Denton ISD Our Impact In Your Community Magazine October 2016 | Page 8

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District’s newest campuses to give local towns a piece of
Denton ISD and a sense of community

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oters in Denton ISD passed two bond packages within the past 10 years – in 2007 and 2013
– that are providing our rapidly growing school district with buildings and renovations to
benefit students, teachers and staff members.
Our bond packages are formulated by a committee of community members and district staff
who look at the needs of students and how they are impacted by the area’s growing population.
The committee doesn’t just look at how new schools can offset population growth, however –
improvements to current schools have been included in all modern Denton ISD bond packages.

Two of the key pieces of the 2013 bond package included the construction of Catherine Bell
Elementary and Ray Braswell High school in the easternmost portion of the district. Bell
Elementary is the district’s 23rd elementary school, while Braswell High is the district’s fourth
comprehensive high school, and first outside of the Denton city limits.

Here’s a sneak peek at our newest campuses:

Bell Elementary – Expanding young horizons
Banners that denote the graduating class year of each grade level decorate the hallways of Bell
Elementary. Tiny kindergarten students started their first day of formal education, timidly walking
under banners that read “Class of 2029.”
“This school is beautiful,” David Oduguba, as he sat with his son, Lyetade, a second grader who
was eating breakfast in the
cafeteria the first day. “We
had a wonderful experience
at Cross Oaks (Elementary)
last year and think this year
will be even better.”

Story and
Photos by
Julie Zwahr

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The building design mirrors
that of Adkins and Cross
Oaks elementary schools
but features stone masonry
and brick that is widely
used throughout the
neighborhood. The goal is
to have the architecture of
the building look and feel
like its surroundings and
from the reaction of parents
and students walking the

Students in Ms. DeeAnn Woolison’s kindergarten class get settled on their
first day of school.