Education
BY CASSANDRA JENKINS & EMILY LINCKE
Conroe ISD begins work on 2 new schools Conroe ISD trustees approved the guar- anteed maximum price for two new schools related to the district’s 2023 bond during a Feb. 20 board meeting. The projects are for a new elementary school in The Woodlands High school feeder and a new elementary school on Hwy. 242 to relieve San Jacinto and Suchma elementary schools. Both projects were slated to begin March 1 and conclude on May 30, 2025.
Montgomery ISD seeks city’s help on project costs Montgomery City Council on March 27 will hear water line upgrade requests from Montgomery ISD for its career and technical education center and agricultural science center. The gist
Chief Operations O cer Kris Lynn said Feb. 20. MISD leaders met with City Council on Feb. 27 to discuss the project and upgrade requests. Montgomery City Administrator Gary Palmer said he’s con dent he and MISD leaders can “work the landscaping stu out” without a council vote. A potential variance on the water line upgrades or a cost-share agreement between the city and MISD were discussed Feb. 27, but no action was taken.
To receive project permits from the city to com- plete the rest of the needed work on the projects, MISD may need to complete $160,000 in water line upgrades and $185,000 in landscaping, MISD
“All I’m asking is if there’s cost-share opportunities that are a orded to the council ... that they just be considered. I’m not asking for any special permissions or
“If we take the burden of [the water line upgrades], that should be paid by the school district. ... Why should the 2,500 people of this town be taxed twice?” CASEY L. OLSON, COUNCIL MEMBER
Guaranteed maximum prices The Woodlands High school feeder elementary school: $45 million Hwy. 242 elementary school: $44.8 million
anything along those lines.” MARK RUFFIN, MONTGOMERY ISD SUPERINTENDENT
SOURCE: CONROE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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