Plano ISD has fallen in performance rankings to 157 in...

March 27, 2015 Plano Planning & Zoning Commission P.O. Box 860358 Plano, TX 75086-0358 Dear Commissioners, Chairman Bender and Director Day: High quality schools are the lifeblood of Plano and the primary reason most of us chose to live here. From the outset, we have stated that the Plano Tomorrow Plan does not focus enough on our schools and the question of how to help our schools maintain their quality reputation. Already many of our schools are under duress and before the state stopped rating districts after 2011, PISD had fallen from being an Exemplary District to “Recognized.” It is our sense that the school district has continued its descent since 2011. In the attached data, you will see information on the poor test results and performance ratings of several Plano elementary schools. We have also stated our concern that emphasis on growing the population through increased dense multi-family housing, including urban mixed used developments and mid-rise apartments, would put our schools and neighborhoods further at risk. Did you know?

• PISD is now rated 157th out of the 940 school districts in Texas, far behind Highland Park, Carroll, Allen, Wylie and Frisco.

• That Huffman Elementary was rated in the 36th percentile of all schools in Texas for 2014? As recently as 2008, Huffman was in the 90th percentile.

• Nearby Jackson Elementary is only in the 46th percentile. • Several other Plano elementary schools are below the 40th percentile of all

Texas schools. (Meadows, Mendenhall, Memorial, Forman) Is this the Urban Development we want?

In this letter you will find a real life example of an urban development that demonstrates our concerns. We would like to focus attention on the urban development at the northeast corner of Frankford Road and the Dallas North Tollway and its impact on Huffman Elementary. This area could fit under Plano’s definition of an urban mixed use development. Study of this area shows that many children live in multi-family housing and that the development has a significant impact on neighboring schools and nearby neighborhoods. While this development is not in the city of Plano, it is within Plano Independent School District. The study shows how the City of Plano and its schools can be affected by dense apartment developments not just within the city, but also by developments in on its border in adjoining cities. Therefore it is important that the city consider existing developments both within and just outside Plano’s borders, particularly areas still within PISD boundaries, and how the Plano Tomorrow Plan could exacerbate existing issues being experienced by the City and PISD. Attachment 2: Plano Schools in Distress discusses several elementary schools in Plano on the brink of crises. The area of interest discussed in the following pages consists of approximately 230 acres located northeast of the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Frankford Road bordered by White Rock Creek on the East and George Bush / State Highway 190 on the north. This area could fit the definition of an “Urban Walkable Neighborhood.” There are 5,921 apartments in this area in 15 separate apartment complexes. Without crossing a busy street, it is possible to pass between all 15 of these apartment

5904 Johns Wood Dr. Plano, TX 75093

Plano ISD has fallen in performance rankings to 157th in Texas; several of its schools are in distress

Letter to P&Z on high density development and impact on schools

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It requires 22 school buses to transport the 1,300 K-10 children in this urban development to Plano schools.

complexes, access a major retail center with a grocery store, several restaurants and local retail services and to access a City of Dallas dog park and Katie Jackson Park, which has 46 acres with 5 miles of biking and hiking trails. Also close by, within walking distance on the west side of the Tollway, are office buildings and more restaurants. The only missing element from Plano’s preferred vision of an urban mixed use development is that there are not any apartments built on the top of the retail center. We note, however, that Plano’s new “urban mixed use developments” on both the east and west sides of Coit Road at Mapleshade Lane also rely on single story retail in these “mixed use” developments. As shown in Attachment 1: Multifamily Housing and Impact on Our Schools, the 2010 Census counted

approximately 1,250 children under the age of 18 in the apartments in the 230 acre tract. Either children documented in 2010 were greatly undercounted or the number of children has grown significantly in the past five years. Today in 2015, PISD uses 22 buses to transport the children in grades K through 10 living in these apartments to its schools every day. We estimate that translates to approximately 1,300 school age children. There are so many students that they are divided up to attend three different elementary schools (Huffman, Mitchell

and Haggar). As shown in Attachment 1, this influx of children has had an immensely negative impact on neighboring schools. Several developers with proposed apartment projects, City Staff, and some members of P&Z and Council, have repeatedly made the statement that kids don’t live in apartments and they do not affect our schools. Yes it’s true that when the first of the apartments at Frankford were built in the 80’s and 90’s, not that many had children living there. But as time has passed, more apartments were built and the apartments have aged, the number of children has increased dramatically as discussed above, and now includes over 1,300 school age children. While we know PISD is doing all it can to educate the children within its boundaries, it is clearly being stressed beyond its capacity to deal with this influx of students and we believe adding even more apartments along the Plano side of the border will, in the long run, make the situation worse. High quality schools are the lifeblood of Plano and the primary reason most of us chose to live here. When Toyota recently announced its move to Plano, the schools were cited as the number one reason for selecting Plano. We have always touted the quality of our schools, but as shown in Attachment 2: Plano Schools in Distress, the schools have been starting to slip and this is a dark undercurrent that could dim our future. One of the Old Shepard residents said it best at the P&Z meeting in March when talking about the PISD schools going downhill and saying, “once you lose your reputation for fine schools, it affects whether people will buy homes in that district and then it’s a downhill spiral with no hope of the district ever regaining its reputation.” Developers argue that adding apartments adds tax base, but if adding dense new apartment developments drives down the value of single family homes, the City is a net loser of revenue with more residents to serve. If our schools perform poorly, employers will no longer be attracted here because their employees will not want to live here. Proponents of the Plano Tomorrow Plan point to the success of the Shops at Legacy and say we need 10 more just like it. We say developments like that are unique and cannot be manufactured. All the right elements need to be in place first, including a dense employment base and demonstrated need for restaurants and hotels. We believe efforts to inorganically create such developments are likely to fail, resulting in areas that are just dense multi-family developments with no caché.

Letter to P&Z on high density development and impact on schools

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In Attachment 3: Letter From Real Estate Agent, Margaret Streicher an area real estate agent expresses her real life experience with relocating employees who are red-lining nice Plano neighborhoods because of the poor reputation of the neighborhood schools; others are willing to consider the neighborhood only on the basis that it will be necessary to send their children to private school. She states that in her experience, Plano is increasingly losing out to Frisco, Allen and Prosper as the prospective buyer compares the quality of the schools. For those that can afford private schools and want to live close-in, Plano may lose out to areas of North Dallas like Preston-Forest and Preston-Royal which are closer in and have ample private school opportunities. We are hearing from some that think charter schools may the best answer for Plano’s school problems. Let’s focus on how the Plano Tomorrow Plan can improve our neighborhoods and schools

Once we lose our reputation for fine schools, employers will choose other areas so their employees can live in an exemplary school district leaving Plano in a downward spiral. We have seen this happen in many other cities in the US. Please don’t let this happen to Plano. Let’s focus on how the Plano Tomorrow Plan can improve our neighborhoods and help our schools. Sincerely, Jim Dillavou On behalf of the PlanoFuture.org Council cc: Plano City Council Attachments: Attachment 1: Multifamily Housing and Impact on Schools Attachment 2: Plano Schools in Distress Attachment 3: Letter From Real Estate Agent, Margaret Streicher

Attachment 1 Multifamily Housing Impact on Schools

Multi-family Housing and Impact on Schools

This paper focuses on apartments in Southwestern Plano Independent Schools District It is focused on elementary school students, particularly at Mitchell and Huffman

The Plano Tomorrow Plan seeks to urbanize Plano by allowing apartments including Urban Mixed Use and Mid-rise residential on just about all available land in Plano

The advocates of "urbanization" state that we do not need to worry about schools because children do not live in apartments. They want dense concentrations of apartments to create "vibrant walkable neighborhoods" with lots of activity. The city recently enacted a policy for requiring a minimum density for multi-family developments of 40 units per acre. For the apartments currently being built at Coit South Plano Parkway, by Central Market, the City specified a minimum density of 50 units per acre.

The Plan for Haggard West proposed a development on 280 acres at Windhaven and the Tollway with 4,900 multi-family units. The developer noted it was fully consistent with Plano's objectives for Urban Mixed Use Development and growing the population of Plano. The Plan was tabled because it was not specific enough and it was too much to approve all at once. It was suggested the developer break it up into 5 or 6 different pieces and come back for approval.

We thought it would be instructive to compare this to the area on the east side of the Tollway between Frankford and George Bush. Although this tract is in the city of Dallas, it is in Plano ISD. This area is about 230 acres, with 5,921 apartments and is solid apartments. That’s a density of 26 units per acre. What would it be like if it was 40 or 50 units per acre? This area appears to meet the definition of the vibrant walkable neighborhood Plano says it wants– it has a major grocery store and several restaurants on its southern edge that can be accessed without crossing any busy streets, a city of Dallas dog park on its northern edge and city of Dallas public park along the eastern edge and is dense with 9,000 residents.

Based on US Census data as of 2010, it appears a minimum 1,011 children lived in these apartments during the 2010 census. The actual number was likely much higher. There are 287 homes in the census tract with 732 residents and we assumed there was only one adult in each house and the rest were 445 children to calculate the maximum number of children living the houses. (reality is probably half that amount of children live in the houses). Since there were 1,456 children in the two census tracts, the minimum number of children living in apartments is 1,011 (but more likely around 1,250). Of course, apartments are transient and many of the children living in these apartments in 2010 would no longer be there in 2015, but we believe it is likely they have been replaced by other children and overall there are more children today in these apartments than in 2010. Based on the same Census data, we estimate there were over 400 children ages 0 through 6 in 2010 that would now be in grades K-5 in these apartments, of which we estimate 326 are in the Huffman Elementary attendance boundaries.

This would constitute over half of the students attending Huffman elementary. Is it coincidental that Huffman elementary is performing very poorly and is in the 36th percentile of all schools in Texas? Many DISD elementary schools are far better than that. We hear that many people living in Old Shepard Place refuse to send their children Huffman, even though Huffman is in their neighborhood. Instead, they are driving their kids to other PISD schools, have enrolled them in private school or are home schooling them. What a sorry state of affairs.

We also looked at 2015 bus routes to estimate the number of students enrolled in grades K-10. There are 22 school buses exclusively serving the apartments in this area and we estimate that PISD is transporting 1,300 students to its schools, including over 600 in K-5, 385 in 6-8 and 300 in grades 9-10.

If this is the result of Urban walkable neighborhoods, is that what we want for Plano? Well we effectively already have four Urban Centers - the Shops at Legacy, the area around Coit & Plano Parkway, Heritage 190 (approved for construction) at Alma & 190 / George Bush and Downtown Plano. Do we need any more? We don't think our schools can deal with it - what do you think?

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This analysis is focused on Apartments Feeding Huffman & Mitchell ElementaryApartments in North Dallas / SW Plano - Area West of White Rock Creek and South of Park Blvd. Feeding Schools Huffman / Mitchell / Haggar / BarksdaleAlmost all Apartments Feeding Huffman are between the Tollway and White Rock Creek and North of Timberglenn

Tract 1 Area East of Tollway, West of White Rock, North of Frankford, South of Hwy 190

Huffman - From N Dallas, East of Tollway535 Grammercy Park 4755 Gramercy Oaks242 Crestmont Reserve 5050 Pear Ridge376 Madison on the Parkway 19002 Dallas Parkway388 Versailles 4900 Pear Ridge Dr636 Haverly Park / Oaks 4701 Haverwood228 Idlewyld Village 4849 Haverwood590 Landmark at Glen Eagles 4909 Haverwood180 4804 Haverwood 4804 Haverwood aka Haverly Place228 Stone Ridge 4750 Haverwood

3,403 Total Apartments from N Dallas in Huffman Attendance ZoneThese apartments are on approximately 120 acres - density of 28 units per acre

Mitchell - From N Dallas E of Tollway522 Verandas at Timberglen 4607 Timberglen456 Sutton Place 18600 Dallas Parkway260 Creekside 4750 Pear Ridge168 Pear Ridge 4754 Old Bent Tree lane562 Rancho Pallisades 4849 Frankford Rd

1,968 Total Apartments East of Tollway in Mitchell Attendance Zone

Haggar From N Dallas, E of Tollway, West of White Rock550 Champions of North Dallas 4912 Haverwood550 Total N Dallas Apartments in this Tract (West of White Rock) in Haggar Attendance Zone

5,921 Total Dallas Apartments - East of Tollway, West of White Rock North of FrankfordThis area is approximately 230 acres, or a density of 25.7 units per acre.

Other Apartments in southwest PISDWest of Tollway - Mitchell

242 4343 at the Parkway 4343 Rosemeade236 Willows on Rosemeade 4300 Rosemeade252 The Park on Rosemeade 4141 Rosemeade224 La Salle 18725 Dallas Parkway224 The Brixton 18959 Dallas Parkway164 Walkers Mark 4055 Frankford Rd

1,342 Total Mitchell West of Tollway

N of 190, West of Tollway, S of Park - Barksdale364 Ashmore on Horizon 4300 Horizon286 The Brazos 4341 Horizon348 Emory on Horizon 4200 Horizon 372 Wimberly 4141 Horizon

1,370 Total Barksdale,

N of 190, East of Tollway (Plano) - Huffman338 Collonade @Willow Bend 1100 Meredith Ln

3,741 Total Apartments in Huffman Attendance Zone

3,310 Total Apartments in Mitchell Attendance Zone


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Estimated students based on number of buses

This analysis shows that about 1,300 students attend PISD Grades K-6 from the Apartment described below.It is based on the number of Buses serving these North Dallas Apartments inCensus tracts 371.13 & 317.14, East of Tollway, West of White Rock creek, North of Frankford, S of SH 190 /Bush There are 5,921 apartments on these 230 acres north & east of the Albertson's Shopping Center on FrankfordThe analysis assumes all students take the bus and none are transported in cars or other private means.The average School bus holds 90+ students at 3 per seat, but only 60+ for adults at 2 per seat

Elementary school buses depart around 7:00 AMMiddle school buses depart around 7:30 amHigh School Buses depart around 8:20 am

Level School # of BusesBus

CapacityExpected per bus

Estimated students

Elementary s Huffman 4 90 70 280Elementary s Mitchell 4 90 70 280Elementary s Haggar 1 90 70 70

Total Elementary - K-6 9 630Middle Renner 3 70 55 165Middle Frankford 4 70 55 220

Total Middle Schools 7 385High school Shepton 6 60 50 300

Total Buses and Students K-10th grade 22 1,315

School Bus #, complex servedElementary Schools - buses depart around 7 amHuffman 813 Haverly Park (the Oaks)Huffman 837 Idlewyld Village, Versailles, Crestmont Reserve, Gramercy on the ParkHuffman 819 Landmark at Glen Eagles, Haverly Place Apts, Stone RidgeHuffman 809 Madison on the ParkwayMitchell 834 Verandas at TimberglenMitchell 810 Creekside, Sutton PlaceMitchell 838 Pear Ridge AptsMitchell 834 Rancho PalisadesHaggar Bus 815 – Champions of North DallasMiddle schools - buses depart around 730 amRenner Bus 810 Idlewyld Village, Landmark at Glen Eagles, Haverly Place, Champions (split w Frankford)Renner Bus 825 Stone Ridge, Versailles, Crestmont Reserve, Gramercy on the ParkRenner Bus 831 Haverly Park (the Oaks), Madison on the Parkway, Frankford Bus 837 Sutton PlaceFrankford Bus 834 Creekside at Pear Ridge, Champions (Split some go to Renner)Frankford Bus 827 Pear Ridge AptsFrankford Bus 806 Rancho PalisadesHigh school (9th & 10th grade) - buses depart around 820 amShepton Bus 835 Crestmont Reserve, Stone Ridge, Gramercy on the ParkShepton Bus 804 Versailles, Idlewyld Village, Shepton Bus 803 Haverly Park, Madison, Shepton Bus 831 Landmark at Gleneagles, Shepton Bus 834 Champions, 4804, Creekside, Rancho PalisadesShepton Bus 806 Sutton Place, Verandas, Pear Ridge


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Census Tracts 317.14 and 317.13 are the areas East of the Tollway, West of White Rock Creek, North of Frankford and South of Geo. Bush /Hwy 190

Preston Rd

Frankford

SH 190

White Rock

There is one small housing development in that straddles these two census tracts (Oaktree) with 287 homes. Although the census data states there are 363 owner occupied houses in these 2 census tracts, there are actually only 287 houses and the rest are 5,921 apartments. 174 houses are in Census Tract 317.13 and 113 houses are in Census Tract 317.14 It is important to point out the census data at this granular level is notoriously under reported especially by minorities and low income households. Corrections to data occur for underreporting at higher level, so it is safe to assume the number of occupants in the apartment households are under reported. All of the 287 houses in Tracts 317.13 and 317.14 attend Haggar Elementary.


Analysis of Census Data for Census Tracts 317.13 and 317.14 All of the apartments in 317.14 attend Huffman Elementary, except Champions attends Haggar Elementary Most of the apartments in 317.13 attend Mitchell Elementary. Rancho Palisades attends Haggar, Stone Ridge attends Huffman

Number of Apartments in Tract 3,725 5,921Children under 18 in Tract 806 1,456Children under 14 in Tract 774 1,318# of Households w Children < 18 547 961 Number of Houses in Tract 113 287 Minimum # Apts w Children 434 674 # of Single Par. Households w Children 334 539 Average occupants in Owned homes 2.47 n/aMax # of Children per Owned home 1.47 n/aMax # Children in Owned homes 166 445 Minimum # Child < 18 in apartments 640 1,011# Children under 5 in 2010 342 553 # Children under 6 in 2010 (estimated) 410 664 Expected # Children in Gr K-5 in 2015 410 664 Est. Children from Apts @ Huffman 2015 326 326

(Based on 2010 census)

Note Children in Owned homes & Champion Apt. in 317.14 go to Haggar, but children in Stone Ridge apartments in 317.13 go to HuffmanTable assumes 79% of the children in in 317.14 go to Huffman, which is the percentage of apartments with children to total householdsTable assumes that the 287 houses only have one adult and all of the other 445 occupants are children. If instead, was assumed there were 1.8 adults per house, the number of children living in houses would only be 215, meaning that 1,241 children under 18 were living in apartments rather than the minimum 1,011 used here.

CENSUS DATA FROM US CENSUS BUREAU

Percent Number Percent Number Percent

100.0 5,028 100.0 9,000 100.0%5.3 342 6.8 553 6.1%4.7 250 5.0 438 4.9%3.7 182 3.6 327 3.6%4.4 182 3.6 357 4.0%

10.6 633 12.6 1,053 11.7%19.2 1,013 20.1 1,774 19.7%14.8 700 13.9 1,287 14.3%

8.5 418 8.3 754 8.4%6.9 358 7.1 632 7.0%6.6 300 6.0 561 6.2%4.8 226 4.5 415 4.6%4.4 151 3.0 326 3.6%3.2 115 2.3 241 2.7%1.4 85 1.7 140 1.6%0.8 36 0.7 69 0.8%0.5 15 0.3 36 0.4%0.3 11 0.2 21 0.2%0.1 11 0.2 16 0.2%

( X ) 29.4 ( X )

85.4 4,222 84.0 7,614 84.6%83.6 4,162 82.8 7,484 83.2%80.4 3,992 79.4 7,184 79.8%

5.0 208 4.1 406 4.5%3.1 158 3.1 282 3.1%

In 2010 the were a total of 1,318 children age 14 and under living in Census Tracts 317.13 and 317.14, which is the area from the Tollway, East to White Rock Creek Between Frankford Road and Geo Bush Hwy 190

DP-1-Geography-Census Tract 317.13 and 317.14, Collin County, Texas Population Group-Total population: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010

Census tracts 317.13 &. 14 combinedCensus tract 317.14

21 years and over 3,192 62 years and over 198 65 years and over 124

16 years and over 3,392 18 years and over 3,322

85 years and over 5

Median age (years) 30.7

70 to 74 years 33 75 to 79 years 21 80 to 84 years 10




15 to 19 years 175 20 to 24 years 420

Total population 3,972 Under 5 years 211 5 to 9 years 188

Subject NumberSEX AND AGE [1]

Census tract 317.13

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/sf2.pdf.Summary File 2 has a population threshold of 100. Data are available only for the population groups having a population of 100 or more of that specific group within a particular geographic area.

2010 Census Summary File 2 from US Census Bureau

10 to 14 years 145

Census tract 317.14Census tract 317.13

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Census tracts 317.13 &. 14 combined

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Subject Number

Census tract 317.13

48.6 2,416 48.1 4,345 48.3%2.7 183 3.6 290 3.2%2.1 119 2.4 201 2.2%1.8 99 2.0 172 1.9%2.3 83 1.7 173 1.9%4.5 269 5.4 446 5.0%9.9 489 9.7 883 9.8%7.6 369 7.3 670 7.4%4.6 201 4.0 383 4.3%3.1 195 3.9 318 3.5%3.2 135 2.7 261 2.9%2.2 91 1.8 177 2.0%2.1 65 1.3 147 1.6%1.3 54 1.1 105 1.2%0.6 36 0.7 60 0.7%0.4 13 0.3 28 0.3%0.3 4 0.1 16 0.2%0.1 3 0.1 6 0.1%0.0 8 0.2 9 0.1%

( X ) 29.6 ( X )

41.5 1,997 39.7 3,645 40.5%40.5 1,971 39.2 3,579 39.8%39.0 1,907 37.9 3,455 38.4%2.2 87 1.7 174 1.9%1.4 64 1.3 119 1.3%

51.4 2,612 51.9 4,655 51.7%2.6 159 3.2 263 2.9%2.7 131 2.6 237 2.6%1.8 83 1.7 155 1.7%2.1 99 2.0 184 2.0%6.1 364 7.2 607 6.7%9.2 524 10.4 891 9.9%7.2 331 6.6 617 6.9%3.9 217 4.3 371 4.1%3.8 163 3.2 314 3.5%3.4 165 3.3 300 3.3%2.6 135 2.7 238 2.6%2.3 86 1.7 179 2.0%1.9 61 1.2 136 1.5%0.8 49 1.0 80 0.9%0.5 23 0.5 41 0.5%0.2 11 0.2 20 0.2%0.2 8 0.2 15 0.2%0.1 3 0.1 7 0.1%

( X ) 29.2 ( X )

43.9 2,225 44.3 3,969 44.1%43.2 2,191 43.6 3,905 43.4%41.4 2,085 41.5 3,729 41.4%2.8 121 2.4 232 2.6%1.7 94 1.9 163 1.8%

100.0 5,028 100.0 9,000 100.0%100.0 5,028 100.0 9,000 100.0%58.5 2,928 58.2 5,251 58.3%11.5 495 9.8 951 10.6%18.0 943 18.8 1,658 18.4%15.6 805 16.0 1,426 15.8%3.7 188 3.7 335 3.7%0.5 43 0.9 64 0.7%0.4 30 0.6 44 0.5%8.3 474 9.4 805 8.9%0.2 16 0.3 22 0.2%0.1 0 0.0 2 0.0%

4.3 273 5.4 445 4.9%0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%

In group quarters 0 Institutionalized population 0

65 years and over 2

Unmarried partner 172

65 years and over 14 Nonrelatives 331 Under 18 years 6

Own child under 18 years 621 Other relatives 147 Under 18 years 21

Householder 2,323 Spouse [2] 456 Child 715

RELATIONSHIP [1] Total population 3,972 In households 3,972

62 years and over 111 65 years and over 69

16 years and over 1,744 18 years and over 1,714 21 years and over 1,644


75 to 79 years 9 80 to 84 years 7 85 years and over 4





Under 5 years 104 5 to 9 years 106 10 to 14 years 72

65 years and over 55

Female population 2,043

18 years and over 1,608 21 years and over 1,548 62 years and over 87


16 years and over 1,648

80 to 84 years 3 85 years and over 1






Male population 1,929 Under 5 years 107


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Subject Number

Census tract 317.13

0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%0.0 0 0.0 - 0.0%

100.0 2,928 100.0 5,251 100%32.9 975 33.3 1,740 33%17.8 547 18.7 961 18%

19.6 495 16.9 951 18%9.0 213 7.3 422 8%3.6 117 4.0 200 4%1.7 71 2.4 110 2%9.7 363 12.4 589 11%7.1 263 9.0 429 8%

67.1 1,953 66.7 3,511 67%56.4 1,622 55.4 2,933 56%28.3 804 27.5 1,461 28%0.9 27 0.9 48 1%

28.2 818 27.9 1,472 28%1.4 47 1.6 79 2%

18.6 585 20.0 1,018 19%4.6 137 4.7 243 5%

( X ) 1.72 ( X ) 3 x ( X ) 2.67 ( X ) 5 x

100.0 2,928 100.0 5,251 100%10.0 130 4.4 363 7% ( X ) 321 ( X ) 927 x ( X ) 2.47 ( X ) 2.54 x90.0 2,798 95.6 4,888 93% ( X ) 4,707 ( X ) 8,073 x ( X ) 1.68 ( X ) 1.65 x Average household size of renter- 1.61

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010

X Not applicable.[1] When a category other than Total Population is selected, all persons in the household are classified by the race, Hispanic or Latino origin, or tribe/tribal grouping of the person.[2] "Spouse" represents spouse of the householder. It does not reflect all spouses in a household. Responses of "same-sex spouse" were edited during processing to "unmarried partner."[3] When a category other than Total Population is selected, all persons in the household are classified by the race, Hispanic or Latino origin, or tribe/tribal grouping of the householder.[4] "Family households" consist of a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state issuing marriage certificates for same-sex couples. Same-sex couple households are included in the family households category if there is at least one additional person related to the householder by birth or adoption. Same-sex couple households with no relatives of the householder present are tabulated in nonfamily households. "Nonfamily households" consist of people living alone and households which do not have any members related to the householder.[5] As part of the release of Summary File 2 (SF2) data, the Census Bureau released quick-table DP-1 for 38 states between December 15, 2011 and April 5, 2012. Some of the data cells in these tables were found to be erroneous (the male institutionalized population count and percentage). The tables were removed on April 9, 2012, and the data cells were corrected and re-released on April 26, 2012

Summary File 2, Tables PCT3, PCT4, PCT7, PCT9, PCT10, PCT15, PCT18, PCT22, PCT24, PCT28, PCT31, PCT32, PCT36, PCT37, PCT39, HCT2, HCT4, HCT5, and HCT7.

Average household size owner- 2.60 Renter-occupied housing units 2,090 Population in renter-occupied 3,366

Occupied housing units 2,323 Owner-occupied housing units 233 Population in owner-occupied 606

Average family size 2.72

HOUSING TENURE [3]

Households with individuals 65 years 106

Average household size 1.71

65 years and over 32

Households with individuals under 18 433

Male 657 65 years and over 21 Female 654

With own children under 18 years 166 Nonfamily households [4] 1,558 Householder living alone 1,311

Male householder, no wife present 83 With own children under 18 years 39 Female householder, no husband 226

Husband-wife family 456 With own children under 18 years 209

Total households 2,323 Family households (families) [4] 765With own children under 18 years 414

Female 0

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE [3]

Female 0 Noninstitutionalized population 0 Male 0

Male 0


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Dallas Crime stats Beat # 614 two years ended March 1, 2015 From Dallas Police WebsiteNumbers in Green are the number of Reported crimes for Theft, Robbery, Burglary and Aggravated Assault, Including murder

Here is the report, excluding theft and theft of motor vehicle (only Robbery , Burglary and Aggravated Assault)

Note the Black A is for Aggravated AssaultThe Black and Yellow B is for Burglary of a BusinessThe Red and Yellow R is for Burglary of a Residence

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Plano Schools in Distress

Data From Schooldigger.com March 2015

One of our primary concerns about the Plano Tomorrow Plan has been the impact of all these apartments on our Plano Schools. High quality schools are the lifeblood of Plano and the primary reason most of us chose to live here. When Toyota recently announced its move to Plano, the schools were cited as the number one reason for selecting Plano. While we have always touted the quality of our schools, they have been starting to slip and this is a dark undercurrent that could dim our future. One of the Old Shepard residents said it best at the P&Z meeting in February when talking about the PISD schools going downhill and saying once you lose your reputation for fine schools, it affects whether people will buy homes in that district and then it’s a downhill spiral with no hope of the district ever regaining its reputation. The City may think adding apartments adds tax base but if adding dense new apartment developments drives down the value of single family homes, the City is a net loser of revenue with more residents to serve. If our schools perform poorly, employers will no longer be attracted here because their employees will not want to live here.

Some members of the City Staff, P&Z and Council have repeatedly made the statement that kids don’t live in apartments and they do not affect our schools. We know that is untrue. We have heard many references by our neighbors to the crowding at their school caused by the number of children coming to our schools from the high concentrations of apartments built in Far North Dallas and Richardson but within PISD. PISD’s boundaries extend to the Collin County line in those cities (south of Frankford / Renner Road). The schools along Plano’s southern corridor have suffered immensely in recent years as a result of the additional students from these apartments. Yes it’s true that when these apartments were first built in the 80’s and 90’s, not that many had children living there. But as time has passed and the apartments have aged, the number of children has increased dramatically. Compounding this problem, Plano has already approved zoning actions in the past year that will add 5,000 more apartments between Plano Parkway and George Bush / 190 and those apartments will eventually increase the pressure on these schools even more. The Plano Tomorrow Plan would seek to add even more apartments along this same corridor and along Central Expressway and the Tollway in the attendance zones of these same schools and of other schools whose performance is already suffering.

Two prime examples are Huffman and Jackson Elementary Schools. These were once flagship schools of PISD – very highly rated and parents clamored to get their children enrolled. Now these schools are performing very poorly and are hurting the reputation of Plano Schools and of their neighborhoods.Did you know that Huffman was rated in the 36th percentile of all schools in Texas for 2014? As recently as 2008, Huffman was in the 90th percentile. Jackson Elementary is only in the 46th percentile (an improvement from the 36th percentile in 2013). Most Plano schools are in the 90th percentile, yet several of the schools in the areas where Plano wants more apartments are performing below the 60th percentile. Many parents are now pulling their children out of these schools and putting them in private schools since the situation is so dire (no wonder there are 4 private elementary schools within 2 miles of Huffman). We also are hearing of teachers declining offers to teach at these schools because of the situation. We are trying to get real numbers, but we believe over half of the enrolled students at Huffman are coming from apartments – largely from North Dallas along the Tollway. While we know PISD is doing all it can to educate the children within its boundaries, it is clearly being stressed beyond its capacity to deal with this influx of students and adding even more apartments will, in the long run, make the situation worse.

Here is Information on select Plano Elementary Schools and their poor and declining performance. Warning - it may shock you or make you cry.

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Attachment 2: Plano Schools in Distress

Summary of the Elementary Schools

Here is a summary of seven elementary schools that are significantly underperforming and not living up to the Plano ISD reputation. The attendance boundaries for many of these schools include areas that the Plano Tomorrow Plan designates for new multi-family development (e.g., compact centers, expressway corridors, transit corridors, regional centers). Currently these areas are primarily Zoned Office/ Retail.

The following pages present historical data on the these schools.

Elementary Academic

2014Achievement

2013

Percentile of all TX schools Awards

Percent Economically

Disadvantaged Major Cross Streets High Density Corridor

District average 89% 90% n/a Distinction 28%

Huffman 74% 79% 36% Math 59% Plano Pkwy - Tollway Tollway - SH 190 Expy CorridorJackson 75% 73% 46% Reading 60% Plano Pkwy Independence SH 190 Expy CorridorMendenhall 78% 67% 38% Math 89% M & 18th Hwy 75 / Downtown CorridorMemorial 68% 68% 31% None 80% Park & JupiterBarron 76% 70% 41% None 89% Parker & Ave P Hwy 75 Expy CorridorForman 68% 71% 19% None 83% 15th & Shiloh SH 190 Expy CorridorChristie 78% 74% 41% None 58% Alma & Parker Hwy 75 Expy Corridor

7 School Average 74% 72% 36% None 74%

Academic scores in the 70's and below are very poor - below the statewide average of all schools.Percentile racks in the 30's and below are unbelieveably poor and threaten Plano's reputationMany of the most economically disadvantged and struggling schools will be impacted by increased apartments in nearby designated high

density corridors. Several of these schools were once exemplary and highly awarded schools. Schools l ike Huffman and Jackson now draw heavily from apartment complexes in their boundaries, including apartments built in North Dallas but in PISD boudaries (Coll in County Line).

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Plano ISD ranked 157th

out of 940 school districts in Texas. Area districts ranking higher included:# District1 Carroll2 Highland Park

25 Wylie27 Frisco42 Allen56 Coppell

PISD RankingsPISD received no recognition from the state. The District has fallen in relation to its peers

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Jackson ElementaryJackson Elementary was in the 91st percentile of the state in 2005. It fell to the 36th percentile in 2013, improving to 46th percentile in 2014.

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Year # Students Fulltime Teachers

Student/Teacher ratio

% Free/Disc Lunch

1988 551 32.0 17.2 n/a

1989 557 n/a n/a n/a

1990 606 31.0 19.5 n/a

1991 477 69.1 6.9 n/a

1992 596 32.9 18.1 1.5

1993 631 34.0 18.6 3.6

1994 627 36.1 17.4 1.4

1995 554 37.0 15.0 2.0

1996 554 37.0 15.0 2.0

1997 568 34.5 16.5 3.5

1998 577 35.5 16.3 4.2

1999 593 36.8 16.1 6.7

2000 594 36.5 16.3 8.2

2001 573 40.4 14.2 8.0

2002 604 39.9 15.1 14.4

2003 604 39.9 15.1 14.4

2004 597 45.1 13.2 16.8

2005 566 44.2 12.8 16.6

2006 647 50.1 12.9 30.1

2007 614 48.3 12.7 33.1

2008 628 48.0 13.1 21.2

2009 681 52.6 12.9 41.7

2010 708 56.4 12.5 45.5

2011 692 59.7 11.5 50.6

2012 684 54.4 12.5 51.5

2013 694 55.6 12.4 57.2

Jackson ElementaryEconomically disadvantaged students qualifying for free lunch increased from 8% in 2001 to 57% in 2013

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Attachment 2: Plano Schools in DistressHuffman ElementaryHuffman was in the 90th percentile for all schools as recently as 2008 but is in the 36th percentile today. Huffman was a blue ribbon school in the 1990’s

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Huffman Elementary

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Attachment 2: Plano Schools in DistressHuffman neighborhood parents are sending their children to private school, home schooling or transporting their children to other district schools.

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Huffman Elementary5.3% of the students qualified for free lunch in 2001 versus 55% in 2013.

Year # Students Fulltime Teachers

Student/Teacher ratio

% Free/Disc Lunch

1988 838 36.0 23.2 n/a

1989 681 n/a n/a n/a Brinker Opens

1990 693 35.0 19.8 n/a

1991 489 29.0 16.8 n/a

1992 642 34.4 18.6 1.1 Mitchell Opens

1993 674 39.0 17.3 1.0

1994 785 42.7 18.4 1.5

1995 598 35.9 16.7 1.5 Haggar Opens

1996 598 35.9 16.7 1.5

1997 633 38.7 16.4 0.9

1998 673 39.8 16.9 1.2

1999 618 39.0 15.8 2.8

2000 528 36.0 14.7 4.7 Barksdale Opens

2001 547 40.0 13.7 5.3

2002 551 40.2 13.7 15.4

2003 551 40.2 13.7 15.4

2004 516 40.9 12.6 18.2

2005 501 37.2 13.5 20.2

2006 497 40.7 12.2 32.0

2007 530 41.5 12.8 35.1

2008 512 43.0 11.9 20.9

2009 567 44.8 12.7 34.6

2010 598 42.0 14.2 41.5

2011 656 50.7 12.9 48.3

2012 718 49.9 14.3 51.4

2013 526 39.7 13.2 54.6

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Forman ElementaryRanked in the 19th percentile of all Texas Schools - DISD can do far better.

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Attachment 2: Plano Schools in DistressForman – over 80% of students are economically disadvantaged

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Mendenhall Elementary

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Attachment 2: Plano Schools in DistressMendenhall Elementary

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Barron Elementary

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Barron Elementary

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Christie Elementary

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Christie ElementaryChristie fell from the 65% percentile in 2009 to the 41st percentile in 2014

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Memorial Elementary

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Memorial ElementaryMemorial has fallen from the 56% percentile in 2005 to the 31st percentile in 2014

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Appendix 3: Letter

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Attention Plano Planning and Zoning Commission

I am a resident of Plano and have been for about 15 years. As an active realtor in the City of Plano, I sell the city of Plano to the public every single day and have for approximately 22 years. The ever increasing number of apartments is highly impacting the ability to sell future buyers on some highly impacted areas by the influx of apartment saturation.

Let me paint a clear picture of what a realtor deals with when a prospective client is considering relocating their family to the Plano area. When I have a relocation buyer in my car with me…. Before I ever take them on a tour of homes…. On their own they have researched what’s nearby as far as restaurants, entertainment, schools, school ratings and yes they are checking out how many Mid Rise Residential communities are in the area. Buyers take tours of neighborhoods on Google Maps… they arrive with targeted areas of high interest to them before I ever have my first face to face with them. Note they determine this all on their own via the internet, information is abundant for them to gather. They also arrive with areas they want to stay away from…… Buyers are constantly comparing Frisco, Allen and Plano School ratings…Toyota is taking their potential employees relocating to this area on tours of our city and other cities via a bus tour…. Those potential employees to this area are given a drive by tour of Plano, Frisco, Allen, Prosper, McKinney…..depending on their level of interest in a particular area. These are Buyers, not renters! They see all of these cities….. Do we really want to attract renters and not buyers to our city by saturating the area with mid rise residential (apartments)? Which will provide more financial growth to our city, NOT POPULATION GROWTH? We all know, those purchasing homes and developing our neighborhood communities. Buyers are looking for neighborhoods to create strong family values and involvement in our community to protect their real estate investments. They are looking for communities to grow their families in and live and thrive in for many years, not just a short term lease….

The ever increasing decline in the public schools is forcing potential buyers who want to establish strong roots in a community to seek other locations. The Plano ISD website paints a very clear picture of where the apartment saturation has occurred and has a direct correlation in the elementary schools already…. The only thing that has changed for Huffman, Hagger and Mitchell Elementary Schools is the saturation of Apartments falling in their school boundary lines….. This has a direct impact on the residential resale market in these schools boundaries. The once highly desired neighborhoods because of their high rankings, which boosted home values because of the demand to live within the school boundaries, has now taken a huge turn in the opposite direction.…. Buyers are eliminating these areas because of their now LOW school rankings….. what does that do to property values? THEY DROP! Buyers pass these subdivisions by and target areas with higher school rankings…. This creates longer days on market and lower home values, directly correlated to the schools rankings.

This situation has now turned prime residential real estate Preston and Park area west to the tollway, to now be considered as locations for Private School Options, rather than public school

Margaret Streicher

Berkshire Hathaway Homes

Service, Luxury Collection

7501 Lone Star Dr. Ste. 250

Plano, TX 75024

Appendix 3: Letter

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options. We have seen this happen in North Dallas, Richardson and we have now managed to repeat the same problem in Plano…..

I live in Huffman Elementary school district and I could not with good conscience encourage my own daughter to purchase a home in which my grandson would attend an elementary school barely meeting minimum standards. She wanted the same experience for her son, as she had experienced in Huffman, which at that time was an Exemplary School. She depends on public school education and was forced to seek home ownership in Frisco to ensure her child could have the same foundation of education she experienced. This is just one example of many that draw the same conclusion. It is a travesty to our community and is spreading rapidly throughout our community. If you think this is limited to only the elementary schools you are sadly mistaken. It has a trickledown effect that migrates out to the middle, high and senior high schools.

This is what every realtor has to deal with on a daily basis….. I live in this city and I sell it daily. What can I say to a buyer or my own daughter who says “My family is most important to me and I must consider my children’s education a priority above everything”? Staring them in the face are statistics of Exemplary School Areas compared to barely meeting minimum standards. Which would you choose for your family? How can anyone conclude that the influx of apartment saturation does not affect home values & desirability of specific residential areas?????

Sincerely,--Margaret StreicherBerkshire Hathaway Homes Service, Luxury Collection972.814.4150 - Cell [email protected]

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