Bastrop ISD's 10th elementary school campus will be located in Cedar Creek.

What you need to know: The 106,477-square-foot campus will be located near Waterford Boulevard in Cedar Creek in the Silverleaf housing development. The school's estimated construction cost is about $41.7 million.

How we got here: Voters approved $272.77 million in bonds in 2023 to expand existing campuses and build new ones. Elementary schools No. 9 and No. 10 were included in the proposal.

What's next? Construction is planned to start in April and conclude in July 2027.

A new arrowhead monument installed at Sendero, a 75-acre mixed-use development, is the latest sign of Bastrop’s ever-expanding arts scene. 

The details: The three-ton sculpture that Houston-based artist Bobby Bacon designed and erected is visible from Hwy. 71. 

Bacon, founder of Tatu Metal Art, has had his artwork featured at a variety of spaces across the world, including Burning Man. 

The outlook: Sendero is under construction and will feature the following when completed:

• Dining options, such as Chuy’s, Jersey Mike’s, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Texas Roadhouse
• Alta Trails multifamily apartments
• A hotel
• 90,000 square feet of businesses centered around health and wellness, including Westlake Dermatology

• Sendero, 900 block Hwy. 71, Bastrop

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5. Round Rock officials to deliberate on potential Skybox data center Dec. 4

Texas can use its newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 4.

The background: State lawmakers approved the new congressional boundaries this summer, after President Donald Trump asked them to produce a new map in an attempt to help Republicans maintain a narrow majority in the U.S. House, Community Impact previously reported. Texas Republicans have said they hoped the map would help the GOP secure 30 of Texas’ 38 congressional seats, up from 25 Republican-held seats today.

What's happening: The Supreme Court's ruling overturns a Nov. 18 injunction from an El Paso federal court, which deemed Texas’ redistricting plan "racially gerrymandered” and directed officials to use a 2021 congressional map instead.

“The District Court improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections,” the Supreme Court said in the unsigned Dec. 4 order.

The order comes just four days before the Dec. 8 deadline for Texas candidates to file to run in the March primary elections.