On May 10th, 2008 the voters in Midway ISD passed a $75.8 million school bond. The bond was needed for the school system to keep up with the rapid growth of the Hewitt/Woodway area. It (the bond) provided the funds needed to add a new elementary and an intermediate school, as well as improvements to all existing elementaries, middle, and intermediate schools.

It looks like the new elementary school, located on Hewitt Dr. (near the park), will be called “Castleman Creek Elementary”. The school board said they wanted to stay with the theme of location oriented names like “South Bosque, Spring Valley, Speeglville, etc… To be honest, I’m not that crazy about the chosen name. It’s kind of a mouthful, and since it’s right next to the park, I thought a name like “Park Meadows”, “Meadows”, or some variation of it would have been a good choice. But nevertheless, I’m sure it will be a fine school that will add much needed space for Midway ISD.

Castleman Creek Elementary school will cost about $16 million, have about 86,000 square feet, and house 600 students. The attendance zones should be completed in October ’08.

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