The district's ninth grade campus will eventually become a full second high school and is expected to expand to include 10th grade during the 2024-25 school year or once the district’s enrollment for students in grades 9-12 reaches 3,000. The school will accommodate grades 9-12 by the 2026-27 school year.
Discussion of the zoning boundaries occurred over the past few months and at several previous school board meetings.
“I know that we’ve done a lot of work on this and had a special workshop, and we've sent different requests back to you all,” School Board Vice President Eric Berquist said. “So I know there was a lot of work done with that,” he said.
The two high schools will sit at almost opposite ends of the city, with NBHS on Loop 337 in Comal County and Long Creek High School off West Klein Road in Guadalupe County.
The division will mean students attending Oak Run Middle School will feed into New Braunfels High School, and students attending New Braunfels Middle School will feed into Long Creek.
