Willow Creek's bilingual program moves to Remington Point in August 2027

What the district decided

• Starting with the 2027-2028 school year (August 2027), the bilingual programs at Willow Creek and Remington Point merge into one program at Remington Point Elementary.[1]
• Saginaw Elementary's students will attend Willow Creek for two years, August 2027 to June 2029, while their new school is built.[1][2]
• For Willow Creek's bilingual students, Remington Point becomes their new home campus.[2]
• Saginaw goes back to its school in 2029. The bilingual program does not come back to Willow Creek: the district wants that space to relieve other full elementary schools.[1][3]
• Families found out after the decision was made. At the meetings, the district said the plan is made and that it welcomes feedback.[3]

The numbers

From the district's own forecast (Zonda, May 2026)[10] and the Texas Education Agency (TEA):[12]

At the November 9 meetings, the district showed slightly different numbers: 618 and 478 students, 210 and 118 in the bilingual program, and 13 and 7 bilingual teachers (see the slide).[3]

Why move 207 children instead of 123?

The district considered another way and rejected it: Remington Point's bilingual students come to Willow Creek, and Saginaw's students go to Remington Point while their school is built.[3] Using the district's forecast for 2027-2028[10] and the 2025-2026 bilingual counts:[12]

Both buildings fit either way. The combined bilingual program would be the same: the same 330 students and the same grade-level teacher teams. And 84 fewer children would change schools.

The district says it chose its plan because Willow Creek is more central to the full elementary schools (Elkins, Bryson and Hatley) and its zone is still growing, and because Remington Point would drop to about 360 students and might eventually close.[3]

How much more central? We calculated the drive by car, without traffic, from each school's published address.[11] Each time opens the route on the OSRM map, which shows the same distance and time.

Willow Creek is about two and a half minutes closer to each one.

Is Willow Creek's zone still growing? The district's own demographer (Zonda, May 2026) forecasts 609 students at Willow Creek for 2027-2028 and 641 for 2035-2036, in an 870-seat building. In the past year, Willow Creek's zone had 2 new home starts and no lots ready to build. Remington Point stays between 439 and 495 students in 758 seats. For this school year, Elkins is forecast at 679 students for 736 seats and Bryson at 662 for 736. The growth is in Hatley's zone: 602 home starts in one year, and Hatley goes over capacity in 2028-2029.[10]

The bilingual program is always the one that moves

By the district's own account, the bilingual program moved from Parkview to Dozier in 2016, from Dozier to Remington Point in 2019, and now moves from Willow Creek to Remington Point in 2027.[3] Remington Point's bilingual families are the ones who came from Dozier. This is not a fight between schools: it is the same community, moved again and again.

What we were told, but is not in writing

At the meetings, the district said:[3]

• it is asking every Willow Creek bilingual teacher to go with the children to Remington Point;
• classes stay at 22 students per teacher, as Texas law requires from pre-K through fourth grade;[7]
• Spanish-language services such as dyslexia and speech therapy go with the program;
• bilingual pre-K will be at Remington Point;
• bus service continues for program families.

None of this appears on the district's page.[1][2] We ask that it be put in writing, and that the district publish the seven options it says it considered, with their numbers.[3]

What voters were told in 2023

The 2023 bond FAQ, still posted, says Saginaw's students would be relocated to Hatley Elementary or Elementary #19, with bus service.[4] Elementary #19 is the new Clete Welch Elementary, with room for 850 students.[5][3] The district says Hatley is now full because the Northpoint area grew faster than expected, and that Clete Welch is close to an hour away by bus.[3]

How to be heard

• Board of Trustees meeting: Monday, November 16, 2026, 5:00 PM, Dr. Jim F. Chadwell Administration Building, 1600 Mustang Rock Road, Fort Worth, TX 76179.[6]
• To speak: go in person that same day between 4:00 and 4:50 PM, fill out the Public Comment Request Form and turn it in to the Communications office. Public comment is at 5:00 PM.[6] If you speak through an interpreter and the district does not use simultaneous translation equipment, the law gives you at least twice the time. The law also bars the board from prohibiting public criticism.[8]
• Next meetings: Monday, December 14, 2026; Tuesday, January 19, 2027; Monday, February 22, 2027; all at 5:00 PM.[6]
• Questions to the district: the Let's Talk form on the district website.[9]

Sources

1. EMS ISD, "Saginaw Elementary Relocation Impact Plan & Bilingual Merge": emsisd.com
2. EMS ISD, "Relocation & Bilingual Merge FAQ": emsisd.com
3. District presentation and slides at the Willow Creek family meetings, November 9, 2026.
4. EMS ISD, 2023 bond FAQ, Proposition A: bond2023.emsisd.com/faq
5. EMS ISD bond progress, "Elementary 19" (Clete Welch Elementary): bondprogress2017.emsisd.com
6. EMS ISD, Board meeting dates and public comment: emsisd.com
7. Texas Education Code, section 25.112 (class size): tcss.legis.texas.gov
8. Texas Government Code, section 551.007 (double time with an interpreter; right to criticize): tcss.legis.texas.gov
9. EMS ISD, "Let's Talk": emsisd.com/lets-talk
10. Zonda, "Spring 2026 Eagle Mtn-Saginaw ISD Mobility and Housing Report" (May 2026), pages 4 and 9, published by the district: emsisd.com
11. Texas Education Agency (TEA), "Student Program and Special Populations Reports," school year 2025-2026: choose "Selected Districtwide Campus Totals" and district 220918 (Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD); BILINGUAL column: rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov
12. Driving routes calculated November 9, 2026 with OpenStreetMap and OSRM, without traffic, from the addresses on each school's website: project-osrm.org