Argyle ISD announces site for new elementary school

A location has been announced for the new elementary school in Argyle ISD, the district stated in a news release.

The new campus—currently called Elementary School No. 4, as the name has not been determined—will be located in the Harvest community, which rests on the west side of I-35. The new school is part of the 2022 school bond package and is scheduled to open in fall 2024, the release stated. The campus will serve students in prekindergarten through the fifth grade.

AISD officials will hold a community groundbreaking event for the campus later this school year with a date to be announced in the coming weeks.

Elementary School No. 4 will have a capacity of 850 students, the release stated, and will be located at the northwest corner of 17th Street and Cleveland Gibbs Road. The school will be on 23 acres donated to the district by Hillwood Properties with construction projected to begin this summer, the release stated.

“We are excited to begin construction on our district’s fourth elementary school,” AISD board President Sam Slaton said in the release. “Thank you to the community for voting to approve the bond to make this necessary expansion possible and to Hillwood Properties for graciously donating this land to the district.”

The new school is one of two elementary schools in the 2022 bond package with Elementary School No. 5 projected to open in 2026, the release stated.

“Having a second elementary in the western part of the district provides much-needed instructional space for our elementary students in this rapidly growing area,” AISD Superintendent Telena Wright said in the release.

As this school year opened, AISD opened its third elementary campus, Argyle South, which is in the Canyon Falls community in Flower Mound.