Your Bond Dollars at Work
Building Dallas' Future
As three new schools (Larry Smith Elementary School and two middle schools, Hector P. Garcia and Harold Wendell Lang Sr.) opened in the fall of 2007, the $1.37 billion Dallas ISD bond program is nearing completion. The public is welcome to attend the dedications scheduled to celebrate the new schools.
The Food and Child Nutrition Services Department of the district will soon have a new home. Work continues on the department's Maria Luna Food Service Facility, which will house administrative offices as well as training kitchens and warehouse space. Completion is expected as the calendar turns to 2008.
Another major project well underway matches the charm of a historic building coupled with all new classrooms and performing spaces. Students and teachers of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts plan to move into their new building toward the end of the spring semester.
In addition, renovations are in progress on a final group of schools across the city. The last new school of the bond program, Francisco Pancho Medrano Middle School, broke ground in May 2007 and will open when school starts in August of 2008.
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Bond Program Highlights
- 19 of 20 new schools complete – one middle school is currently under construction, plus major addition/renovation at arts high school
- 33 of 33 major additions complete
- 19 of 20 early childhood additions complete – one early childhood addition is currently under construction
- 137 of 148 renovations complete – 11 renovations are currently under construction
- 17 new or refurbished tracks and a new athletic complex
- 170,000-square-foot food service facility under construction
- 1,547 new classrooms across the district
- more than 900 contractors have participated in bond-related construction projects
- more than 19,000 craftsmen have been involved in building projects
- 41 percent participation of minority or women-owned businesses
- overall, construction projects are 93 percent substantially complete
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