What's Included

The proposed High School #2 will be a comparable facility to Waxahachie High School and have capacity for approximately 3,200 students. The new facility will have expanded CTE programs to offer more opportunities to high school students in WISD.

New neighborhood elementary school with capacity for approximately 800 students utilizing plans already owned by the district.

New neighborhood elementary school with capacity for approximately 800 students utilizing plans already owned by the district.

The new Wilemon STEAM Academy campus will have capacity for approximately 800 students allowing more students the opportunity to attend this school of choice. The new campus will include specialized spaces for project-based learning.

The mission of Waxahachie ISD’s Wilemon STEAM Academy is to create an innovative learning environment in which students thrive, using critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration to solve real-world problems and promote career awareness.

• Wilemon STEAM Academy is currently the third school in the nation to have all teachers National Institute of STEM Education Certified, and also holds the National Institute of STEM Education Campus certification.
• Wilemon utilizes “maker spaces” throughout the building as an extension of students' learning. Examples of these maker spaces include a “LEGO Wall,” “REC Room,” “Tinker Studio,” “Creation Station,” and “Design Den.” Some of these spaces are currently taking place in the middle of the hallway or have overtaken office/meeting spaces on campus.
• Enrollment at Wilemon STEAM Academy is lottery-based, and the number of applicants for enrollment each year of its existence has exceeded available space in its current campus location. A new, larger campus would allow more students the opportunity to attend Wilemon.

• The library is undersized by current TEA standards.
• Core areas, including the cafeteria, are not large enough to hold the same number of students as the classrooms.
• Building repairs and upgrades will improve campus energy efficiency and school safety.

• Originally constructed in 2002 as the district’s ninth-grade center.
• In 2018, the building became home to Global High School. 
• When the building was designed, it was done with the idea that it may need to be expanded in the future; thus, expanding the building to hold 1,200 students requires little reconfiguration of the building.

• Expansion to the current facility will allow student enrollment capacity to increase to meet current and future demands.
• Renovations and replacements being recommended will enhance school safety and ensure the quality of the educational facility as it continues to age.

Additions and renovations to WHS athletic facilities to accommodate for growth and eliminate the need for student athletes to travel to Lumpkins stadium on a daily basis for workouts and practice.

• Add athletic dressing, training, and support spaces
• Add a multi-use team meeting space for use by all sports
• Add a weight room facility for all athletes, and an expanded training room serving all sports
• Add a cheer locker room, storage, and rehearsal space
• Renovate the existing locker room spaces to allow for the creation of a smaller weight room space and dedicated locker room spaces for baseball, tennis, and cross country