Families in three Katy ISD neighborhoods will have until Monday, Oct. 12, to weigh in on where their children attend elementary school.

The district's board of trustees reviewed survey results on proposed attendance boundaries for Elementary School 49 at its Monday, Sept. 21, meeting, Community Impact first reported. The new campus at 6435 Pitts Road is under construction and expected to open for the 2027-2028 school year.

More than half of surveyed parents prefer Option 2, which would split the Anniston neighborhood along Anniston Lakes Drive. Under that plan, Anniston families west of the road would move to Elementary School 49 while those east of it would stay at Youngblood Elementary. Winward would also remain at Youngblood.

Option 1 takes a different approach: Winward would shift to Elementary School 49, and all of Anniston would stay at Youngblood.

Both options aim to relieve overcrowding at Youngblood, which the district projects will enroll 1,295 students in the 2026-2027 school year at 126% of its capacity. Without boundary changes, that number could reach 3,348 students by 2035-36, or 325% of capacity.

Chief Communications Officer Andrea Grooms told the board the first survey went out in June to 571 parents in North Sunterra, Winward and Anniston. The district received 168 responses. Because the northwest quadrant is a "fast growth area," Grooms said, 54% of respondents reported living in the district for only one to three years.

After hearing that initial feedback, the district sent a second survey in July presenting both options to Anniston and Winward families. The board took no action at the Sept. 21 meeting, and no recommendation was made.

Chief Operations Officer Ted Vierling said at the June 22 board meeting, according to Community Impact, that final approval was targeted for October. The district is working with Population and Survey Analysts (PASA), a Texas demographic firm, to develop the boundary options.

Construction on Elementary School 49 began in March under a $41.02 million contract with Drymalla Construction Company, funded by the district's $840.6 million bond that 95% of voters approved in November 2023. The building is expected to be finished by June 2027.

Both surveys remain open until Oct. 12. If the board approves a boundary change, it would take effect in August 2027.