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Superintendent says new DeSoto high school placed on capital outlay priority; governor’s signature awaited
Summary
Superintendent reported the district's new high‑school project is on the state appropriations and construction capital outlay priority list and expects construction to start this summer pending the governor’s signature on the spending bill; occupancy is projected for fall 2027.
The DeSoto School Board was told June 10 that the district’s new high‑school project has been placed on the state appropriations and construction capital outlay priority list and is expected to move forward once the governor signs the spending bill.
The superintendent (identified in the meeting only by title) told the board, “The new high school project is now on the appropriations, construction, capital outlay priority. It's gonna be funded. We're waiting out for the governor to sign it, but instead of it being a 2 year funding cycle, it'll be 3 years.”
Nut graf: the change from a two‑year to a three‑year funding cycle was described in the meeting as not altering the schedule for major milestones; the superintendent said a formal groundbreaking is planned for August, “we'll see walls up before Christmas,” and the district is “looking at the fall of '27, being in that school.”
The superintendent framed the three‑year appropriation as a timing change rather than a scope change: “That really doesn't change much in terms of what's gonna happen at that high school,” the superintendent said. No additional funding amounts or contract awards were disclosed in the meeting transcript.
Ending: The project remains contingent on the governor signing the spending bill; the transcript records the timeline presented but does not show further formal board action or budget votes tied to the appropriation at this meeting.
