Construction Reporter
  • Home
  • Services
    • Planroom
    • Printing
    • Project Upload
    • Architects & Owners
    • General Contractors
    • Subcontractors
  • Free Trial
  • Become a Member
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • About
    • About
    • FAQs
    • Privacy Policy

texas charter school group to build facilities in el paso

10/11/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
A rapidly growing public charter school organization has announced plans to build nearly two dozen campuses in metro El Paso during the next 5 years.

IDEA Public Schools, based in Weslaco, Texas, already has a network of 79 schools throughout the Lone Star State.

But the organization, which places an emphasis on pre-college preparedness learning for its mostly lower-income Hispanic students, is actively making plans for expanding throughout El Paso, as well as building locations in Florida and New Mexico.

Because the schools are public, there is no tuition. Students are selected based on the results of a lottery.

The group’s high schools have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the best such facilities in the country.

So far, IDEA has raised more than $250 million from a variety of sources for its operational and facility expansion efforts, as well as $67 million from the federal Department of Education.

The group has said it is upping its fund-raising target to around $350 million.

Expansion plans within Texas include the building of a new school at 405 Wallenberg Drive on the growing west side of El Paso.

A separate campus at 15101 Edgemere Boulevard will be completed in two phases and is expected to cost around $30 million to build. That facility is slated to be open by the fall of 2019.

IDEA is also renovating and updating a building near downtown El Paso that will house its local administrative offices.

Focusing on pre-K to 12th grade, IDEA schools currently have an enrollment of more than 45,000 students.

By Garry Boulard

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Get stories like these right to your inbox.
    ​Sign up for our newsletter

    Subscribe

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017

    Categories

    All

AFFILIATES

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
HOME
PLANS & PRICING
FREE TRIAL
MAGAZINE​
BECOME A MEMBER
PRINTING SERVICES
FAQS
CONTACT
​ABOUT

TIMELY, RELIABLE NEWS SINCE 1949 ​Construction Reporter
​
4901 Mcleod Rd NE STE 200A
Albuquerque NM 87109


​Phone: (505)-243-9793
Toll Free: (877)-292-5793
​Fax: (505)-242-4758

Copyright © 2022 Construction Reporter
User Agreement   Privacy Policy   Archive Policy
  • Home
  • Services
    • Planroom
    • Printing
    • Project Upload
    • Architects & Owners
    • General Contractors
    • Subcontractors
  • Free Trial
  • Become a Member
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • About
    • About
    • FAQs
    • Privacy Policy