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Construction is Underway at Sam thanks to Bond When construction started at Sam Houston High School during the 2014 Bond program, you knew it. There were cranes and all kinds of construction vehicles and materials outside. The 2014 bond-funded additions and renovations were major construction projects that changed the footprint of Sam Houston. There was…
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Duff getting a new gym That didn鈥檛 take long. Demolition of the gym at Duff Elementary started this week 鈥 and finished. The structure is gone. That鈥檚 good, because building a new gym will take a lot longer than a few days. The new gym is part of the 2019 Bond-funded project just getting started…
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Committee chair presents to Board of Trustees The聽Citizens Bond Oversight Committee gave its annual report at the last 91制片厂 Board of Trustees meeting. Charles Finicum, the committee鈥檚 chair, presented at the June 29 meeting and offered observations and recommendations related to the district鈥檚 2019 Bond program. Read the report聽or聽watch the presentation聽below. 鈥淚 want to…
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Short Elementary looks like a mess Short Elementary students who wrapped up the school year just a few weeks ago might not recognize their school if they walked inside today. It鈥檚 a mess. Much of the flooring and ceiling, along with some of the walls, have been demolished. But the mess is making way for…
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Old school replaced by the 2019 Bond Webb Elementary School is gone. The old one that is. The old Webb, built in 1960 as Nichols Junior High, became Webb Elementary in 1993 after Nichols moved north of I-30 to its current location. The old building served students well for more than 60 years, but it…
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Furniture delivery started this week at Thornton You know a new building is almost complete when they start moving furniture in. That鈥檚 exactly what started on Wednesday at the new Thornton Elementary School, where they began rolling in the new library furniture. The new Thornton, under construction since the groundbreaking ceremony in December of 2021,…
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Berry construction almost complete It was finally time to go home. Principal Rose Ravin鈥檚 head popped up out of the sunroof of a pickup truck idling in front of Berry Elementary School – or what was Berry Elementary School for the last two years. Behind Ravin were cars filled with all of Berry鈥檚 teachers and…
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Bailey Junior High鈥檚 new parking lot off Bowen Road is complete. But that鈥檚 just the start of the 2019 Bond project at Bailey. Now that school is out for the summer, work on the transformational project will really get going. It鈥檚 a large, complex project that won鈥檛 wrap up until the end of 2024. With…
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Playgrounds under construction at five schools According to the students at Dunn Elementary, they have a new park on campus. Their new park is actually a new playground. 鈥淭he new playground at Dunn is now affectionately called a 鈥榩ark鈥 by our students,鈥 said Dunn principal Mary Helen Burnett. 鈥淭hey cannot believe it’s for them and…
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The transformational projects in the 2019 Bond program are all thanks to the support of the community, so it鈥檚 important that everyone can see what that support is doing. That鈥檚 why the 91制片厂 is making virtual tour videos of the major projects once they are complete. Several major projects are complete now, and the…
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