Source: NBISD Long Range Sustainability page. Sites and closures remain proposals.
Who would move?
The district says students at a closed campus would generally move to a nearby campus with room, while Dual Language and CREATE placements would depend on the chosen scenario. It gives Memorial-to-Klein Road and Walnut Springs-to-Voss Farms as examples of possible neighborhood reassignment, not final assignments for individual children. Dual Language is currently split between Carl Schurz and Voss Farms; the scenarios place it in one building. CREATE could remain at County Line or relocate, depending on the pair chosen.
For employees, NBISD says it intends to retain staff in good standing and prefers attrition to job losses, although assignments and roles could change. That stated intention does not identify a final staffing plan for any scenario.
What has to go right?
NBISD's demographer forecasts about 5,100 elementary pupils in 2035-36, or 77% of current seat capacity. That is an increase from today's enrollment, but still below the district's current 6,640-seat total. Any reassignment plan would have to match the children leaving a building with space at a receiving campus and account for the proposed program moves.
The district's evaluation tool gives 30% weight to utilization, 10% to building condition, 15% each to operating cost per student and per square foot, and 30% to nonteaching staff per student. It uses September 1, 2026 enrollment and actual 2025-26 operating costs. NBISD cautions that the tool does not substitute for a staffing or special-education study or capture every campus's distinctive qualities.
What the numbers cannot settle
The district's projected deficit measures a possible funding gap, not the net savings from any one closure pair. Seat utilization describes space, not a household tax change. To judge the financial trade-off, families will need scenario-specific estimates that put avoided building costs beside transition and transportation expenses and any change in attendance-based state funding. Final attendance boundaries would determine which children actually move.
How families can weigh in and what comes next
NBISD lists committee applications from October 7 through November 6 and community forums October 20 at Long Creek High School and October 21 at Oak Run Middle School, both from 6 to 7:30 p.m. It also lists campus events on October 22, October 26 and November 5, plus an online feedback form. Families can check the event details and submit feedback through the district's sustainability page.
NBISD's timeline calls for a Nov. 9 staffing and demography presentation, a Jan. 11 committee recommendation and a later January board action meeting. If the board approves a plan, the district anticipates implementation work in spring and fall 2027. Those records, especially the recommendation and eventual board action, will show whether any of today's 11 possibilities becomes a decision.
