Design
The new two-story Spring High School will house students in grades 10, 11, and 12 as well as a ninth-grade center. The campus is designed to provide educational programs in academics, athletics, fine arts, and career and technology education, along with specialized labs and rehearsal spaces. The school features a central hub with a cafeteria and other essential services, ensuring easy access for students during lunch periods. Prominently located media centers enhance the entrance experience at every campus.
All spaces in the school are planned and calculated to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of students according to Spring Independent School District standards and criteria. Developing the design of the school involved the district’s leadership who had a vision of a high-performance facility for purposes of overall student achievement. The new facility is over 680,000sf on two floors, accommodating a total student capacity of 3,200 students (2,300 students at the high school level, and nine hundred students at the ninth-grade center).
This project includes a series of outdoor learning environments and art courts situated within a very generous centrally placed courtyard secured on all four sides. The outdoor learning environments will be outfitted with artificial turf for ease of maintenance and minimal upkeep.
The building design highlights a performing arts center with a seating capacity of 1,250 persons. The center includes a balcony and full flight loft. The fine arts program also hosts a black box.
The project also entails a 1,250-seat arena for athletic competition with both telescopic and fixed seating. It is conjoined to a 250-seat natatorium to its south, equipped with a removable bulkhead. Both venues offer their own entry sequence experience with ticketing but share a common lobby outfitted with concessions, and restroom amenities.
“I’ve had the ability to see the benefits of the facility we are building and have even more voice in those facilities to make sure they are going to take care of our future generation.”
~David Tijerina-Landgrebe
Interim Director of Performing and Visual Arts
Additionally, both arena and the natatorium share an outdoor concourse level with an adjoining athletic stadium on their east side. The concourse is outfitted with concessions and restrooms amenities, and it overlooks an (8) lane UIL competition track and field, and football/soccer field with a total spectator seating for 2,000 patrons (1,000 seat per side).
Dedicated track and field events are situated just to the south of the stadium. Practice fields and other competitive venues including tennis, softball, and baseball are also situated nearby and are easily accessible from the school’s athletic facilities. The athletic venues are paired with their ancillary support functions and parking.
Finally, this project also has a provision for a 16,000sf Agricultural Barn to house a total of fifty-six pens. It will be in the northwest most corner of the site and will be accessible from the newly established entry point on Riley-Fuzzle Road.
