What you need to know
Voters in BISD passed over $500 million in bonds through two initiatives in 2021 and 2023.
These were the first bond proposals to be passed by voters in the district since 2007.
Projects included in the propositions include:
- Safety and security upgrades to existing campuses
- Land purchases and the construction of two new campuses
- Capacity expansions to existing campuses
- Improvements to athletic facilities
As of the May 2025 bond construction update presented by BISD's Director of Construction and Planning Lee Raspberry, multiple projects were about halfway through completion.
Adelton Elementary School
- Construction schedule: June 2024-Aug. 2024
- Scope of work: New 105,000 square foot elementary school
- Status: 65% complete
- Construction Schedule: Jan. 2025-May 2026
- Scope of work: 35,500 square foot campus expansion
- Status: 18% complete
- Schedule: Dec. 2025-Dec. 2025
- Scope of work: 21,000 square foot campus additions
- Status: 28% complete
- Schedule: Oct. 2024-Dec. 2025
- Scope of work: 60,000 square foot campus addition, new competition gym and fine arts facilities
- Status: 55% complete
- Schedule: Oct. 2024-Dec. 2025
- Scope of work: 60,000 square foot campus addition, new competition gym and fine arts facilities
- Status: 50% complete
- Schedule: May 2025-Dec. 2027
- Scope of work: 38,000 square foot addition in permitting phase; new classroom wing and continued renovations
- Status: 0% complete
- Schedule: Sept. 2024-Dec. 2025
- Scope of work: 30,500 square foot campus addition
- Status: 37% complete
- Schedule: Begin fall 2025
- Scope of work: Addition of security vestibules
- Status: Not yet started
- Schedule: Jan. 2025-Mar. 2026
- Scope of work: 55,000 square foot facility to serve police administration, maintenance, custodial, groundskeeping, warehouse and the district's print shop
- Status: 20% complete