In preparation for the 2024-25 school year, Eanes ISD teams completed hundreds of construction, renovation, technology and safety projects over the two-and-a-half-month summer break.

Brian Bolek, director of facilities and construction, and Kristy Sailors, assistant superintendent of operations and technology, provided the board of trustees with the updates during a special meeting Aug. 13.

A closer look

Using 2023 bond funds, Bolek said the maintenance and operations team completed major projects, including:
  • Bridge Point Elementary: new windows in the main hallway
  • Cedar Creek Elementary: new staff restroom and learning studio
  • Eanes Elementary: resurfaced playground; installed new windows and solar panels
  • Forest Trail Elementary: resurfaced playground
  • Valley View Elementary: updated front entrance; added walkway to the field
  • Hill Country Middle School: new band storage
  • West Ridge Middle School: new bleachers
  • Westlake High School: rebuilt tennis courts and added lights; replaced turf on fields 1 and 2
  • Chaparral Stadium: replaced track
Additionally, Bolek said over 5,000 classroom desks and chairs throughout the district were replaced; over 65,000 square feet of flooring was replaced; and over 450 gallons of paint were applied.

More details


In partnership with the Eanes ISD Police Department, Sailors said the district’s emergency notification system has been expanded in all K-12 classrooms and instructional spaces.

If there is an emergency on campus, Sailors said students and staff will receive notifications and instructions in five ways:
  • PA system announcements inside and outside
  • Visual and audio announcements on classroom desk phones
  • Alerts on large instructional displays/monitors, which will interrupt the signal of what is on the screen and display the emergency message
  • Text alerts to staff
  • Email alerts to staff
“We can also control what gets activated and what doesn't get activated,” Sailors said. “We worked with [Chief of Police] Matt [Greer] and [Police Lt. Brent Kelly] to decide, ‘What do we not want it to do?’ So we did a practice run to make sure that, ‘Let’s pretend like we don’t want the PA system because the individual might be in the campus.’ We would not have the PA go, but the classroom monitors would go, the phones would go, and the text and the emails would go.”

On the technology side, Sailors said the tech team:
  • Replaced 7,800 K-12 student devices and cases
  • Rewired 164 elementary iPad carts
  • Certified each campus tech specialist with an advanced certification for cybersecurity and safety
What else?

When technology equipment—such as iPads, computers or an Apple TV—is replaced, Sailors said the district will sell the old equipment through a buy-back process to an approved vendor. The district will receive funds based on the grade and quantity of the equipment, which will go back into the bond funds that were used to buy the devices to begin with.


Bolek said a similar process is used for district furniture, such as student and teacher desks.