After voting to close a troubled but beloved east Arlington elementary school in January, the Arlington school board will vote at its meeting on Feb. 19 on the enrollment boundaries for the students who will be transferring to new schools.
Roughly 500 students are enrolled at Blanton Elementary School. It has been failing on the Texas Education Agency’s report card since 2023. The school, opened in 1956, is built to serve between 800 and 900 students.
The school needs over $30 million in repairs, the district has said, and has faced declining enrollment for several years. State law says that if a school receives failing grades for five years in a row, a state commissioner must close the school or appoint a board of managers to oversee the entire district…