What’s the big IDEA? Charter breaks ground

​​​SAN ANTONIO – A Texas-based nonprofit charter school operator broke ground on its newest $18 million campus in Ingram Hills.

The campus at 3115 Majestic Dr. will be built in two phases, and will be ready for the 2018-19 school year. 

The first phase involves a 50,000-sf building to house students in pre-K through fifth grade for up to 654 students, and building a soccer field and will cost roughly $12 million, IDEA Construction Director Joe Vela said.

The second phase will be the campus’ preparatory building, which will hold students in grades six through 12. ​

Once complete, the campus will have two soccer fields, a separate cafeteria and a wood-floor gym. 

IDEA Public Schools is working on four additional campuses, two in Austin and two in El Paso.