MFHS fine arts facilities one step closer to renovation
Staff photo by Caden Senn
Several major renovations are in store for Marble Falls High School’s fine arts facilities. The school district’s leadership selected a general contractor on Monday, April 20, to handle construction needed for a new band hall, auditorium upgrades, and a new cheer/dance space.
The projects were originally budgeted at $15.9 million total, and should continue to remain under that mark. The current estimated cost of the project was listed as $13.8 million in the Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustee’s Monday meeting agenda, but a pending guaranteed maximum price may change that number come August.
The renovations, paid for using funds from MFISD’s $172.2 million bond passed in May 2025, will address several problems plaguing the fine arts facilities which have become severely outdated and lacking in space.
“(The projects) will significantly enhance our fine arts and student activity spaces,” Assistant Superintendent of Administration Stan Whittle said at the board meeting. “Including modernizing of the auditorium, creation of a new band suite in the existing small PE gym, and renovating the existing band facility into a dance and cheer facility.”
Core Construction, the approved general contractor, will work with architect firm Huckabee on design development over the next several months before presenting the board with the guaranteed maximum price in August, which serves as one of the last checkpoints before renovation can begin.