Fort Bend ISD is expected to vote Monday, Oct. 5, on boundary changes that could move between 1,050 and 1,561 students out of overcrowded Elkins High School in Missouri City.

District officials outlined the timeline at a Monday, Aug. 31, board meeting, according to Community Impact. The vote comes after a community survey on draft attendance scenarios closed Sunday, Aug. 30.

Two options are on the table. The first would send about 1,050 Elkins students to Clements High School. The second would rezone Quail Valley Middle School to Dulles High School and shift part of the Elkins zone to Clements, affecting roughly 1,561 students.

Both scenarios grew out of work by the district's School Boundary Advisory Committee (SBAC), which has reviewed enrollment projections, campus utilization and student needs since May. The committee agreed on the overall high school pattern but split over how to relieve Elkins.

SBAC chair Monica Willis said in an Aug. 20 Community Impact report that the debate centered not on whether Elkins needed relief but on the degree and method.

The boundary review targets three overcrowded high schools districtwide, but Elkins is the only one in Missouri City. Deputy Superintendent Beth Martinez explained the rationale at an Aug. 17 board workshop, saying the goal was to relieve those schools and reduce feeder-pattern splits where students from one elementary are sent to multiple middle schools, Houston Public Media reported.

The district collected feedback through an online survey open Aug. 18 through Aug. 30. Martinez said at the time that survey responses would be reviewed to prepare final recommendations for the board.

If approved, the new boundaries would take effect for the 2027-28 school year. Current high school students and rising eighth graders could stay at their existing campus under a grandfathering provision, but the district would not provide transportation for those who opt to stay.

No schools will close as part of the boundary process, district officials said. The review also covers nine middle schools, including Lake Olympia, Billy Baines and Amy Coleman in the Missouri City area.

The district is expected to present final boundary recommendations to the board in September before the Oct. 5 vote.