More than three years after voters passed a $1 billion Austin ISD bond, six new campuses funded with bond dollars have opened.

Eleven campuses are under construction, and two others, a new middle school in the Mueller area and LBJ Early College High School, are still in the design phase.

The next three schools set to hold grand opening celebrations this spring include Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders and Murchison Middle School, the first two secondary campuses to be open. The district has not yet announced the grand opening dates for those schools. A virtual ceremony for the new Norman-Sims Elementary School, which opened to staff in December, is set for Feb. 11.

Schools that have opened

• Bear Creek Elementary School: opened October 2020, $36.2 million budget
• Blazier Elementary School relief campus: opened October 2020, $50.5 million budget
• Doss Elementary School: opened October 2020, $43 million budget
• Govalle Elementary School: opened March 2020, $32.6 million budget
• Menchaca Elementary School: opened January 2020, $33.4 million budget
• T.A. Brown Elementary School: opened January 2020, $30.8 million budget

Schools under construction

• Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders: opening scheduled for spring 2021, $70.4 million budget
• Austin High School: opening scheduled for fall 2022, $30.2 million budget
• Bowie High School: opening scheduled for summer 2022, $91 million budget
• Brentwood Elementary School: opening scheduled for summer 2022, $35.8 million budget
• Casis Elementary School: opening scheduled for fall 2022, $30.2 million budget
• Eastside Memorial Early College High School & International High School: opening scheduled for summer 2021, $80.7 million budget
• Hill Elementary School: opening scheduled for fall 2021, $17.8 million budget
• Murchison Middle School: opening scheduled for spring 2021, $25.3 million budget
• Norman-Sims Elementary School: grand opening ceremony scheduled Feb. 11, $25 million budget
• Rosedale School: opening scheduled for spring 2022, $40.1 million budget
• Sanchez Elementary School: opening scheduled for summer 2021, $25 million budget

Schools in design phase

• LBJ Early College High School: construction scheduled August 2021-July 2022, $25.6 million budget
• New Northeast Middle School: construction schedule to be determined, $70 million budget. According to an email from Austin ISD operations officer Matias Segura, "challenges during the negotiations" regarding the real estate purchase for the site have delayed construction.

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