Why Coppell ISD faces enrollment issues despite being a top performing district

Last school year was tough for Coppell ISD, with packed board meetings and protests over closing an elementary school.

“Unfortunately, the district is going to have to undergo some of that same pain in that discussion as to, ‘should we close one, should we close two?’ And which of those campuses might it be?” said Doug Williams, Interim Superintendent, Coppell ISD.

The district’s longtime superintendent, Brad Hunt, retired recently and Williams has stepped in. He says Coppell faces enrollment issues.

“Next year, Coppell High School will open with the highest number of students the district has ever seen, but just transverse very low numbers in kindergarten, first grade, second grade,” said Williams. “You’ve got parents that moved here in the 90s. They raised their children here. Kids ha