Designing Schools...With Kids in Mind!

For release: February 15, 2012
Contact: Kate Miller, kate.miller@tasb.org
800.580.8272, ext. 2242

(Austin) – The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) is pleased to announce that Claycomb Associates, Architects, is the newest partner in the Association’s recently created TASB Partners program.

“Claycomb is an excellent organization, and we look forward to working with them in this new relationship,” said James B. Crow, TASB executive director. “We share a vision for Texas public schools and a desire to create new opportunities for students throughout the state. That will provide a solid foundation for a productive partnership.”

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by KIM HILSENBECK
Hays Free Press

Recycling, composting, rainwater harvesting – these are not just buzzwords for Hays CISD. In fact, Rod Walls, the district’s director of new construction and sustainability, says it’s the norm for how school campuses are now built in Hays CISD.

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By BETTY WATERS
Palestine Herald-Press

ELKHART — It took six years and four trips to the polls for Elkhart ISD to succeed in a thrust toward meeting major facility needs.

In the end, the community supported the building of a “beautiful high school” everyone can be proud of for years to come, said Superintendent Mike Moon.

The modernistic, $19 million Elkhart High School sits on about a 57-acre tract on U.S. Highway 287 north of downtown waiting for finishing touches and students to start school.

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By PAUL STONE
Palestine Herald-Press

PALESTINE — Several hundred students, parents and supporters celebrated Tuesday night’s dedication of the 550-seat Palestine Middle School Competition Gym, with leaders thanking the district’s constituents for their support of its construction.

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By BETTY WATERS
Staff Writer

PALESTINE -- With two phases of a $64 million construction program under way and another phase finished, Palestine Independent School District officials carefully parcel the money to turn as many schools as possible into professional facilities.

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By KELLY GOOCH
Staff Writer

JACKSONVILLE — A better environment for teachers and students is on its way to Joe Wright Elementary School.

With shovels in hand, school leaders broke ground Tuesday on the new Joe Wright, which is being built at the corner of U.S. Highway 175 and Pineda Street. 

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Bond To Fund 2 New Elementary Schools
By KELLY GOOCH
Staff Writer

JACKSONVILLE -- In the wake of its first approved bond since the late 1990s, Jacksonville ISD is preparing to hash out project timelines and details.

Voters approved a $49.865 million bond with 2,175, or 56.49 percent, of votes for the issue and 1,675, or 43.51 percent, against it, according to complete but unofficial results.

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The dirt will fly on Nov. 1 at 6:00 PM, breaking ground on the new Temple Elementary and Diboll Primary Schools. The public is cordially invited to the short ceremony marking the beginning of the construction phase for the 124,688 square foot facility built on land donated by Temple Inland. Parking will be at Lumberjack Stadium with Diboll ISD buses bringing visitors to the site.

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SPRINGTOWN (August 24, 2010)--Each year, the Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards, and Texas Society of Architects proudly award excellence in new education facility construction and renovation projects in Texas. The associations present awards of excellence in the categories of design, innovation, value, process of planning, sustainability, and educational appropriateness. Awards are determined by a six-member panel of judges, comprised of two members from each association. 

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