Comal ISD trustees received a comprehensive update on the district's 2021 and 2023 bond programs Thursday, and district staff announced a new online financial dashboard, Owner Insight, that refreshes each morning.

The construction presentation summarized progress at projects large and small and put front and center several campuses in active construction. The district said Memorial Early College High School HVAC work reached substantial completion; Mayfair Elementary opened after receiving a full certificate of occupancy; foundation and steel erection were underway at Middle School No. 9; and the Life Bridges campus received a conditional building permit with contractor mobilization and a groundbreaking scheduled for Sept. 2, 2025.

The Bond 2023 reinvestment programs include roofing, drainage, wastewater and athletic facility work across multiple high schools. For example, the board was shown that Canyon High School’s reinvestment package has a $32,014,110 allocated budget and that $1,786,076 (about 5.6 percent) had been expended at the time of the presentation. The district said Davenport and Smithson Valley reinvestment budgets were combined for procurement efficiency: the combined allocation is $40,301,787, with $8,640,072 assigned to Davenport and $31,661,715 to Smithson Valley. Of the Smithson Valley allocation, the presentation listed $9,479,949 (about 30 percent) as expended to date.

Finance staff followed with a Bond 2021/2023 financial status report and introduced Owner Insight, a publicly accessible bond-budget tool on the Comal ISD website. The district said Owner Insight refreshes each morning at 7 a.m. after invoices are uploaded and that users can navigate a full-screen interactive map and expenditure charts. The finance presentation included line-item budget and expense figures for system packages and for specific campuses; for example, the presentation showed the Mayfair Elementary budget at $71,890,239 with $53,887,633 (about 75 percent) expensed while closeout work continues.

Board members and staff discussed construction timing and campus disruptions during the school year. District construction staff said roofing and HVAC work is being scheduled to minimize instructional interruption and that larger projects such as a full campus reroof at Canyon High School will require daytime work to avoid protracted schedules. Trustees praised campus administrators and construction staff for coordination during occupied-school construction.

The update also included schedule notes: final landscaping at Mayfair expected by Sept. 8, Memorial roof phases planned to be complete by December, and Elementary School No. 22 design drawings due in November with an anticipated opening in 2027. The Life Bridges project was presented with an approximate 12-month construction timeline after groundbreaking.

The presentation was informational; no board action was required on the construction update itself. Trustees did vote separately (on other agenda items) to continue bond oversight and budget approvals as required.