The school board dropped the rezoning plan. FISD finally realized they could not ignore the families of Preston Vineyards IV. Keep your eyes open because we will not let them try this garbage again.
February 25, 2017
Final supporters
The FISD has recently announced a proposed plan that would rezone Preston Vineyards IV. This directly affects our neighborhood as our students would move from Gunstream Elementary to Christie Elementary. This will negatively affect our students’ education as well as the value of our homes.
Poor Performance Record
Christie Elementary does not meet the same standards as Gunstream Elementary. Over the years, it has maintained much lower overall grading and success rates. Per the Texas Education Agency’s accountability summary:
- Gunstream’s Postsecondary Readiness STAAR score is 59 while Christie’s is 32.
- Gunstream’s Student Achievement score is 89, while Christie’s is 70.
- Gunstream’s Closing Performance Gaps score is 51, while Christie’s is 40.
Negatively Affects Your Home Value
Preston Vineyards IV has been established since 1995, and there has been no change to it nor to the surrounding areas around Gunstream to justify the rezoning. Gunstream is not located around new neighborhoods that require rezoning. Gunstream is not at full capacity, and since this is a well-established area that will not be seeing a fluctuation in the number of residents, this change is unnecessary and unwarranted.
- When looking for homes, buyers do research on the neighborhood schools; the discrepancy in performance between Gunstream and Christie would decrease our homes value and salability.
Please sign this petition if you OPPOSE the Rezoning Draft Proposal for the 2017-2018 school year affecting Preston Vineyards IV.
*December 30 updates:
- The comment was made at the public rezoning hearing that the kids of Preston Vineyards IV needed to cross Hillcrest to get to school. This has been going on for over 20 years with no problems. The kids of Cypress Creek (which is located on the East side of Coit) must cross Coit and travel a much greater distance to get to school (about ½ mile further). Coit is one of the busiest streets to navigate with a larger number of cars traveling along that road on a daily basis. In comparison, the crossing of Hillcrest is in no way problematic. The middle school-aged children in our neighborhood will continue to cross Hillcrest in order to attend Wester Middle School. So a crossing guard would still be needed at that intersection. Therefore, the proposed rezoning would not eliminate a crossing guard position
- Christie Elementary has been the designated school for the ESL program that serves all of Frisco, which means the probability of overcrowding at Christie is much higher than at Gunstream. The influx of bilingual students coming to Frisco each year and needing the ESL program is highly unpredictable in comparison to the anticipated attendance at Gunstream. Keeping our kids at Gunstream which is operating below capacity, and keeping room for bilingual kids needing the ESL program at Christie is a point to be considered.
Updates
December 31, 2016
The school board continues to ignore our emails while they push this rezoning plan behind closed doors. They think we will just roll over and accept lower home values and failing grades for our children. We are currently scouting the next board meeting to confront these officials directly and demand they justify this nonsense.
Reached 100 supporters
December 31, 2016
38 Comments
My daughter is in kindergarten at Gunstream and has already made many friends! Along with neighborhood friends we already knew before starting school. She was nervous about kindergarten because she is very shy and has had such a great experience so far at Gunstream!
We bought our home because of Gunstream. To change that would devalue my home and cost us an undue burden ESPECIALLY since the city keeps raising my taxable property value. City of Frisco and Frisco ISD is losing my trust rapidly with their recent decisions and bills they have attempted to ram through.
Based on my experience, I am surprised this petition stated Gunstream is not at capacity. Many classrooms have 28+ students. However, I fail to see how moving 60 students is going to provide any relief to Gunstream as it would appear to remove roughly 10 students per grade and only 1.5 students per classroom. I oppose this rezoning.
our students should not be constantly moved around just because the TRE did not pass and the district decided not to open the new schools...
I was very disturbed to read the news of the proposed rezoning. I moved to PVIV to be in Gunstream's district, and my daughters have done well there. My youngest daughter is in the third grade now. I was also surprised that the article mentioned that Gunstream is not currently full. Additionally, I have not heard great reviews from friends whose children attend Christie. While I know I am not privvy to all of the workings of the Frisco ISD, on the surface it does not seem to make sense to make the proposed changes. At the very least, the children already enrolled at Gunstream should be given automatic transfers for the remainder of their elementary education. The ISD should also research the variance in educations between Gunstream and Christie.
Please do not pass this! My girlfriend is moving in with me during the summer with her 2 hours for a better education.
I strongly oppose this rezoning plan.
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The school board dropped the rezoning plan. FISD finally realized they could not ignore the families of Preston Vineyards IV. Keep your eyes open because we will not let them try this garbage again.
February 25, 2017
Final supporters
The FISD has recently announced a proposed plan that would rezone Preston Vineyards IV. This directly affects our neighborhood as our students would move from Gunstream Elementary to Christie Elementary. This will negatively affect our students’ education as well as the value of our homes.
Poor Performance Record
Christie Elementary does not meet the same standards as Gunstream Elementary. Over the years, it has maintained much lower overall grading and success rates. Per the Texas Education Agency’s accountability summary:
- Gunstream’s Postsecondary Readiness STAAR score is 59 while Christie’s is 32.
- Gunstream’s Student Achievement score is 89, while Christie’s is 70.
- Gunstream’s Closing Performance Gaps score is 51, while Christie’s is 40.
Negatively Affects Your Home Value
Preston Vineyards IV has been established since 1995, and there has been no change to it nor to the surrounding areas around Gunstream to justify the rezoning. Gunstream is not located around new neighborhoods that require rezoning. Gunstream is not at full capacity, and since this is a well-established area that will not be seeing a fluctuation in the number of residents, this change is unnecessary and unwarranted.
- When looking for homes, buyers do research on the neighborhood schools; the discrepancy in performance between Gunstream and Christie would decrease our homes value and salability.
Please sign this petition if you OPPOSE the Rezoning Draft Proposal for the 2017-2018 school year affecting Preston Vineyards IV.
*December 30 updates:
- The comment was made at the public rezoning hearing that the kids of Preston Vineyards IV needed to cross Hillcrest to get to school. This has been going on for over 20 years with no problems. The kids of Cypress Creek (which is located on the East side of Coit) must cross Coit and travel a much greater distance to get to school (about ½ mile further). Coit is one of the busiest streets to navigate with a larger number of cars traveling along that road on a daily basis. In comparison, the crossing of Hillcrest is in no way problematic. The middle school-aged children in our neighborhood will continue to cross Hillcrest in order to attend Wester Middle School. So a crossing guard would still be needed at that intersection. Therefore, the proposed rezoning would not eliminate a crossing guard position
- Christie Elementary has been the designated school for the ESL program that serves all of Frisco, which means the probability of overcrowding at Christie is much higher than at Gunstream. The influx of bilingual students coming to Frisco each year and needing the ESL program is highly unpredictable in comparison to the anticipated attendance at Gunstream. Keeping our kids at Gunstream which is operating below capacity, and keeping room for bilingual kids needing the ESL program at Christie is a point to be considered.
Updates
December 31, 2016
The school board continues to ignore our emails while they push this rezoning plan behind closed doors. They think we will just roll over and accept lower home values and failing grades for our children. We are currently scouting the next board meeting to confront these officials directly and demand they justify this nonsense.
Reached 100 supporters
December 31, 2016
38 Comments
We chose our home specifically because it was zoned for Gunstream. Our daughter is very attached to her Gunstream family. Please don't rezone! Don't disrupt the kinship and community we have formed as new Texas residents!
My daughter is in kindergarten at Gunstream and has already made many friends! Along with neighborhood friends we already knew before starting school. She was nervous about kindergarten because she is very shy and has had such a great experience so far at Gunstream!
We bought our home because of Gunstream. To change that would devalue my home and cost us an undue burden ESPECIALLY since the city keeps raising my taxable property value. City of Frisco and Frisco ISD is losing my trust rapidly with their recent decisions and bills they have attempted to ram through.
Based on my experience, I am surprised this petition stated Gunstream is not at capacity. Many classrooms have 28+ students. However, I fail to see how moving 60 students is going to provide any relief to Gunstream as it would appear to remove roughly 10 students per grade and only 1.5 students per classroom. I oppose this rezoning.
our students should not be constantly moved around just because the TRE did not pass and the district decided not to open the new schools...
I was very disturbed to read the news of the proposed rezoning. I moved to PVIV to be in Gunstream's district, and my daughters have done well there. My youngest daughter is in the third grade now. I was also surprised that the article mentioned that Gunstream is not currently full. Additionally, I have not heard great reviews from friends whose children attend Christie. While I know I am not privvy to all of the workings of the Frisco ISD, on the surface it does not seem to make sense to make the proposed changes. At the very least, the children already enrolled at Gunstream should be given automatic transfers for the remainder of their elementary education. The ISD should also research the variance in educations between Gunstream and Christie.
Please do not pass this! My girlfriend is moving in with me during the summer with her 2 hours for a better education.
I strongly oppose this rezoning plan.
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We chose our home specifically because it was zoned for Gunstream. Our daughter is very attached to her Gunstream family. Please don't rezone! Don't disrupt the kinship and community we have formed as new Texas residents!