Katy ISD names two elementary schools from 2021 bond package, approves final plat for construction of northwest facility

At a Jan. 23 school board meeting, Katy Independent School District trustees named two of the elementary school campuses affirmed through the 2021 bond after four former educators who are still active in the district community. In addition, trustees approved the final plat of land for a 257-acre northwest facility package approved in August 2021.

David and Terri Youngblood are the namesakes for Elementary School 45, which is set to be completed in August 2023, per the district’s 2021 bond webpage. Located at 25600 Longenbaugh Road, Katy, construction of the campus began October 2021 and will cost $35.74 million. It’s designed to accommodate 1,280 students.

Per a Jan. 23 press release, David Youngblood served as a teacher, a swimming coach and the district’s first diving coach, an assistant principal and associate principal. He also founded the Katy ISD Summer Swimming Recreation Program.

Terri Youngblood was instrumental in the development of Katy ISD’s vocational, career and technical curriculum, per the release. She also served as Katy High School’s Career & Technical Education department chair and as a sponsor for the Future Business Leaders of America. Terri Youngblood also taught ESL classes through the district’s community education program.

David and Terri Youngblood Elementary is one part of the northwest facility—which will also incorporate High School 10, Junior High School 18 and the new Northwest Transportation Center—for which the final plat of land along Longenbaugh Road, east of the Katy Hockley Road, was approved Jan. 23.

The plat intersects the 257-acre land site, with the high school and junior high school situated south of Longenbaugh Road and Youngblood Elementary and the transportation site to the north.

With its approval, the plat supports construction development of the facilities, per supplemental documents from the meeting. In total, construction of the northwest facility package is estimated to cost more than $300 million, per 2021 bond documents.