The crazy growth around Hwy 59/I-69 corridor

[bullets13]

2 hours ago, TrojanWarrior08 said:

I think the best situation for this outcome is to just build another high school in the area or they could zone students in different school districts.  Let's see you have some that can go to Tarkington (6 miles away), Splendora (although this particular one is not a good idea because of their own growth but 7 miles away), Shepherd (9 miles away) and they can have the students in that very bottom portion over in southwest San Jacinto County that actually goes to Cleveland send those students to Coldspring (18 miles away).  All different types of solutions but no remedies just yet.

not a chance. then you'd have several districts facing the same issues that Cleveland is, just on a smaller scale. Your school becomes overcrowded, your resources become stretched, you have to hire staff to deal with the influx of ESL students, your grades drop, affecting your TEA rating, school budget suffers... and that's before you ever even consider the athletic side of things, where you go up a division or two to face much larger, talented schools while gaining no appreciable talent of your own despite the influx of hundreds of kids. what school district would agree to that? This is the wrong Cleveland. It would take the political mindset of Cleveland, OHIO to pretend that this scenario is good for everyone.

[Setx fan]

On 10/13/2025 at 11:23 AM, Eazy said:

87% of Cleveland ISD is Hispanic and many of those don’t speak much English.  I can’t think of a single sport they have been competitive.  

That might just mean Cleveland ISD hasn't done a great job of adding coaches (maybe bilingual) who can build rapport with the youngsters and get them engaged in athletics at a younger age. I can understand struggling in the beginning but after years of being 6A and still struggling to beat 3A teams that falls on the school board and the coaches in my opinion. Seems maybe it just isn't a big enough priority to them or else they'd figure how to get a decent roster out of thousands of kids by now

[TrojanWarrior08]

3 hours ago, 89Falcon said:

Tarkington has already blockaded Colony Ridge. Other districts will not annex and receive someone else’s problems. They have discussed home rule for Plum Grove

Plum Grove area was the first that came to mind before I made that statement but don't Cleveland and Splendora already have students in that zone?

[BMTSoulja1]

6 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

You are wasting your time trying to explain that situation to that guy.

He don't get it or want to get it.

I get what he’s saying, I just don’t agree with it at all. There’s a difference.  Seems to me that you’re implying that my comprehension skills are lacking…. 

[BMTSoulja1]

4 hours ago, 89Falcon said:

Tarkington has already blockaded Colony Ridge. Other districts will not annex and receive someone else’s problems. They have discussed home rule for Plum Grove

This is insane.  ‘Someone else’s PROBLEM’.  🤦🏿🤦🏿