Bond Projects
Aerial view of Multipurpose Building and New CMS Site
- Middle School
- Multipurpose Building
- Baseball/Softball Turf
- Ag Barn & Shop
- Concessions & Restrooms
- Parking/Band Grid
- Long-Term Plan
Middle School
According to the Texas Education Agency and the Commissioner’s Rules Concerning School Facilities, "Classrooms at the secondary school level shall have a minimum of 28 square feet per pupil or 700 square feet per room." The current CMS 7th grade Texas History classroom is approximately 500 square feet. There is more than one classroom in the current building that is smaller than it should be.
With the new Commerce Middle School, our students and teachers will have ample room for today's educational needs. Many of the current CMS classrooms are built in a "shotgun" style which lends itself to students sitting in rows that face the front of the room. Our teaching professionals know that seating the students in collaborative groups with flexible configuration options is optimal in today's modern classroom. A new facility will provide that need for our Tigers.
Bids opened for this structure on August 29th and will be open for one month. (Bids are due on September 29th)
The school is scheduled to be completed in August of 2024.
Multipurpose Building
The Commerce ISD Bond includes an astroturfed pavilion similar to the one pictured above. It will be used as a multipurpose venue for all student groups in Commerce ISD -- athletics, fine arts, spirit groups, field day activities and community use.
The facility will provide a covered area that will allow our students to practice in a safe environment during wet seasons, stormy weather, and in the heat of the summer. Now, our students are squeezed into the gym, spread out in the hallways of the school, or unable to practice at all.
The facility will include lights, netting and dividing curtains and sits on the north side of the current CHS football field.
Concrete footings for the building were poured during the last week of August and the iron will follow soon.
The anticipated opening of this building is mid-March 2023.
Baseball/Softball Turf
The Commerce ISD bond included astroturf for the current baseball and softball fields. This item will impact more than just the players and coaches of Commerce ISD!
According to former Texas A&M University-Commerce Softball coach, Richie Bruister, "The city of Commerce, as well as TAMU-C will be able to hold baseball and softball tournaments that will draw in thousands of people. We aren’t talking about thousands of dollars we are talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars of economic impact on our community." During the first Bond Steering Committee meeting, Coach Bruister also mentioned that he has had to turn away or schedule major tournaments in other local towns due to the lack of facilities in Commerce.
Hellas Construction will have the fields completed by the start of the baseball and softball 2023 season.
Ag Barn & Shop
The new Agriculture Barn with a combined Vocational Agriculture Shop will sit just south of CHS and east of the baseball/softball complex. Vocational Agriculture programs, like our popular welding certification, are crowded in the current shop and we welcome the additional room for growth that the new shop will provide.
Bids opened for this structure on August 29th and will be open for one month. (Bids are due on September 29th)
The barn is scheduled to be completed in August of 2023.
Commerce ISD is working with Texas A&M University-Commerce to help house our animal projects for the upcoming show season while the old barn is being sold and the new one constructed.
Concessions & Restrooms
Parking/Band Grid
The Commerce Roaring Tiger Marching Band practice grid is located in the CHS teacher parking lot. During the season, our CHS teachers graciously park elsewhere to allow our Tigers a practice area.
The Commerce ISD Bond included an additional parking lot which will serve as the dedicated practice grid for the band in the fall and ample parking for the baseball and softball fields in the spring. Plus, the CHS teachers will get their parking lot back!
Construction pending.
Long-Term Plan
This is the FUTURE VISION for our Tigers! Our long-range plan includes all of the current building projects plus a Fine Arts Addition to the current High School plus new Tennis Courts and a full Football Stadium with a Field House connecting the Multipurpose Facility.
Every school district plans for future expansion and we are excited for the future of Commerce ISD!
Every school district plans for future expansion and we are excited for the future of Commerce ISD!