Vineyard Ranch Elementary planned at Huebner/1604 (Blanco, Rogers: home, neighborhoods, construction)

[tgannaway89]

A 125,000sf elementary school is being built on a 22 acre tract at the NE intersection of Huebner and 1604. NEISD plans to open the school in August 2012.

Project: Vineyard Ranch Elementary School #46 - NEISD Construction Management & Engineering

[scuba steve]

That's an uh, interesting location. I'm not complaining about an elementary school going up so close to home but that I thought that would be zoned for commercial use. Good to see that they'll be able to save a bunch of the big, old trees there.

It's not a very convenient location though. From the highway everybody will have to exit either Blanco or Bitters to get there and then go through a light. It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me why there's no exit from either end. What are they going to do - make the road by the freeway a school zone?

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by scuba steve

That's an uh, interesting location. I'm not complaining about an elementary school going up so close to home but that I thought that would be zoned for commercial use. Good to see that they'll be able to save a bunch of the big, old trees there.

It's not a very convenient location though. From the highway everybody will have to exit either Blanco or Bitters to get there and then go through a light. It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me why there's no exit from either end. What are they going to do - make the road by the freeway a school zone?

Blattman is right on NW Military and 1604. It's set very far back. They may take a cue from that model, even though they are different districts (NISD/NEISD...right?)

I know this area is a heck of a lot busier, but it's just an idea. We all know there needs to be new schools.

[pobre]

Originally Posted by scuba steve

That's an uh, interesting location. I'm not complaining about an elementary school going up so close to home but that I thought that would be zoned for commercial use. Good to see that they'll be able to save a bunch of the big, old trees there.

It's not a very convenient location though. From the highway everybody will have to exit either Blanco or Bitters to get there and then go through a light. It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me why there's no exit from either end. What are they going to do - make the road by the freeway a school zone?

Most of the attendance zone will be the Vineyard, Greystone, Pinnacle, etc., so access would be via Huebner. I doubt they will pull neighborhoods from inside 1604. Rogers Ranch, however, would have a longer route.

[scuba steve]

That's kind of what I was thinking because those of us inside 1604 already have Huebner Elementary just past Bitters. Schools outside the loop may go to a different school... I don't have kids. No clue where anybody goes except the lady across the street said something about it. I'm not concerned about traffic though; it's never been a problem to exit the neighborhood and this shouldn't add much traffic load.

There's a natural slope back from the highway I think, so I doubt anything but the rooftop will be visible from the intersection.

[pobre]

IIRC, (car) traffic will enter/exit from Huebner; however, buses will enter/exit from 1604