Hurricane Ike. Some of the schools there will be closed for a long time, and all those kids need to be placed somewhere for the remainder of this school year. Makes sense, but others can certainly take advantage too, like those folks on the Fort Bend side of SCR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Pearland ISD should have tried hard to grab the Fort Bend County portion of SCR. Willowridge HS is not attractive at all now unfortunately.Alvin ISD may do the same thing.IMO I think Pearland ISD and Alvin ISD should consolidate into one school district and then have the school district boundaries re-drawn to control all of the Pearland city limits (including the pieces in Houston ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Pasadena ISD, and Clear Creek ISD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 As a Willowridge grad....the same things you are experiencing in Pearland now has already happened at Willowridge....alot of folks I grew up with who went to Willowridge or grew up in South Park are now in Pearland...once those families grow up and leave, the same thing Willowridge is going through will happen in terms of a population decline...The school may not be attractive because Fort Bend did some things that wasted alot of money by building schools too close to each other...same thing will happen in Pearland beginning with Dawson (the school of choice for the HISD border jumpers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 As a Willowridge grad....the same things you are experiencing in Pearland now has already happened at Willowridge....alot of folks I grew up with who went to Willowridge or grew up in South Park are now in Pearland...once those families grow up and leave, the same thing Willowridge is going through will happen in terms of a population decline...The school may not be attractive because Fort Bend did some things that wasted alot of money by building schools too close to each other...same thing will happen in Pearland beginning with Dawson (the school of choice for the HISD border jumpers)My how things have changed in the land of pears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 at one time, Willowridge was arguably one of the most successful schools in the state as it offered a well-rounded experience from academics, athletics to fine arts...the area became home to alot of first generation families of college graduates so you had alot of kids from solid backgrounds there Fort Bend gave in to some silly thinking and broke it up overnight...some families moved away while some familes still remain but the kids have grown up and moved to Teal Run, Pearland, etc. As a result, population decline there but you have schools right next door busting at the seams so the trend still continues...as a school, doubt you'll see one that'll ever reach the national exposure Willowridge did as there are just too many schools now splitting areas up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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