Two new elementary schools should be built and Brownsboro High School should be renovated if voters pass a tax election in November to finance the work, according to an administration report distributed Monday to members of an advisory committee.

“I think the administration recommendation covers our top three needs, facility wise,” Superintendent Elton Caldwell said. “That, and a few other items that need to be taken care of at the high school, is probably about all the money we’re going to be able to bond for.”

Those recommendations are:

•Build two new prekindergarten through 3 campuses — one west of Brownsboro and the other near Chandler Intermediate School.

•Renovate Brownsboro Elementary School “to make it a part of” Brownsboro Junior High School.

•Close Ingram Street during school hours and reroute parent drop-off to current bus drive.

•Renovate Brownsboro High to accommodate electrical and technology concerns and address athletic facilities.

•Use Chandler Elementary School for ACES and/ or DAEP.

Texas School Planning President Dr. Arnold Oates said the administration’s report was “solid” and that advisory committee members were receptive to it.

“They thought it through as to what they believed would be accepted by both communities. They are listening to the community, and it’s pretty evident the greatest needs are the elementary schools.”

Theoretical construction costs and other financial scenarios show several options for building, expanding, and renovating the district’s six campuses. Among them includes constructing a 212,000-square-foot high school that would include a fine-arts auditorium and athletic support facilities “with a core for 1,200 students and academic areas for 1,000 students.”

It also recommends consolidating grades and renovating the high school and Brownsboro Junior High School to accommodate students from other campuses, and building new schools.

“I think, generally, the committee is in agreement,” Oates said. “Some members had different approaches. One raised the question of whether they really need to build a new elementary school in Chandler.”

An advisory committee of more than 60 people, charged with finding the most ideal and cost-effective way for the district to expand, has met five times since February and is scheduled to meet at least four more times over the next two months, including on May 3 at Brownsboro Elementary.

One committee member has reported that Leon Johnson of Southwest Securities Group of Dallas advised the district not to seek more than $25 million in November — although the district has reportedly been approved for more than $42 million.

Southwest Securities Group estimates that a 30- year bond at $20 million would increase property taxes on a $100,000 house from $969 to $1,141.25. Comparatively, a 25-year bond at $20 million would increase property taxes on a $100,000 house from $969 to $1,157.52.

At $25 million, property taxes on a $100,000 house would increase from $969 to $1,203.22.

A 35-year bond at $20 million would increase property taxes on a $100,000 house from $969 to $1,130.18.

The oldest of the district’s six campuses — Brownsboro Elementary, Chandler Elementary, Brownsboro High, and Brownsboro Junior High — need extensive renovations or expansions. The elementary schools are in the worst condition of the four.

“Planning Scenario Five” recommends converting Brownsboro Intermediate School to Brownsboro Elementary for grades prekindergarten through 5 and constructing, renovating or expanding classrooms by 25,000 square feet, with space for Pre-K through first grade, for 750 students.

It also recommends:

•Maintain Chandler Elementary to accommodate programs and increased enrollment.

Upgrade student safety and security system, classrooms, paving, drainage, air conditioning and heating, roof, and signs “as feasible” for 450 students.

•Maintain Chandler Intermediate School for grades 3 through 5. Construct, renovate, or expand classrooms by 4,500 square feet for 500 students.

•Convert Brownsboro High to Brownsboro Junior High for grades 6 through 8 for 800 students.

•Improve all campuses with new paving and drainage.

Committee members have toured each campus in Chandler and Brownsboro. Oates has said the committee appeared especially bothered by conditions at Brownsboro Elementary and Brownsboro Junior High.

Chandler Elementary was built in 1969 and expanded five times between 1977 and 1995. Brownsboro Elementary was built in 1968, and it was expanded four times between 1972 and 1995.

While the Chandler campus could expand again if it removes its playground area, Brownsboro Elementary cannot even do that. The school is situated between the district administration building and other facilities to the east, Brownsboro Junior High to the north, and Brownsboro High School to the west.

Brownsboro High School is the youngest campus of the group. Built in 1987, it has been expanded just once and appears to be in the best condition. Brownsboro Junior High was built in 1981 and has never been expanded.

All four schools are at capacity.

At Chandler Elementary, limited parking areas for buses and other vehicles is always a concern, with traffi c usually stalling on Farmto Market Road 315 during drop-off and pick-up times. Like the other schools, it has run out of classroom space and its cafeteria is too small.

Multiple access points to the building also pose safety risks.

At Brownsboro Elementary, the campus has simply outgrown itself. It has no room to expand a fifth time, and district and school offi- cials have acknowledged a new campus is needed.

Students at Brownsboro Junior High must cross Ingram Street to attend classes at buildings that share the same property with the district administration building, and band students have to cross a field and a loading and unloading zone to reach the band hall at Brownsboro High.

At the high school, its athletic facilities and instruction space for student athletes are inadequate and outdated.

The district owns a 52- acre tract of land west of Brownsboro where a campus could be built

Texas School Planning was hired last October to consult the district on its capital-improvements plan. District officials have reported the student population has increased by about 60 percent over the last 20 years — a rate of 3 percent annually.