Photo Courtesy SHW GroupA rendering of the design for Pflugerville ISD's newest elementary school, scheduled to open fall 2014.
The public was offered its first look at Pflugerville ISD's next elementary school at the Jan. 18 board of trustees meeting.
Representatives of Austin-based architecture firm SHW Group presented renderings and floor plans of the district's 20th elementary school, which is expected to open in time for the 2014–15 school year.
"The budget we established in 2007—as part of the 2007 bond package—is right at $19 million, and we will be coming right in under that," said Bill Clayton, PISD executive director of facilities and construction.
Clayton said the construction of the new school, which is scheduled to begin in June, will utilize energy-efficient technology in order to reduce the building's cost of operation. The school will also be equipped for solar panels, although the district has not yet decided if or when they will be purchased, he said.
