Scout Project Overview Austin Region · Austin, Travis County, Texas · Austin full-purpose jurisdiction

SC‑00005

Wooldridge Elementary School modernization

1412 Norseman Ter, Austin, TX 78758 · Austin, Travis County, Texas · Austin full-purpose jurisdiction

Records read August 24, 2026

Est. completion

Not yet stated

no stated window on the record

Building permit issued Cost and contractor disagree across two public records Opening January 2027

Permit valuation

Square footage

$51,150,000

City of Austin permit 2026-016600 BP

94,951 sq/ft

new construction on the existing site

The project

A rebuild of Wooldridge Elementary School on its existing campus at 1412 Norseman Ter in north Austin. The City of Austin issued building permit 2026-016600 BP on 2026-08-19 for 94,951 sq/ft of new construction at a stated valuation of $51,150,000, with Joeris General Contractors as contractor of record.

The Austin ISD 2022 Bond Program page for the same campus carries a budget of $38,918,000, describes the scope as a full modernization at its current location, names BGK as designer and Core Construction as contractor, and puts the opening at the start of the spring 2027 semester, given elsewhere as January 2027.

Prior to tracking

Predevelopment

Prior to tracking

Entitlement

Prior to tracking

Design

You are here

Preconstruction

Ahead

Construction

Ahead

Closeout

In preconstruction. The rail reads off the record: a building permit has been issued and no groundbreaking is on the record. Steps to the left shown ‘prior to tracking’ happened before The Scout began watching this project; we did not witness them.

What we’re watching for 5 open

Revisions to 2026-016600 BP; sub-permits under the same address

City permitsdaily

AISD bond program updates

Media sweepdaily

AISD board – CMAR amendment or guaranteed maximum price item naming Wooldridge

Meeting agendasweekly · thu

A TABS registration for this campus would carry the design firm and cost independently

TDLR TABSweekly · tue

TCAD 0242120417 improvement value

County appraisalmonthly

Key facts 5 of 7 established

Building sq/ft 94,951 sq/ft new construction

Type of work New construction of an elementary school on an existing site (permit wording). Full modernization at its current location (AISD wording).

Start / completion Permit issued August 19, 2026. Opening for the spring 2027 semester, listed as January 2027 on the AISD page.

Construction cost CONFLICT: $51,150,000 permit valuation against $38,918,000 AISD bond page budget. Gap $12,232,000.

Incentives None found in the record None

Abatement None found in the record None

Public funding Austin ISD 2022 Bond Program

Why it matters

The permit and the district’s own published budget disagree by $12,232,000 on a single campus, and they name different contractors. Both records are public and both are current enough to be relied on by a reader who checked only one.

This is what the records layer is for. The permit feed carried a cost, a square footage, a contractor and a parcel id on the day it was issued. The district page carried a designer, a program manager, a schedule and a different cost. Neither source alone shows the discrepancy. Reading both is the product.

What is a Scout Project Dossier, and why should I care?

Because we watch it until it stops producing a record. Every filing, every permit, everyone named on them – with phone numbers, the day they appear. This project is at Preconstruction; the rest arrives as it moves.

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Construction registration data copied from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, tdlr.texas.gov. No state agency endorses The Scout or its analysis.