A town hall was held at the Coronado Village Elementary School Monday night to discuss what will happen to it.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas — A win for a Universal City community as Judson Independent School District’s decided an alternative school won’t be moving into their neighborhood.
The decision was made in a town hall Monday night at the Coronado Village Elementary School.
A proposal was made in January to have JCARE, the alternative school at JISD, move into the Elementary school that is being moved to the new Selma Elementary School in the fall but neighbors did not want that.
On Thursday, a group of residents who live in and around the Coronado Village Elementary School spoke out against the proposal at a school board meeting. They argued the school would invite the wrong children to the neighborhood.
In Monday’s town hall, leaders said they listened to the concerns and will respond accordingly.
“We don’t feel comfortable moving DAP to Coronado,” JISD superintendent Milton “Rob” Fields said.
Coronado resident for 45 years, Corrinne Berklend said she was happy to hear the news.
“I feel good, I feel encouraged on what was going to happen,” Berklend said.
New ideas are being pushed forward as the elementary school prepares to close. It’s part of the district’s consolidation plan.
An online survey outlined what much of the community would want to see in the previous elementary school.
There were 178 votes for early childhood education programs to fill the school. Other options were also presented, such as bringing a creative workforce development center, expanding community and adult education programs, relocating district offices and staff and even suggesting the police station be located at the building.
“I’m realistic. We’re running a business. I don’t know what happens a year from now, we’re not going to be making a recommendation to the board to put DAP at Coronado Village,” Fields said.
The main concern from the crowd was how best to use the building and how that relates to funds used in the district.
“I felt like if they’re going to do the adult years education program here and they have more room, it would really be a neat way to repurpose this building…there would be possible chance for funding for things like that,” said Michaelle Voos, resident of Coronado Village for over 20 years.
Through the end of this week, a survey will be open to the public to share input on what they believe should fill the Coronado Village Elementary.
The Superintendent said the repurposing of Coronado is not something that needed to be done by fall of 2025 but what they did need to do was open Selma Elementary by fall of 2025 and a Middle School.
What happens to JCARE or DAP, that’s up in the air for now but another town hall to figure everything out will be held sometime in April.