BRENHAM SCHOOL BOARD HEARS FROM ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

  

The Brenham School Board heard from three architecture firms during a lengthy meeting at noon Wednesday.  The school district is looking at ways to get the school bond passed that failed in May.  School bonds are not passing the way they were in the past, something that all three firms alluded to.  PBK Architecture, Plan North Architecture, and Huckabee Architecture where the three firms presenting to the board.

PBK Architecture sent Ryan Gregory, Ian Powell, and Jeff Chapman for their presentation.  Their corporate office is located in Houston.  Plan North, a local firm who has done some work for the district in the past, said they would like to do some planning before the next bond is called.  Katie Burch and Blake Clements did most of their presentation to the board.  Huckabee Architecture said they would do a master plan, and then see what bond amount the community would support and then structure the bond to that amount.  They supported doing a series of bonds, keeping to the master plan, over several years.

Brenham School trustees are looking for ways to get a school bond passed.  The $153.9 million bond issue failed in May of this year.  One reason the voters gave as to why they voted no was the lack of plans presented by the school district for the new Junior High School and the High School CTE building.  The School Board hopes to select a firm to provide plans next time around.