Katy ISD’s Opportunity Awareness Center will have a new home beginning in the 2027-28 school year.
What residents need to know
At a July 27 meeting, the board of trustees approved a $10.22 million construction contract with Anslow-Bryant Construction Ltd. for the district’s new Opportunity Awareness Center building.
The OAC, which is the district’s disciplinary alternative education program, serves students in kindergarten to 12th grade who have broken the Texas Education Code or the district’s student code of conduct, Principal Janelle Coleman previously said.
The details
The new building—which will be located at 1745 Katy Fort Bend Road—is slated to be just under 20,000 square feet and will decrease the number of secondary seats from 345 to 180, officials previously said.
The nearly $11.79 million project, which will be paid by the $676.2 million bond approved by voters in May 2021, includes $1.36 million in non-contract costs such as permit fees and commissioning as well as $200,000 for furniture, equipment and technology, per agenda documents.
How we got here
Construction for the new center became necessary after the district decided to expand the growing Miller Career and Technology Center in its former space, as previously reported by Community Impact.
Next steps
District officials said the project is anticipated to begin construction in mid-late August with substantial completion expected by July 1, 2027, according to agenda documents.
