Enterprise BISD updates bond, says it's ahead on budget By EMILY GUEVARA January 16, 2010 Posted: January 16, 2010, 1:04 AM CST Last updated: January 16, 2010, 1:08 AM CST It's two years into the building stage of the Beaumont Independent School District's $388.6 million bond package and no new schools have been completed. But Friday as Dr. David Teuscher and Paul Brown, co-chairs of a citizen's bond oversight committee, spoke about the district's progress their message was clear: the future looks bright: Three new elementary schools - Amelia, Blanchette/Bingman and Martin/Lucas - are to open this fall. The school district is scheduled to play football in the new $43 million stadium being built along Interstate 10 near Brooks Road. And Parsons Corp., the company managing all projects, expects to see $10 million in cost savings overall. "We're giving you a midpoint report," Teuscher told media gathered at the BISD Administration Building Friday. "So we haven't finished the game, but we're ahead." Getting to this place has not been without pitfalls, which committee members and district officials acknowledged during a news conference on Friday. The first three projects on the district's schedule went $2.6 million over budget. Design problems delayed the start of the elementary schools. And a legal battle delayed the construction of the new South Park Middle School. The district even pushed back the construction of some schools such as Caldwood, Sallie Curtis and Regina-Howell to facilitate better building and design, officials said.