FBISD Gets Serious About Rezoning & Forthcoming Bonds (see this FBN piece)-

Fort Bend ISD Aims To Create Rezoning Plan By End Of February
by Bob Dunn, Dec 19, 2006

Fort Bend Independent School District board trustees wrestled again with the thorny issue of drawing new attendance zones, but appeared to make only limited progress.

Nonetheless, by the end of a Monday evening workshop session to address the issue, board members agreed to a recommendation by Superintendent Dr. Timothy Jenney to work toward the creation of a district-wide rezoning plan by the end of February.

Board members expressed occasional frustration with Dennis Harner of demographics firm Harner & Associates, hired to provide projections that can be used to for redistricting, and to predict when and where new schools will be needed.

Harner’s presentation was difficult to follow, as he referred to images of colored maps projected on a screen, some of which contained 40 separate color-coded attendance zones. Also, Harner referred to a list showing how some schools’ population would be increased or decreased, but board members weren’t provided with a copy of that list.

At least three board members initially expressed a preference for only changing attendance zones to reflect four new schools coming on line, or possibly also changing zones to relieve the most extreme cases of overcrowding. . . (click title link to get the full story from FBN).