NEW CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOLS

Del Valle Independent School District: Newton Collins Elementary, 7607 Apogee Road, Austin Namesake: Newton Isaac Collins, a freed slave who made multiple contributions to area Size: 99,000 square foot Capacity: 800 students Cost: $19.6 million, built with 2014 bond money Features: Classrooms have flexible learning spaces and windows looking out to hallways, as well as learning stations in the halls. Campus incorporates elements designed to symbolize nearby McKinney Falls State Park, including blue accents and rippling textures to represent water, limestone and wood. Hays Consolidated Independent School District: Uhland Elementary, 2331 High Road, Uhland Namesake: Ludwig Uhland, a German poet Size: 115,000 square feet Capacity: 900 students Cost: $28.8 million, built with 2017 bond money Features: First elementary in the district to be built with dedicated science labs. Campus also has a makers space, with a 3D printer and other tools and supplies that allow students to explore their creativity. Skylights over the library and cafeteria. If the student population reaches capacity, outdoor learning spaces eventually can be closed in and transformed into regular classrooms. The school name pays tribute to the original Uhland School, which closed in 1946 after the district consolidated. Manor Independent School District: Manor Senior High School, 14832 FM 973, Manor Size: 215,000 square feet

Capacity: 1,200 students Cost: $48 million campus, built with 2014 bond money

Features: Home to primarily juniors and seniors. The school has the look and feel of a small college campus with open and collaborative work spaces, large windows, and charging stations for cellphones and laptops. Career and technology work spaces include a cosmetology department that will offer area residents haircuts, pedicures and facials, and a veterinarian program that will work with animals and offer pet checkups.