Education
BY GABBY BAILEY
Construction on pace for new Borman Elementary School in the district’s 2023 bond program. The replace- ment school is on the same property where the campus is located. Students will continue attend- ing the current school until the new campus is complete, district documents state. Boyter said the new school isn’t that much
During a joint Denton ISD and Denton City Council meeting April 7, updates were given on Borman Elementary School’s construction. What’s happening? Brandon Boyter, DISD’s executive director of construction planning and growth, said the construction is progressing for the new Borman Elementary School, which is scheduled to open for the 2026-27 school year. Boyter said upcoming tasks include: • Paving, building retaining wall and site work • Construction work on the courtyard, which is expected to go on through the end of May • Finishing the storm shelter, which is now mandated on new school structures by the International Building Code • Finishing work throughout the building The rebuild of Borman Elementary was included
bigger, but the new building uses its space more efficiently. There will also be space for pre-K classrooms, which the older school didn’t have. “Our current [elementary schools’] capacity is somewhere in the 750 range,” Boyter said. “Obviously, that is massaged a little bit with collaboration spaces and all the special programs. This building will be able to hold about [900.]” Looking ahead Once construction is done on the new school, the old school will be torn down and that space will be used for a city soccer field, Boyter said. The demolition timeline is for 2028, though Boyter said it could start in the first quarter of 2027.
The latest updates to Borman Elementary School show that a roof is now over most of the building and that most of the walls are up. (Courtesy Denton ISD) Completed tasks in the rst quarter of 2026: Finished roof deck Waterproofing and masonry of exterior walls Build-out of inside rooms and basic utility installation Started on tiling, erecting ceilings and flooring Began interior framing, drywalling and early painting
SOURCE: DENTON ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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