The 1999 bond that funded the construction of Morton Ranch High School was for $324 million. The 2002 bond that funded Seven Lakes High School and the Seven Lakes ninth-grade center was for $315 million. At the time, demographic projections indicated that Seven Lakes would reach capacity before Morton Ranch High School and the district planned to defer the construction of the Morton Ranch ninth-grade center to the next bond election. The district had planned to build the Seven Lakes ninth-grade center after the main building, but it was able to save money by including the ninth-grade center in the bid for the main building. Seven Lakes is the first high school in Katy to have been built with the ninth-grade center from the beginning. The developers in the Morton Ranch high school area stepped up production of homes leading to the current situation. At the time of the 2002 bond the district and the bond committee used the best demographic data available to decide which projects to include in the $315 million package. You can find more information about the bond at www.katybondinfo.org.
