Community Forum for Rezoning Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Rezoning Considerations In October 2013, the Waxahachie ISD Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the administration to reconfigure Marvin Elementary to house Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) through Fifth Grade beginning August By utilizing Marvin Elementary as a full elementary campus, this will enable the district to add an additional 396 elementary seats and eliminate overcrowding in several of the district’s elementary campuses. Possible Expansion of the Pre-Kindergarten Program Bilingual programs located at Wedgeworth and Dunaway

Texas nonfarm employment growth was up 2.3% in 4Q13, well above the U.S. increase of 1.5%. (BLS/TWC) The state's unemployment rate has been at or below the national rate for 7 consecutive years. (State Comptrollers Office) Texas’ $18.7 billion in exports for November 2013 represented more than 18% of all U.S. exports, a percentage that has been steadily increasing since (Census Bureau and Wisertrade) Unemployment rates - Texas Labor Market Information (December 2013) - U.S. 6.5% - Texas 5.6% - DFW MSA 5.4% - Ellis County 5.4% - Waxahachie 5.2% Dallas was the #7 ranked Best Performing City in the U.S. for 2013 according to the Miliken Institute’s annual publication. Employment at corporate headquarters located in Dallas increased 16% from , about 4,200 new jobs. DFW builders put up 21,236 new homes in 2013, a 19% increase over (Metrostudy) 3 Economic Conditions

DFW New Home Ranking Report 4 ISD Ranked by Annual Closings – 4Q13 RankDistrict NameAnnual StartsAnnual ClosingsVDLFuture 1Frisco ISD2,9312,7043,7948,935 2Northwest ISD1,2661,1871,71721,974 3Denton ISD1,3001,1522,51013,902 4Lewisville ISD ,7332,911 5Dallas ISD ,2077,333 6Prosper ISD ,56115,686 7Keller ISD ,2163,217 8McKinney ISD ,2387,203 9Eagle Mtn. - Saginaw ISD ,51519,968 10Mansfield ISD ,547 11Little Elm ISD ,691 12Allen ISD ,251 13Rockwall ISD ,6398,186 14Plano ISD ,631 15Forney ISD ,33111,477 16Crowley ISD ,7628,276 17Burleson ISD ,429 18Wylie ISD ,079 19Fort Worth ISD ,567 20Midlothian ISD ,547 21Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Anna ISD ,618 23Garland ISD ,925 24Waxahachie ISD ,112 25HEB ISD ,199 Totals21,23620,01946,087280,066

New Housing Activity 2013 starts are up almost 17% over 2012 Closings for 2013 exceeded the 2012 total by more than 38%. Inventory is very low, look for starts to climb in early Waxahachie ISD New Housing Activity Starts Closings Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Total Total

Annual Closing Distribution 4Q13 6 Top 10 Subdivisions - 4Q13 (Ranked by Annual Closings) Rank Subdivision Annual Starts Quarter Starts Annual Closings Quarter Closings 1Saddlebrook Estates (Waxahachie) North East Meadows Arbor at Willow Grove, The Garden Valley Ranch Mustang Creek (Waxahachie) Windchase East Windchase Addition Oxford Ranch Park Place (Waxahachie) Willow Springs (Waxahachie)7193 TOTALS

Overall Housing Data By Elementary Attendance Zone Highest activity in the category Second highest activity in the category 7 ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONE Annual Starts Quarter Starts Annual Closings Quarter ClosingsInventory Vacant Dev. LotsFutureTotal CLIFT ELEMENTARY ,1925,724 DUNAWAY ELEMENTARY FELTY ELEMENTARY ,0842,146 NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SHACKELFORD ELEMENTARY ,4053,239 WEDGEWORTH ELEMENTARY ,2991,997 TOTALS ,11213,543

Enrollment History Year (Oct.)EE/PKK1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12thTotal Total Growth % 2009/ , / , % 2011/ , % 2012/ , % 2013/ , % 2014/15 SCEN.EE/PKK1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12thTotal Total Growth Roll-up , yr Avg , Last YR Cohort , *Yellow box = largest grade per year *Green box = second largest grade per year

Current Elementary Zones CampusEnrollmentED% Clift % Felty % Dunaway % Marvin (PK) % Northside % Shackelford % Wedgeworth %

Current Junior High Zones CampusEnrollment Finley J.H.801 Howard J.H.915

Ten Year Forecast by Campus 11 Current Capacity CurrentFall Projections 2013/142014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24 Dunaway Elementary Felty Elementary Clift Elementary Marvin Elementary (EE/PK) Northside Elementary Shackelford Elementary Wedgeworth Elementary ELEMENTARY TOTALS4,6003,6893,7563,8433,9203,9664,0684,1714,2604,3624,4654,562 Elementary Growth Junior High Schools 2013/142014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232022/24 Finley J.H.1, Howard J.H ,0331,0461,0551,0661,0991,125 Middle School Totals2,0001,7161,7661,7411,7791,8671,9001,9311,9391,9752,0272,064 Middle School Growth High School 2013/142014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232022/24 Waxahachie High School2,1501,9181,9392,0432,1152,1222,1812,1802,2682,3202,3472,409 Waxahachie Global H.S. 395 Waxahachie H.S. of Choice 72 High School Totals2,1502,3852,4062,5102,5822,5892,6482,6472,7352,7872,8142,876 High School Growth DISTRICT TOTALS8,7507,7907,9288,0948,2818,4228,6168,7498,9349,1249,3069,502 GROWTH Percent Growth 1.8% 2.1%2.3%1.7%2.3%1.5%2.1% 2.0%2.1% *Yellow over current capacity

Proposed Elementary Zones CampusEnrollmentED% Clift % Felty % Dunaway % Marvin % Northside % Shackelford % Wedgeworth %

Proposed Elementary Zones Mustang Creek to Felty Hunter Cove Apt. to Wedgeworth Blue Lake Villas to Wedgeworth Katy Lake to Northside Area east of Ross St. to Clift Bent Tree Apt to Marvin Area south of Ross St. to Marvin Vista Hills to Marvin

Proposed Junior High Zones CampusEnrollment Finley J.H.956 Howard J.H.760

Next Steps Next Public Forums: Thursday, March 27 th, and Monday, March 31 st ; Both at the WHS Fine Arts Center at 7:00 PM Final Plan Approval: Monday, April 14 th, Board of Trustees Meeting Final Plan Communicated to the Community: Beginning on Tuesday, April 15 th For additional information, please “click” on the “Rezoning 2014” link on the district’s website at