El Paso ISD’s Coronado High School Celebrates New Look With State-of-the-Art Upgrades and Renovations

El Paso Independent School District recently celebrated the ribbon cutting for the upgraded Coronado High School, which includes new leading-edge academic areas and athletic spaces. Coronado High School has been a part of the community for more than six decades, serving students, teachers, and administration staff.  

As part of the 2016 bond, the school's additions and renovations were planned, designed, and completed in multiple phases to accommodate ongoing school activities. 

The Project in Phases 

Phase I added athletic improvements for field events such as the long jump, high jump, shot put, and discus. A parking lot, landscape, and a stormwater retention pond were also included to blend functionality with aesthetics. 

The phase II additions include a three-story building that houses 21st-century learning classroom wings and an administration wing. The classroom wing houses 56 conventional classrooms, three art classrooms, and four science classrooms. The 21st-century learning concept allows all classrooms to open to a central corridor through a folding glass partition.  

Phase II also incorporated a new two-story fieldhouse with football lockers, training, coaches’ suites, and storage spaces located on the first floor. Locker rooms for the baseball, softball, soccer, and tennis programs and coaches’ offices are located on the second floor. 

The landscape architecture design and site work feature a multilevel courtyard surrounded by existing buildings and new construction, including amphitheater seating, an elevated deck, two volleyball sand courts, and landscape material that offers a cool environment for students’ relaxation and outdoor activities. The site work also added a bus loop circling the storm retention pond to improve bus traffic.