What we reported: Spring ISD asked voters to approve a $330 million bond to fund new school facilities, technology upgrades and  new school buses. Klein ISD approved plans for its 10th intermediate school and a name for its fifth high school, both built with funds from a 2015 bond referendum.

The latest: Voters approved the SISD bond referendum on Nov. 8, and the board of trustees authorized the purchase of the first $225 million in bonds in December. Construction is underway at the new KISD high school, which will be named Klein Cain High School.

What’s next  KISD will open Klein Cain High School in August and will begin construction on Intermediate School No. 10 on West Rayford Road with a projected opening date in 2018. SISD will purchase 60 buses for the 2017-18 school year. The design phase of the district’s ninth-grade and middle school buildings will begin in 2017.