The Woodlands | January 2023

EDUCATION

OTHER STORIES TO FOLLOW IN 2023

COMPLETING BOND PROJECTS Work on several Conroe ISD projects from its 2019 bond referendum will be completed in 2023.

Oak Ridge High School overhaul and Career & Technical Education Center

TIMELINE: July 2023 completion

OAK RIDGE SCHOOL RD.

COST: $44.6M (high school) , $10.52M (CTE center)

BY KYLEE HAUETER

CONROE ISD The Conroe ISD board of trustees will nalize recommendations on the Grand Oaks feeder zones for 2023-24 at its Jan. 17 meeting, and the new year will see the completion of several projects from the 2019 bond referendum, district ocials said. Assistant Superintendent for Operations Chris McCord said at a Dec. 13 meeting the Christopher J. Hines Elemen- tary School will house students from Snyder Elementary as well as students in undeveloped parts of the Birnham Woods Elementary zone. A total of 1,094 students will be impacted by the zoning adjustments, he said. The committee reviewing boundaries for Hines will also recommend the rezoning of Clark and Cox Intermediate schools, moving the Legends Run neighborhood west of Birnham Woods Drive and Legends Trace neighborhoods into the Cox Intermediate zone. In total, 199 students would be impacted by this rezoning, according to the district. Hines will be open for students in August, according to district ocials. The school, a $39.42 million project from the 2019 bond

iSchool High, a public charter school open to all students in the Greater Houston area, opened a Creekside location for the 2022-23 school year, and it is accepting enrollment for 2023-24 through Feb. 3, according to the school. The early college high school is tuition free and provides materials at no charge, according to the school. iSchool High partners with Lone Star College, which allows enrolled students to earn up to an associate degree or 60 transferable credits by graduation. Creekside Campus Director Jose Jasso said iSchool High is an individualized program. “The students aren’t necessarily going at the same pace,” he said. “We still have a trajectory to nish on time at the end of May like every other high school, but my students can go far beyond that.” iSchool High is categorized as a public Texas charter school. Enrollment is capped at 150 students for the 2022-23 school year. Jasso said each year that number will steadily grow and cap out at 300 students. Jasso said because students in the Creekside community in The Woodlands are zoned to Tomball High School, he believes iSchool High will fulll an unmet need. Jasso said any student in Texas can enroll in iSchool High, which is located at the LSC-Creekside Center, 8747 W. New Harmony Trail, Tomball. The school also has a location in The Woodlands in College Park. New charter school open in Creekside area

Hines Elementary School

TIMELINE: August 2023 completion

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COST: $39.42M

SOURCE: CONROE ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

referendum, is one of four elementary schools funded by the bond. The district will also continue work on the South County Career and Technical Education building located at Oak Ridge High School as well as other projects at the school, said Easy Foster, administrative director of planning and construction for the district. The year also saw safety and security projects completed at district schools, including Broadway, Birnham Woods and Deretchin elementary schools and Cox Intermediate. In 2023-24, the last $10.9 million in safety and security projects will be completed, Foster said. The bond included $44.47 million in total funds for projects throughout the district.

Magnolia ISD to begin work on bond projects from 2022 election

BY PEYTON MACKENZIE

of January. He said the district is cau- tiously moving forward on projects before bonds have been sold. “It is accurate to say everything will be complete within three years,” he said in a Dec. 15 interview. Morris said shipping and material concerns have caused the district to move forward as quickly as possible by taking steps like ordering new buses by February, anticipating there will be a shipment delay.

Among the items included in the proposal were a ninth elementary school costing $41 million, a third middle school costing $66 million and a third junior high costing $85 million as well as $10 million toward land for future schools and $2 million for safety and security. Assistant Superintendent of Operations Erich Morris said the rst step is to sell the bonds, which he said is expected within the last week

MAGNOLIA ISD Projects from the $232 million bond that passed Nov. 8 in Magnolia ISD will begin to take shape in 2023, according to district ocials. Proposition A for facility construc- tion and improvements passed with 51.81% of the vote, and Proposition B for turf at both district high schools failed with 60.36% of voters opposing the measure.

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