"Next year we will have no school zones," said Galveston ISD spokesperson Dyann Polzin. "We're going to a schools of choice model."
The school board voted to eliminate school zones at its last meeting. It's part of the realignment plan to bring students back to the district students who left after Hurricane Ike.
Polzin said, "Each school will have its own special focused theme."
The school district is still working out descriptions of the curriculum for each school, but Oppe Elementary will have a coastal studies theme, Parker Elementary will focus on international and community studies and Crenshaw will be home to environmental studies. Morgan Elementary will continue with a science and two-way Spanish immersion theme.
Parents we talked to had mixed opinions.
"I don't think that's a good idea," said mother Michaela Carter. "I think the schools should be kept the way they are now with the zoning rules."
"I think that is a good alternative because parents can decide for themselves where is a better education for the children," said mother Rebeca Troconis.
