The dedication for Hisle Elementary School this morning provided another special moment in the first year of #1LISD’s 30th elementary school.
The school is named after a long-time Board of Trustees member, Donald Lewis Hisle, who served on the LISD Board for 23 years before retiring in 2018.
At the dedication, the community had the opportunity to walk the halls of the new school and try on some of the learning experiences available to students each and every day.
The construction of Hisle ES was funded through project savings from the 2007 & 2017 bonds, along with some funds for roads from the 2023 bond.
This facility, and the home to these new Hounds, is the result of a lot of coordination and hard work along the way.
- July 2022: Everything started with the Board’s approval of the Bond Oversight Committee’s recommendation to fund LISD’s 30th elementary school through savings from the 2017 and 2007 bonds. Some funds for roads were also used from the 2023 bond.
- American Constructors approved as the construction contractor and Pfluger Architects approved as the architect.
- May 2023: Groundbreaking ceremony
- June 2023: Construction begins
- Fall 2023: Insulated tilt-wall panels and structural steel go up around the school site
- Spring 2024: Road & site paving, electrical and plumbing, framing, roofing dry-in phase
- March 2024: The Board approves the naming committee’s recommendation to name the school after long-time Trustee Donald Lewis Hisle.
- Summer 2024: Construction complete, staff moved into the building
- August 2024: Open the doors to Hisle Hounds to begin the 2024–25 school year.
