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Manor ISD unveils 10-year facilities master-plan findings: growth projections, school-size recommendations and $99M deferred-maintenance estimate
Summary
District staff presented enrollment projections showing continued growth to about 15,500 students in 10 years, proposed new "ed-specs" (recommended school sizes), and a facilities assessment that identified immediate backlog and a longer-term deferred-maintenance need of roughly $99 million and scenario costs up to $480 million.
Manor Independent School District trustees received a facilities master-plan briefing on Feb. 3 that included 10-year enrollment projections, recommended educational specifications for typical campus sizes and a multi-year deferred-maintenance estimate.
District staff reported that the demographer's most recent projection put enrollment at about 10,061 as of early January 2021 and forecasted enrollment of roughly 15,500 students in 10 years. The district said growth is uneven across the district and that several large residential developments are likely to increase student counts in specific neighborhoods along FM 973 and Gregg Manor Road.
Staff presented recommended educational specifications ("ed specs") for future construction: typical elementary campuses sized for about 700 to 750 students, typical middle schools sized near 1,000 students, and high-school…
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