More than 200 people attended Tuesday's ribbon cutting and grand opening of the new Emeline Carpenter Elementary School on SE Stallings Drive.
The new campus was open for tours between 10 a.m. and noon, and a ceremony and ribbon cutting took place at 11 a.m.
Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce organized the ribbon cutting that took place in front of the new school.
During the ceremony held inside, the Rev. James Ervin, President of the NISD Board of Trustees, Carpenter Principal Lynsey McAninch and Mayor Jimmy Mize all addressed the crowd on hand. Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo introduced Alton Frailey, who was interim superintendent in 2018 when the bond election was approved by NISD voters.
The campus will be ready for students when the 2022-23 academic year begins Aug. 22.