BY BRITTANY ANDERSON, BROOKE SJOBERG & CHLOE YOUNG
RRISD provides 2024 bond project updates Round Rock ISD is making headway on several 2024 bond projects, with multiple entering stages of procurement and design, per a recent district report. Administrators provided an update on several projects in an Aug. 21 board meeting, including McNeil High School and Deerpark Middle School in the Northwest Austin area. How we got here In November, RRISD voters approved three of four propositions, making up $932 million in investment for capital assets within the district. The $998 million making up the full proposal was narrowed by trustees, district staff and RRISD’s Citizens Bond Committee, chaired by Fabian Cuero and Lindsey Ledyard, from an original $1 billion-$1.5 billion proposal to address several areas of needed maintenance to capital
Austin ISD to extend prekindergarten care Austin ISD will begin offering free after- school child care for eligible prekindergarten students at nine campuses this semester. The Travis County Commissioners Court approved a $3.7 million, two-year contract to fund the new centers on Aug. 26. The details Extended after-school care will be offered for around 300 eligible 3-year-old pre-K students from 3-6 p.m. each school day. Nine schools offering the program have 75% or more economically disadvantaged students or are located in areas lacking adequate availability of child care services. Participating schools include Allison, Padrón, Houston, Norman-Sims, St. Elmo, Andrews, Guerrero-Thompson, Langford and Harris elementaries.
Deerpark Middle School improvements • Budgeted: $21.4 million • Update: Contractor slated for fall or winter board consideration, depending on completion of the design plan. Bond project updates McNeil High School athletics and fine arts improvements • Budgeted: $60.9 million • Update: Contractor scheduled for September board consideration, with site investigation and preliminary design in progress.
SOURCE: ROUND ROCK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
assets within the district. Administrators shared that timelines for per- mitting would vary between projects, depending on which city they fall into and the local permit- ting process. The district also launched a bond project tracking tool at the meeting, available at www.bit.ly/4mZNvmg .
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