Comal ISD bond update: Two new elementary schools slated to begin construction this month

Construction on two new elementary schools in Comal ISD is expected to begin in April after building contracts were signed earlier this year, according to the district.

Funding for architectural designs for the schools was approved in the district’s 2017 bond, and construction costs were part of the recently passed 2021 bond.

Elementary School No. 19 will be located along Hwy. 46 and will provide relief for Clear Spring Elementary School and Freiheit Elementary School.

Elementary School No. 20 will be located on Hubertus Road across from Danville Middle School and will provide relief for Morningside and Garden Ridge elementary schools.

Each school is estimated to cost $35 million and will have capacity for 850 students, said Crystal Hermesch, executive director of school finance for CISD, during a March 31 board meeting.

“There's been some groundbreaking [and] site clearing that started in the last couple of weeks,” Hermesch said. “We're still on schedule for construction completion in June of [20]23 and school opening in August of [20]23.”

Despite anticipating some permitting and construction delays due to outside factors, both campuses are slated to open for the 2023-24 school year, Hermesch said.