Office of the Superintendent of Schools
Office of the Chief of Schools
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Approval To Consolidate And/Or Co-locate: Rufus Cage Elementary School Into Dora B. Lantrip Elementary School; Lamar Fleming, Jr., And John L. McReynolds Middle Schools Into Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men; And William P. Hobby Elementary School Into Audrey H. Lawson Middle School
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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) School Board is asked to approve the closure of the Rufus Cage and William P. Hobby elementary school facilities and the Lamar Fleming, Jr., and John L. McReynolds middle school facilities, and to consolidate or co-locate these schools with other facilities at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
The board is also asked to approve attendance boundary changes to include the attendance zones of the facilities to be closed where necessary for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Early Childhood Center (MLK ECC), Dora B. Lantrip Elementary School, Audrey H. Lawson Middle School, and Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men. The changes will modify attendance boundaries for co-locations as follows:
• Cage Elementary School (ES) to Lantrip ES;
• Fleming Middle School (MS) and McReynolds MS to Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men; and
• Hobby ES grades one through five (1-5) to Lawson MS.
Hobby ES prekindergarten and kindergarten students will be zoned to and become students of the MLK ECC.
Board policy requires students to attend school within a designated attendance zone unless a transfer has been approved. Cage ES, Hobby ES, Fleming MS, and McReynolds MS are experiencing declining enrollment and shifting demographics while operating with funding that has not kept pace with inflation and rising costs, and managing aging, underutilized facilities that are increasingly expensive to maintain.
A co-location of two schools in one building is an arrangement in which separate, independently operated schools share a single facility while maintaining separate operations and academic programs. The schools coordinate the use of common spaces-such as cafeterias, gyms, libraries, and auditoriums-according to an agreed-upon schedule to ensure equitable access and efficient operations.
The district will provide bus transportation, pursuant to district policy, for the rezoned students. During the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year, the district will facilitate visits to and transition activities for the new schools.
The proposed attendance boundaries are indicated in the attached maps.
THIS ITEM DOES NOT ESTABLISH, MODIFY, OR DELETE BOARD POLICY.
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RECOMMENDED: That the School Board approves the consolidation and/or co-location of Cage ES into Lantrip ES, Fleming MS and McReynolds MS into Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men, and Hobby ES into Lawson MS, and the modification of attendance boundaries where necessary, effective February 27, 2026.