Citizens Bond Oversight Committee tours new Thornton Elementary Meets to review Bond 2019 program progress
The 色窝窝无码一区二区三区鈥檚聽Citizens Bond Oversight Committee kicked off its first meeting of the school year this week with a tour of the new Thornton Elementary School. The new Thornton, funded by the 2019 Bond, just opened last week. Following the tour, the committee members met in the Thornton media center to receive updates on the…
New Berry Elementary dedication will be a celebration Sir Earl Toon of Kool & the Gang performing at ceremony
Celebrate good times, come on! 鈥淭here鈥檚 a party going on right here!鈥 Right here in Arlington this Monday, Aug. 28, at the new Berry Elementary School. It鈥檒l be a celebration to dedicate the brand-new school. In fact, 鈥淢r. Celebration鈥 himself, Sir Earl Toon of Kool & the Gang, will be there to perform several of…
New Berry and Thornton elementary schools open Replacement schools funded by the 2019 Bond
New schools replace buildings from the 1950s The line outside the front door was long as students and parents waited to get in early Wednesday morning. But the wait didn鈥檛 dampen their enthusiasm to see the new Thornton Elementary School. The new Thornton and the new Berry Elementary opened for students for the first time…
Bond 2019 construction underway at Sam Houston High School Renovations improving Sam鈥檚 learning environment
Construction is Underway at Sam thanks to Bond When construction started at Sam Houston High School during the 2014 Bond program, you knew it. There were cranes and all kinds of construction vehicles and materials outside. The 2014 bond-funded additions and renovations were major construction projects that changed the footprint of Sam Houston. There was…
Old Duff Elementary gym demolished 2019 Bond projects start at Duff and South Davis Elementary
Duff getting a new gym That didn鈥檛 take long. Demolition of the gym at Duff Elementary started this week 鈥 and finished. The structure is gone. That鈥檚 good, because building a new gym will take a lot longer than a few days. The new gym is part of the 2019 Bond-funded project just getting started…
Citizens Bond Oversight Committee presents annual report Committee assists Board of Trustees with oversight of the 2019 Bond program
Committee chair presents to Board of Trustees The聽Citizens Bond Oversight Committee gave its annual report at the last 色窝窝无码一区二区三区 Board of Trustees meeting. Charles Finicum, the committee鈥檚 chair, presented at the June 29 meeting and offered observations and recommendations related to the district鈥檚 2019 Bond program. Read the report聽or聽watch the presentation聽below. 鈥淚 want to…
Bond construction projects start at Short, Hale and Adams elementary schools It鈥檚 a busy summer of construction
Short Elementary looks like a mess Short Elementary students who wrapped up the school year just a few weeks ago might not recognize their school if they walked inside today. It鈥檚 a mess. Much of the flooring and ceiling, along with some of the walls, have been demolished. But the mess is making way for…
The old Webb Elementary is going, going, gone School built in 1960 has been demolished
Old school replaced by the 2019 Bond Webb Elementary School is gone. The old one that is. The old Webb, built in 1960 as Nichols Junior High, became Webb Elementary in 1993 after Nichols moved north of I-30 to its current location. The old building served students well for more than 60 years, but it…
Get a sneak peek of new Thornton Elementary School See photos as construction nears the finish line
Furniture delivery started this week at Thornton You know a new building is almost complete when they start moving furniture in. That鈥檚 exactly what started on Wednesday at the new Thornton Elementary School, where they began rolling in the new library furniture. The new Thornton, under construction since the groundbreaking ceremony in December of 2021,…
Berry Elementary teachers and staff visit their new school Police provide escort back home to new building
Berry construction almost complete It was finally time to go home. Principal Rose Ravin鈥檚 head popped up out of the sunroof of a pickup truck idling in front of Berry Elementary School – or what was Berry Elementary School for the last two years. Behind Ravin were cars filled with all of Berry鈥檚 teachers and…
Bailey Junior High construction kicks off over the summer Bond 2019 project includes a 10-classroom addition
Bailey Junior High鈥檚 new parking lot off Bowen Road is complete. But that鈥檚 just the start of the 2019 Bond project at Bailey. Now that school is out for the summer, work on the transformational project will really get going. It鈥檚 a large, complex project that won鈥檛 wrap up until the end of 2024. With…
New playgrounds done at Dunn Elementary Also open at Burgin, Morton, Hill and Rankin elementary schools
Playgrounds under construction at five schools According to the students at Dunn Elementary, they have a new park on campus. Their new park is actually a new playground. 鈥淭he new playground at Dunn is now affectionately called a 鈥榩ark鈥 by our students,鈥 said Dunn principal Mary Helen Burnett. 鈥淭hey cannot believe it’s for them and…