This summer the construction of the new Freeport Elementary School will be completed prior to the opening of the first day of school August 15, 2018. The state-of-the-art facility will house all Freeport area students in grades Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grade who will become the pioneers of the new campus.
The new campus is a single story replacement elementary on a 5.67 acre site at 11th Street and Velasco Boulevard. The 90,438 square foot, state of the art facility will cater to the unique learning needs and characteristics of early childhood learners. At the heart of the building is a media center with green spaces in between each pod to promote outdoor learning as well as wet/dry lab spaces for STREAM activities (science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math). A large multipurpose space will function as a cafeteria and gym and for large events. The new campus design provides extensive natural light in each classroom as well as areas dedicated to collaborative learning within each classroom wing. Each wing will contain 13 classrooms, a large collaboration space, restrooms, and a teacher planning area. There will be a separate area to drop off Pre-K and special needs children as an added convenience and to help with the flow of traffic around the campus. A hard surface play area and bus loop will service the campus off of the Multi-Purpose Gym and Cafeteria. Durable and sustainable building materials were used throughout the project, as well as energy efficient LED lighting fixtures.
Freeport students in grades second through fourth will attend Velasco Elementary School in the Freeport feeder pattern, with R.O’Hara Lanier Middle School continuing with fifth and sixth graders, Freeport Intermediate with the seventh and eighth graders and students finishing up ninth through twelfth grade at Brazosport High School. There will be no attendance boundaries in this feeder pattern, which will help with the high mobility rate.
In April, the construction for the third new school, Ogg Elementary, began. It is scheduled to open for students in August 2019. Roberts and Brannen elementary will follow in the next few years.
