BY SIERRA MARTIN
New Braunfels High School total cost
Zooming in
Phase 1 estimated cost: $100.5M Funded through 2021 bond
The additional cost to Phase 2 is $7.5 million, according to McLarty. Arterbury said that with the opening of the dis- trict’s second high school, Long Creek High School in August 2024, the district wanted to provide an equi- table learning experience throughout the district. “There are just so many parts of our building that are aged, and we’re having to spend money on maintenance costs, repair costs,” Hughes said. “And it was just time to have a new building to be able to operate out of.”
Phase 2 of construction would consist of multi- ple stages of tearing down a section of the existing NBHS building and reconstructing it, according to district officials. “We’ll be tearing down something, rebuilding it, moving students in, and we’ll go to the next area [and] tear that down,” McLarty said. By splitting the reconstruction project into two phases on the same property as the existing cam- pus, the overall construction timeline is longer, and the cost of the new school is more expensive.
Total: $327.3M
Phase 2 estimated cost: $226.8M Funded through 2024 bond, if approved by voters
The framework
What’s next?
The updated high school will have around 1,000 parking spaces, nearly double the current amount. The modernized interior will also feature an open concept with high ceilings, and a compre- hensive layout with student spaces closer together than the existing building, according to Hughes. Additionally, the new campus will have the ability to hold more students. District officials had
previously anticipated the current campus will reach capacity in 2024. “When it will be done, at least 2,200 to 2,400 students will be able to be housed there, and it’ll be a beautiful facility that’ll last another 50-plus years,” McLarty said. “In the meantime, there will be a lot of mess students will have to deal with.”
Arterbury said safety will be a key priority. “It’s just making sure that we partition off where construction is occurring and then where instruction is occurring,” Arterbury said. If Proposition A of the 2024 bond is not passed, McLarty said the district would continue to operate out of the current facility until they are able to get the project approved by voters in the future. “To be able to possibly rebuild [NBHS], and to get future generations to be educated in there, it’s exciting,” Arterbury said. “We’re looking forward to the voters decision on May 4, so that we know which direction the district will go.” To learn more about NBISD’s May bond, turn to page 15 of this edition of Community Impact .
Construction of the New Braunfels High School cafeteria will be completed in Phase 1 of the project.
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