EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Argyle & Lewisville ISDs
HIGHLIGHT LEWISVILLE ISD The district received a fourth quarter demographics report during a March workshop session, as well as a prediction for total population by 2028. As of the beginning of 2023, Lewisville ISD currently consists of 48 subdivisions actively being built, 26 future subdivisions in various stages of planning, groundwork underway on 445 lots within 16 subdivisions, approximately 2,500 multifamily units under construction across the district and more than 6,900 future multifamily units in various stages of planning across the district. O cials presented data and said they expect the district to plateau to 46,500 students in the next ve years. Current student enrollment is approximately 48,000, o cials said. Lewisville ISD board of trustees meets at 6 p.m. May 15 and June 12 at 1565 W. Main St., Lewisville. www.lisd.net Argyle ISD board of trustees meets at 7 p.m. May 15 at 6701 Canyon Falls Drive, Flower Mound. www.argyleisd.com MEETINGS WE COVER
4th Argyle ISD elementary school location identi ed ARGYLE ISD A location has been announced for the new elementary school in Argyle ISD, district o cials stated in a news release. BY DON MUNSCH 17TH ST.
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The new campus—referred to as Elementary School No. 4, as the name has not been determined—will be located in the Harvest community, which rests on the west side of I-35W. The new school is part of the 2022 school bond package and is scheduled to open in fall 2024. The campus will serve students in prekindergarten through fth grade. AISD o cials will hold a community groundbreaking event for the campus later this school year with a date to be determined. Elementary School No. 4 will have a capacity of 850 students, the release stated, and will be located at the northwest corner of 17th Street and Cleveland Gibbs Road. The school will be on 23 acres donated to the district by Hillwood Properties with construction projected to begin this summer, the release stated. The new school is one of two elementary schools in the 2022 bond package, with Elementary School No. 5 projected to open in 2026, the release stated. “Having a second elementary in the western part of the district provides much-needed instructional space for our elementary students in this rapidly growing area,” AISD Superintendent Telena Wright said in the release.
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The site for the fourth Argyle ISD elementary school will be located near I 35W. (Don Munsch/Community Impact)
At the beginning of this school year, AISD opened its third elementary campus, Argyle South, which is in the Canyon Falls community. “We are excited to begin construction on our district’s fourth elementary school,” AISD Board President Sam Slaton said in the release. “Thank you to the community for voting to approve the bond to make this necessary expansion possible and to Hillwood Properties for graciously donating this land to the district.”
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