Development
New wing of Brushy Creek Elementary opens Round Rock ISD opened a new wing of Brushy Creek Elementary School Aug. 12, ahead of the start of the 2024-25 school year on Aug. 13. What you need to know The new section of the school includes collab- orative learning rooms as well as outdoor spaces for third, fourth and fifth grade students, per the district. The 25,000-square-foot expansion to the campus is funded by the district’s 2018 bond, and construction costs were capped at $13.74 million by trustees in 2022. The bond package totaled $508 million and also helped fund several other school expansions throughout the district. About the project The addition creates 16 classrooms with move- able partitions at the elementary school, campus
$575M Taylor plant to service chip industry A South-Korean semiconductor chemical manufacturing company and Samsung supplier, Soulbrain, struck a deal with the city of Taylor to build a $575 million plant. What’s happening The plant will be located within the 750- acre RCR Taylor Logistics Park off of Hwy. 79., sandwiched between the Hutto Megasite and Samsung’s semiconductor plant.
The new wing at Brushy Creek Elementary cost the school district around $13.7 million.
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staff shared in a November 2023 update. The expansion eliminates the campus’s need to house classrooms in portables. The addition is connected to the original campus structure by a covered corridor, which required a fire lane extension to accommodate the change, according to district documents. The project also covers expansion and updates to the existing cafeteria and gym.
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