BY BRITTANY ANDERSON
In the pipeline Projects across HISD are set to bring:
Hutto ISD
What else?
Competition gyms at HHS and high school No. 2 CTE addition at HHS including robotics, photography and graphic design
HISD o cials look to build an elementary school every two to three years based on current growth rates, Barton said. HISD’s Lee Martinez Elementary opened for the 2025-26 school year, and funding for the ninth elementary was part of the 2023 bond. PfISD o cials are planning for a future elementary site, which could be built on donated land near the CTE facility on Killingsworth Lane. Locating property for a 2022 bond-funded teacher housing project is also underway, and the district has two sites in mind, Valdez said. “One site is 8 acres, and another site is 20 acres, so it kind of gives us options to play with designs for the facility itself,” he said.
The details
Work began this summer to convert HISD’s Ninth Grade Center into the district’s second comprehensive high school, Barton said. Funded through the $522 million bond from 2023, the school is set to add a new wing to the existing building, which already has a band hall, gym and classroom space. Plans for the campus also include a performing arts center as well as space for career and technical education. Academic, ne arts and athletic renovations at Hutto High School—which began in 2022 and originally utilized funds from the $194.4 million 2019 bond—are anticipated to be complete by early 2027. HISD is seeing growth in both the southern and northern parts of the district, Barton said, and is “reaching capacity” at both HHS and the Ninth Grade Center. “When we looked at the high school, obviously
Auto mechanic program at HHS
Fall and spring sport eld houses at high school No. 2
Auditorium at high school No. 2
SOURCE: HUTTO ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
programs change, and we need to invest in our students for career and technology,” Barton said. “That was kind of the interest—that we need to provide innovative, creative spaces that allow these students to really meet the learning expecta- tions or meet our current job market.” O cials have also considered land for a third high school, which would likely require the pas- sage of a bond, he said, but that project is a “little bit further down the road.”
Hutto ISD
P ugerville ISD
Sept.-Oct. 2025 : Ground breaks on
Dec. 2025 : HHS kitchen renovations complete Feb. 2026: HHS competition gym and ne arts lobby complete March 2026: HHS automotive shop complete Aug. 2026: HHS courtyard space completed March 2027: HHS CTE renovations complete Aug. 2027: Second high school and ninth elementary school opens
CTE facility Oct. 2025 : WHS weight room opens Jan.-Feb. 2026: Learning & Technology Center opens March 2026: Ground breaks on teacher housing project June-Aug. 2026: First phase of CHS modernization complete Aug. 2027: CTE facility opens
What they’re saying
“For us, it’s just making sure that we have a pulse on our community— what they need, what they’re
HISD is preparing for the innovation coming with the Samsung semiconductor plant located in Taylor, Superintendent Jeni Neatherlin said. “Our CTE department is growing and accommo- dating for what’s next. ... We have to make sure that we are staying on top of that and modernizing both our facilities and our equipment to match the needs of what our kids need to know,” Neatherlin said.
looking for and where we want to help to get kids where they need to be.” JENI NEATHERLIN, HUTTO ISD SUPERINTENDENT
SOURCES: HUTTO ISD, PFLUGERVILLE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NOTE: THESE DATES ARE TENTATIVE.
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