In 2017, the Big Red Community approved a bond proposal for $149.7 million to provide:

• A new high school
• A new elementary school
• Addition of music classrooms and a gymnaium at Lakewood Elementary
• Updates to the Wall Street Auditorium in downtown Belton

Cost Savings of $7.2 million will allow the district to invest in additional priority improvement projects that will directly benefit students. 

Projected Cost: $121.5 million - Opened Fall 2020

• Groundbreaking on May 17, 2018
• Opened on August 19, 2020
• Dedication ceremony on September 30, 2020

Cost: $20.3 million - Opened Fall 2019

• Groundbreaking on January 24, 2018
• Opened on August 19, 2019
• Dedication ceremony on September 24, 2019

Cost: $2.6 million - Completed Fall 2018

• Groundbreaking on January 8, 2018
• Added gym, music classrooms and bathrooms
• Ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 12, 2018

Cost: $2.2 million - Completed Fall 2018

• Renovated 1966 facility to provide community with event and performance space
• Renamed after longtime Board member Randy Pittenger
• Dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 25, 2018