Round Rock ISD heads into summer of bond-funded construction

Facilities improvement updates shared in May include:

Athletic facilities

• Lighting replacements completed at Round Rock and Westwood high school softball facilities; McNeil, Round Rock and Stony Point baseball facilities.
• Lighting replacements in procurement for McNeil, Stony Point and Cedar Ridge high school softball facilities; Cedar Ridge and Westwood high school baseball facilities; middle school competition football and soccer fields at Canyon Vista, Chisholm Trail, Pearson Ranch and Walsh middle schools.
• Turf replacements for Chisholm Trail, Hernandez, Hopewell, Pearson Ranch and Walsh middle school fields will begin this fall, and are planned to conclude late next year.

Infrastructure

• Replacing 3-foot-by-8-foot aluminum marquees at Bluebonnet, Callison, Chandler Oaks, Deep Wood, Gattis, Robertson and Union Hill elementary schools, as well as Chisholm Trail and Hopewell middle schools, by mid-August. Fifteen more are in production, with all 42 anticipated to be installed by late December.
• Second phase of water bottle filling station replacement. Ninety-two filling stations and drinking fountains will be installed at 32 campuses this summer.
• Replace stage curtains at Berkman, Brushy Creek, Cactus Ranch, Chandler Oaks, Herrington, Sommer and Walsh elementary schools.
• Replace indoor lighting with LEDs. Completed at 32 campuses; in progress at Brushy Creek, Caldwell Heights and Joe Lee Johnson elementary schools; 15 more elementary schools to be completed by end of August.
• Door hardware replacements completed at Cactus Ranch Elementary School; Hopewell Middle School and Union Hill Elementary School to be completed this summer and fall.

Vehicles

• The district purchased 40 new buses to update its fleet, now made up of 30 77-passenger buses and 10 special-education 54-passenger buses. All regular route buses will be equipped with seat belts and cameras.

What's next?

Comprehensive construction projects at the following facilities will get underway this summer:

• Berkman Elementary School
• C.D. Fulkes Auditorium
• CTE renovations
• Forest North Elementary School
• Great Oaks Elementary School
• McNeil High School
• Stony Point High School
• District support services at A.W. Grimes Boulevard
• Westwood High School

Additional information about the district's 2024 bond program, including a by-campus breakdown, is available at www.roundrockisd.org/o/rrisd/page/bond-projects.