Overview

• More than 33,000 students returned Monday for the first day of the 2025–26 school year, which doubles as the final opening term for Washington, Lowrie and Hanover Countryside elementary schools before their planned end-of-year closures.
• Summer renovations at Hawk Hollow Middle School—including a 92,000-square-foot addition and $53 million in upgrades—are complete, enabling the school to welcome grades 6–8 and leading to the planned closure of Abbott and Ellis middle schools.
• Work on a 46,000-square-foot, $30 million addition at Kenyon Woods Middle School and a 53,000-square-foot, $25 million expansion at Kimball Middle School began in spring and remain on track for August 2026 occupancy.
• A new 193,000-square-foot middle school at 2604 Rohrssen Road broke ground in April under a $110 million budget and is scheduled to open in August 2027.
• The district’s multi-year consolidation and construction program is funded by the $179 million bond referendum approved in April 2023, supplemented by roughly $100 million in reserves and additional debt to facilitate the shift to a 6–8 middle-school model and expanded early childhood programs.