Suburb in Plano that falls into TWO senior high school districts. (Richardson: house, transfer)

[biancanewtexan]

Hello!

We are a large blended family moving to Plano next year for my husband's work.

Due to personal reasons - I want to find out if there is a suburb somewhere in the Plano area that allows children to go to different senior high schools.

I have twins going to grade 6, two grade 10's (need to be in two separate junior high schools) and one grade 11.

Then the September 2021, I'll need a two senior high schools (when the grade 10s need to move to senior high)

I know it sounds very silly - but our family dynamics are delicate

is this even possible - anywhere in the area? overlapping districts I mean...

Advice much appreciated.

[Aggielina]

I can't speak to Plano ISD, but Richardson ISD has a zoning called choice and managed choice. You can choose among two (I believe) options for middle school and high school. In managed choice, however, the final call is the administration's based on whatever goals they are trying to achieve.

We live in a managed choice area but we are at the elementary stage, so I don't know exactly how it works. I've heard through the grapevine that families generally get their choice, but I guess it can't be guaranteed. Anyway, it might be an option for you but I would highly suggest reaching out to the district first.

[NTXPerson]

Yes, you do have a very unique request. I hope someone on here can provide you first-hand knowledge of children attending different schools.

If not, here's PISD's website about intra-transfers. There are also two people listed on the site that you can contact.

https://www.pisd.edu/pisdtransfer

[TurtleCreek80]

To answer your question, there aren’t any areas where one house will be zoned for two same grade-level schools. Your best bet is to get in touch with the school administrators to see who will approve a transfer request.

Also - and of course you know your own family - the Plano high schools are HUGE. 600-700 kids per grade at the 9-10 high schools and 1300-1400 per grade at the senior high schools. So there is definitely room to spread your wings.

[Peter5457]

Originally Posted by biancanewtexan

Hello!

We are a large blended family moving to Plano next year for my husband's work.

Due to personal reasons - I want to find out if there is a suburb somewhere in the Plano area that allows children to go to different senior high schools.

I have twins going to grade 6, two grade 10's (need to be in two separate junior high schools) and one grade 11.

Then the September 2021, I'll need a two senior high schools (when the grade 10s need to move to senior high)

I know it sounds very silly - but our family dynamics are delicate

is this even possible - anywhere in the area? overlapping districts I mean...

Advice much appreciated.

Strangely, Plano is the one area where this is normal. If you move to the Schmelphenig MS zone they will be in the Clark hs and Plano Sr HS cluster. However, many of the students opt to attend the Jasper hs and Plano West Sr Hs because many older siblings went there when it was zoned to Jasper hs.

Good luck with Jasper.... PISD is also very good about transfering to different schools and Plano East sr hs has the IB program. There is also the Academies HS not too far around there too.

[Soccernerd]

Originally Posted by biancanewtexan

Hello!

We are a large blended family moving to Plano next year for my husband's work.

Due to personal reasons - I want to find out if there is a suburb somewhere in the Plano area that allows children to go to different senior high schools.

I have twins going to grade 6, two grade 10's (need to be in two separate junior high schools) and one grade 11.

Then the September 2021, I'll need a two senior high schools (when the grade 10s need to move to senior high)

I know it sounds very silly - but our family dynamics are delicate

is this even possible - anywhere in the area? overlapping districts I mean...

Advice much appreciated.

I think your best bet is to reach out to PISD and see if you can request transfers or if there are special accommodations. I would assume that if they allowed it, then you would have to provide transportation. The district might not allow it without specific reasons like bullying or a disability.

Is sending some of your children to private school an option?

[Peter5457]

Originally Posted by Peter5457

Strangely, Plano is the one area where this is normal. If you move to the Schmelphenig MS zone they will be in the Clark hs and Plano Sr HS cluster. However, many of the students opt to attend the Jasper hs and Plano West Sr Hs because many older siblings went there when it was zoned to Jasper hs.

Good luck with Jasper.... PISD is also very good about transfering to different schools and Plano East sr hs has the IB program. There is also the Academies HS not too far around there too.

*Edit*

There is a big meeting end of 8th grade for all the Schim kids to decide which HS to attend. Jasper is an incredible school but the kids whose siblings went there usually pick Clark and Plano Sr. Mostly the new people pick Jasper and West.

[Rakin]

Does not matter where the Suburb lies, it matters where the house sits. That's where your kids will go to school.

There are about 4 homes in Coppell where the school boundary goes through the middle of the house. The schools are set by where the Master Bedroom sits.

Weird huh?

[biancanewtexan]

Thanks for the input everyone.
It looks like we should aim for a house that allows my younger kids to go to Schimelpfenig and then the two grade 10's to jasper and Clark, and subsequently West and Plano Sr? let's hope.

I'm used to driving the kids to school here, so if I have to provide transport, that is the way it is

Is it a bicycle friendly area?

And do 16 year olds drive themselves to school (that is a funny idea!!!) here you only get a drivers licence at 18

[Katana49]

Yes, kids drive to school at 16 here.


I would second TC80's thoughts above... The grade sizes are huge here. I grew up in Plano, and going from 5th grade to 6th, I completely lost contact with people and thought they must have moved away if I didn't have a class with them, as I never saw them in 6th, 7th, or 8th. Same thing for 9th and 10th, and then 11th and 12th. My graduating class had over 1200 kids, it is rather easy to go to school there and never see someone. I would talk to the admissions staff about your situation, because you're not going to want your kids driving to two different high schools, or have to limit your housing choices to areas that are roughly between two schools. As you can imagine, with schools as large as they are here, they are fairly spread out.