Bond 2017
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.
Lake Belton High School
Projected Cost: $121.5 million - Opened Fall 2020
- Groundbreaking on May 17, 2018
- Opened on August 19, 2020
- Dedication ceremony on September 30, 2020
Charter Oak Elementary School
Cost: $20.3 million - Opened Fall 2019
- Groundbreaking on January 24, 2018
- Opened on August 19, 2019
- Dedication ceremony on September 24, 2019
Lakewood Elementary Addition
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
Pittenger Fine Arts Center Updates
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
