Education
BY WESLEY GARDNER
Education Edition
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Education Edition! This guide features a variety of education updates from your local public school district, Humble ISD. In this special edition, you can see HISD’s latest A-F accountability ratings, learn more about how the district’s 2022 bond program is progressing, and get insight on how articial intelligence is impacting the classroom. Additionally, our cover story this month dives into how district ocials are complying with recently passed state legislation, including House Bill 1481, which bans student use of cellphones and other personal communication devices during the school day. All of the stories featured in this year’s guide were written by our local team of journalists. Additionally, all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—show them your gratitude by supporting them. To keep up with education news throughout the month, visit communityimpact.com/ newsletter to sign up for our free daily newsletter.
What's inside
See how Humble ISD schools were rated by the state in 202425 (Page 14)
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Check out the latest updates on the district’s 2022 bond projects (Page 16)
Learn more about legislative changes to public education funding (Page 19)
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Trustees approve new design for Foster Elementary rebuild
On July 15, Humble ISD trustees approved a new design and maximum cost of roughly $2.17 million to construct underground detention at the Foster Elementary School rebuild, following community concerns over the project’s original design. The details The roughly $44 million, 122,000-square-foot campus—which will be located in close proximity to the old campus—is part of a $775 million bond package approved by voters in May 2022. Position 2 Trustee Robert Scarfo said the updated design was made after taking into consid- eration community feedback. “We looked at the survey results and pushed our Construction and Facilities Planning Department to come up with a workable solution,” he said. Some context In May, district ocials held a public input meeting on the project following concerns that
the new campus would not include as much green space as the old campus. Under the previous design, the rebuild would have included several large detention ponds, which HISD ocials said were necessary to com- ply with building regulations implemented after the original campus was built in 1971. Jason Seybert, HISD associate superintendent of support services, said the new design will include underground detention space, which freed up room for two large, open green spaces and 124 total parking spots at the campus. What’s next Seybert said the district is waiting on permit approval from Houston. Once the permit is approved and materials arrive, construction on the detention space will take 8-12 weeks. “I can’t promise it will still open in the fall of 2026, but that’s what we’re shooting for depending on how long it takes to get the permit,” he said.
Foster Elementary rebuild Following public backlash to the original design, Humble ISD trustees approved a new campus design that includes additional open green space.
Foster Elementary School
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