The details
The new project is the second phase in a campus modernization initiative funded by Austin ISD’s 2022 bond.
The second phase will continue the campus improvements focusing on upgrading athletic facilities. The school will get a new athletics building with a competition gym, weight room, wrestling gym, locker rooms and a student athlete training center. The new building is set to open spring 2028.
LBJ ECHS will also receive a turf field, the first Austin ISD high school to receive one funded by the 2022 bond, according to a news release.
Phase 2 also includes maintenance improvements, technology upgrades and more. The project is estimated to cost over $116.5 million.
What else
LBJ completed the first phase of modernization in 2023, funded by the 2017 bond, according to district documents.
The first phase included a new two-story space for student learning and the LBJ Pathways in Technology program.
Austin District 1 council member Natasha Harper-Madison, AISD Superintendent Matias Segura, AISD District 1 trustee Candace Hunter, and LBJ students and staff were in attendance at the groundbreaking.
