What we know
A cost for the 17-acre tract of land has not yet been determined, according to a Jan. 24 email from Scott Powers, the district's executive director of public relations. However, Powers said the potential land purchase:
- Could one day be the site of a NCISD elementary school
- Is located in the Porters Mill subdivision along Gene Campbell Road
- Would be funded by NCISD’s $695 million bond package, which was approved by voters in May 2023
Roughly 60% of voters showed their support for both NCISD bond propositions on the May 6, 2023 ballot, providing $634 million for district facilities and $61 million for extracurricular program upgrades.
As previously reported by Community Impact, the bond package includes plans to add:
- Elementary School No. 12—a $44 million campus in The Highlands
- Elementary School No. 13—a $50 million campus in the northeast section of the district
- Middle schools No. 5 and 6, which would each cost $108 million and house 1,100 students, and be built in the northwestern and northeastern portions of the district, respectively
Hannah Brol and Wesley Gardner contributed to this report.