Bond Project Updates
June 2024
New Baseball/Softball Complex Groundbreaking
We had a great time celebrating the groundbreaking of our new baseball and softball fields! The funds for the new fields were the first athletics-only upgrades from a bond election. The anticipated completion date is this winter, and both fields will be available to be played on in Spring 2025.
May 2024
In May, the school board approved the design documents developed for the new AHS Gym Project. Approving the design documents is the next step in the project, which is expected to be completed by Dec. 2025. The project should be going out to bid soon, with dirt beginning to turn this fall.
March 2024
At March's School Board Meeting, the architect designing Alvarado High School's new gym presented a schematic design of what the new facility may look like when completed. Approving the schematic design is the first step of the project, which is expected to be completed by Dec. 2025. Current plans for the gym include seating for 1,600, and the facility will double as a storm shelter for the high school.
February 2024
New Elementary Groundbreaking
It was a long wait, but Feb. 22 was a day Alvarado ISD will always remember as we hosted a groundbreaking for our new elementary school. The event marked the beginning of a new era for Alvarado ISD as we move forward with grade realignment at the elementary level. It is also the start of the most significant project associated with the largest bond Alvarado voters have ever passed. Thursday's groundbreaking would not have happened without several people in attendance, including members of the Facility Steering Committee, staff from the City of Alvarado, Pogue Construction, and Huckabee Architects as well as current and former Board members.
The new elementary school will house PreK-5th graders and allow the district to consolidate its elementary campuses from four to three. Other projects, including Lillian Elementary renovations, new baseball and softball fields, and a new gym, will be moving along soon.
December 2023
new elementary school to replace north
At the December 2023 school board meeting, the Board delegated authority to the district administration to negotiate a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) with Pogue. The GMP is the final step in the process before breaking ground on the project. Over 260 sub-contractors submitted bids for the project. We currently plan to break ground in January.
OTHER PROJECTS
With all other projects in the final phase before construction begins, the final pieces of the 2022 bond are a new competition gym at Alvarado High School and renovations to AIS. The School Board approved the district to go forward with contract negotiations with the top ranking architect for the gym after district leadership interviewed three architect companies on Monday.