It’s now been a little more than a year since crews broke ground on the Ruby Haliburton Auxiliary Complex. There’s been a lot of progress made on the facility in that time. Inside the facility, one can now see the layout of the complex including meeting rooms, a conference room, a warehouse, and custodial. The complex even has its own gas pump and bus wash system for the estimated 155 Bryan Transportation vehicles, including route buses, trip buses, and white fleet. view article

The Navarro ISD will propose a $120 million bond election to voters on May 4. The decision comes after recommendations from the district’s long-range master planning committee were presented to and approved by the Navarro ISD Board of Trustees on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Navarro ISD Superintendent Mandy Epley says the three propositions being proposed are the results of months of hard work led by the committee, which consisted of 33 community members, parents, students, faculty, and staff; together, the team dedicated its time from November 2023 to January 2024 to assess the current state of the district, demographics, areas no longer meeting current standards, financial impacts, and opportunities with current facilities. view article

Nominations are being sought to rename a Seguin ISD facility. The Seguin ISD Board of Trustees is accepting nominations to rename the Mercer-Blumberg Learning Center portion of the district’s administration building. Presently, two Seguin ISD facilities are named Mercer-Blumberg. Sean Hoffmann, the chief communications officer for the Seguin ISD, says one is the former campus facility in the administration building, located at 1221 E. Kingsbury St., while the current campus facility that serves students, located at 118 N. Bowie St., is officially named Mercer-Blumberg Learning Center at Saegert. view article

During its regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 22, the Little Elm ISD Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name one of its new elementary schools in honor of Dr. Ashley B. Glover, a recently deceased teacher and administrator for the district. Ashley B. Glover Elementary School is one of two new elementary schools currently planned to serve the students of Little Elm ISD. The board also announced the name for the other school will be Lake Village Elementary. Glover, a graduate of Little Elm High School, later returned to the district in 2002 where she served as an educator and administrator. She passed away at the age of 44 on Aug. 9, 2023. view article

LUBBOCK, Texas — Ridgewood Elementary and Memorial High School are officially the names of those two new campuses. For Frenship ISD Superintendent, Dr. Michelle McCord, the years-long process of building the district’s second high school and ninth elementary school has been surreal. “We were talking about a second high school, do we need one?, when will we need it, back in 2010,” recalled Dr. McCord. “In a way it feels like it is just happening overnight, but in other ways I’m like, ‘I can’t believe this is really happening.’” view article

DALLAS- Dallas ISD broke ground on their elementary school Tuesday. The $34 million Urban Park Steam Academy will include pre-K through fifth-grade students. District officials said it will also offer space for 500 students. Principal Lisa Falcon said they were meeting about bringing the campus to life for over two years. view article

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After a day and a half of cold classrooms, Lanier Middle School student Allen Eagens had enough and called his grandma. "It was cold, like very chilly," Eagens said. His grandma, Chiqita St. Cyr, went to her car and drove the 20 minutes to pick him up. "The kids coming to school in the cold and stuff like that with no heat and no water. It don't make no sense, you know what I'm saying?" St. Cyr said. On Wednesday, HISD Superintendent Mike Miles said heating and water issues could be attributed to former administrations neglecting building upkeep. view article

One of Houston's largest suburban neighborhoods – and named one of the "hottest zip codes" in the country – Cypress is about to get a new 800-home development to capitalize on its popularity. view article

Texas City Independent School District has turned an unused storage building into an engaging space for students interested in science, technology, engineering, math and robotics, thanks in part to a donation from Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC). view article

At the Tyler Independent School District Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night, members passed a motion to approve a contract for Reid Construction to begin a project to benefit the school’s transportation team. Project plans include an addition of 33 bus parking spots, new eight-foot fencing, and new lights. view article

Frenship ISD's Board of Trustees approved the names of the district's new Memorial High School and a ninth elementary school and approved attendance boundaries during a meeting last week. Designated as one of the fastest growing school districts in Texas, Frenship ISD now serves more than 11,500 students at 15 campuses that span across the Wolfforth and Lubbock communities, according to a news release from Frenship. The opening of the ninth elementary and second high school will help accommodate rising student enrollment and alleviate crowding the district's campuses. Currently, Frenship serves nearly 5,300 elementary students and approximately 3,300 high school students. The two new schools were approved as part of a $300 million bond package in 2020. view article

COPPERAS COVE — Bulldawg Stadium in Copperas Cove will remain just that. The Copperas Cove ISD school board of trustees voted unanimously Thursday to leave the playing surface at Bulldawg Stadium unnamed. The request by members of the community was to name the field after Joe Lombardi, a longtime radio broadcaster who became synonymous with Bulldawg football. view article

Officials with the Manor Independent School District are celebrating the groundbreaking today of the new Early College High School. “This is a great day in Manor ISD,” said Dr. Andre D. Spencer, Manor ISD Superintendent. “We are breaking ground on a new building for a group of scholars who we expect to break ground academically in their respective fields of interest. We expect great things to come out of this facility and the scholars who will call this home.” view article

The Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees looked at demographics and plans for a possible May 2021 bond election at its Monday, Dec. 14, meeting. view article

Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AAA' rating based on the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) guaranty and an 'AA+' underlying rating to the following Garland Independent School District, TX unlimited tax bonds (the bonds or ULTs): view article

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating based on the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) guarantee and a 'AA+' underlying rating to the following unlimited tax (ULT) bonds for the Mesquite Independent School District (ISD), Texas: : view article

Students with Georgetown Independent School District are about to see a lot of changes. Voters approved a $150 million bond for the district in November 2018, and some upgrades have already been made as a result. In January, KVUE reported that crews finished installing new football and softball fields at East View High School in Georgetown. view article

Austin and Taylor elementary school students could find themselves stepping up if preliminary designs for their new schools become reality. Up some stairs, that is. Huckabee, a Fort Worth based architecture firm hired to create the two schools associated with the recently passed $138.7 million bond, created a two-story floor plan for Austin, on the southwest side of the city, and Taylor, in northeast Abilene. view article

After a majority of voters showed support for a $118.3 million bond package for New Braunfels ISD, the district will move forward with plans to build new schools, make facility renovations, increase security measures, upgrade technology, enhance transportation and expand athletic programs. “I mean it’s a significant percentage so first of all I’m really happy to see that that many people voted,” said NBISD Board President Sherry Harrison. “I’m very excited about that all by itself.” view article

Port Aransas schools are getting reimbursed for measures they took to get things up and running after Hurricane Harvey. The district on Monday announced it had received a grant for more than $1.2 million Federal Emergency Management Agency to help pay for things such as generators, air dryers, portables and security. Those items and more were needed in the aftermath of the Category 4 storm hit the area Aug. 25, 2017. view article

Georgetown ISD and a district-organized citizens advisory committee are using a phone survey to get community feedback regarding potential facility and equipment projects that could be included in a November 2018 bond election should district trustees vote to call one, according to a press release Monday. view article

On Monday night, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve the modernization of Norman Elementary School in East Austin. Under the $1 billion bond passed by voters in November 2017, Austin ISD will rebuild the school as a state-of-the-art facility that would turn it into a "21st century learning environment," according to the district. view article

After Aledo ISD voters shot down a $72.9 million bond package Tuesday, the school board and administration said they will work to determine their next steps. According to unofficial election results, 71 percent of voters (2,454 votes) rejected a $64.1 million option to build a new middle school and renovate McAnally Intermediate School to use as an elementary school. Twenty-nine percent (1,020 votes) voted in favor of the option.

The Round Rock school board is focused today on the end of the school year. But it will need to regroup after all three of their school bond proposals were voted down on Saturday The district had half a billion dollars in projects riding on this vote. $572 million to be exact. view article

Floydada ISD officials are preparing for a bond election to fund renovations to their 62-year-old high school. A recent assessment determined that the school needs major renovations. The superintendent says voters will have the choice of whether to authorize the bond issue in May. "We're having several issues that we are having to repair throughout the school year from plumbing, to structural issues, to roofing issues, but, my biggest concern is just the security of the campus," says Gilbert Trevino, superintendent for Floydada ISD.

Waco Independent School District officials are trying to raise between $700,000 and $800,000 in private sponsorships from businesses, grants from foundations and donations from alumni and individuals to cover the cost of renovating and reopening Waco High School’s planetarium, which has been closed for more than 20 years, district spokesman Bruce Gietzen said. view article

Seguin High School is now home to what district officials are calling the largest scoreboard in the country. Recently, crews from Nevco worked to install the near 51-foot tall, 47-foot wide jumbotron in Matador Stadium, which was up and running Thursday night for the freshman game. view article

School is back in session for students around the Concho Valley, and at Christoval ISD, Monday also marked the ribbon-cutting for their brand new STEM Academy building. The new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math classrooms will allow for a greater diversity of hands-on classes. Dr. David Walker, the Superintendent at Christoval ISD says, "We want our students to be marketable and adaptable, as you know the world is changing at a fast rate and as things change we want our kids to have those skill-sets." view article

Four new schools will be opening this August just in time for the new school year. These additions to Frisco ISD will open its doors to 3,600 new students. The shining new schools launching for the 2016-17 school year will be Miller Elementary, Vaughn Elementary, Nelson Middle School and Lebanon Trail High School. With these additions, the total number of schools in Frisco ISD rises to 68 and the total student population increases from 49,644 to 53,301. view article

Students and supporters of South Oak Cliff High School could be a step closer to getting a new building. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees is expected to weigh in on the issue for the first time in early April during a discussion about the 2015 bond program. Trustees could consider replacing the 1951 building or continue with plans to make less expensive improvements. view article

More than two months after a tornado hit Shields Elementary School in northern Ellis County on Dec. 26, Red Oak ISD confirmed Thursday that the original builder of the school, Ratcliff Constructors, has agreed to pay for the repairs. Fox 4's Lori Brown began investigating concerns about the quality of construction at the school  in Glenn Heights after an exterior wall collapsed in the tornado. view article

The denial of an alternative light mitigation plan for Dripping Springs ISD’s new baseball/softball complex put in to motion an inventory of outdoor lighting at all district facilities. On Oct. 13, the Dripping Springs City Council turned down the Dripping Springs ISD’s proposed lighting mitigation. view article

For nearly 15 years, the Arlington Independent School District has been searching for the right project to fill a piece of land it owns in the 3200 block of Pioneer Parkway. When voters approved a bond package in 2014, officials said they finally found a good one. "We want to make this a successful district facility that serves both the community and the students well," said Leslie Johnston, spokesperson for Arlington ISD. view article

Tyler ISD trustees have set aside up to $4 million for construction of an aquatic center, which would include an uncovered outdoor, Olympic-size swimming pool that officials envision would serve all students, not just the swimming team. What to do about the existing, rapidly deteriorating, indoor swimming facility near the intersection of New Copeland Road and Shiloh Road has been a simmering issue in the community for many years. view article

The first indoor stadium to host high school football home games is halfway finished according to a joint release by the City of Frisco, Frisco ISD and the Dallas Cowboys. After construction broke ground 11 months ago, the 12,000-seat facility is scheduled to open by fall 2016. This is later than the last update of a potential opening in summer 2016. view article