2023 ANNUAL COMMUNITY GUIDE
Montgomery, Willis projects to follow in 2023 As Conroe ISD weighs the need for a bond referendum in 2023, Montgomery and Willis ISDs are getting to work on projects approved in their 2022 bond packages.
this summer, while new turf on the Willis High School baseball and soft- ball elds will wrap up this summer. The MISD board of trustees approved the name of Elementary School No. 7—Creekside Elementary— on Dec. 20, which was included in the $326.9 million bond voters approved in May. It is expected to be sent for construction bids in March, according to MISD information. The design has also been completed for an addition to Lake Creek High School, and the design is ongoing for renovations at campuses and for the proposed career and technical educa- tion and agricultural science centers. “While we can’t visually see it, we have been busy, and we are very proud of the amount of work that we have accomplished since the bond was passed in May,” said Kris Lynn, assistant superintendent of nance and operations, during the meeting. Cassandra Jenkins and Peyton MacKenzie contributed to this report.
Montgomery ISD: $326.9M package
Construction to begin in summer Willis ISD: $143.05M package Middle School No. 3: $77.64M
Design underway for two new centers opening in 2025 CTE, ag science centers: $82.9M
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Willis High School: $4M
Campus upgrades: costs vary
Anticipated to go out for construction bids in March Creekside Elementary School: $43.4M
New turf on baseball and softball elds to nish this summer
Design complete for Montgomery Junior High, Lincoln Elementary and Montgomery Elementary renovations; construction could begin in spring
Lynn Lucas Middle School: $2.42M
Lake Creek High School: $27.8M
Fine arts expansion project to start in summer
Design completed for 900-student Phase 2 expansion
SOURCES: MONTGOMERY ISD, WILLIS ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
bond, Montgomery and Willis ISDs are getting to work on projects voters approved in 2022 bonds. WISD o cials said the district antic- ipates construction to begin this sum- mer on Middle School No. 3 to relieve Brabham Middle School, part of the district’s $143.05 million Proposition A that voters approved in May. A ne arts expansion at Lynn Lucas Middle School is also expected to commence
At the Dec. 6 meeting, Null said the district could see at least 2,600 more students in the 2023-24 school year but will only be adding space for 1,600 new students in the remaining schools planned from the 2019 bond. “We’re going to go 1,000 in the hole next year. The following year, we’re going to add 1,000 seats but add 3,000 [students], so we’re going to go another 2,000 in,” he said. “We know
we’re going to continue with the de - cit piece; we just have to work with it.” To address the projected growth, the district is working on forming a bond committee that will begin meet- ing Feb. 2 in anticipation of a bond being placed on the Nov. 7 ballot; the deadline to call a bond is Aug. 21. Montgomery, Willis projects As CISD weighs the need for a
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