Round Rock ISD was honored at the annual Texas Association of School Administrators Midwinter Conference, receiving the Caudill Award, the highest honor in the annual Exhibit of School Architecture competition.
Districts may earn this recognition for projects demonstrating exceptional planning and design in creating learning environments. To qualify, these projects must achieve a minimum of four stars across six distinction categories: community, design, planning, transformation, value, and wellness.
“We are honored to be recognized and proud to provide our students and staff with this beautiful school,” said Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez. “We know that our students are learning every day, and our teachers are teaching in an amazing space.”
Round Rock ISD earned the award for C.D. Fulkes Middle School, which was completed as part of the 2018 Bond. The award announcement highlighted the school’s “student-centered spaces [that] support modern learning modes, technology, and hands-on facilities for athletics, fine arts, and career and technical education.”
“C.D. Fulkes was designed with learning and collaboration in mind,” Dr. Azaiez said. “We’re thankful to our voters, who supported this project in the 2018 Bond, and we look forward to great things at this school and all our campuses.”
This is the second time the district has received this prestigious award, previously for the work at RedBud Elementary School in 2023. The Exhibit of School Architecture awards are given by a 12-member jury, including four school board members, four school administrators, and four members from the Association for Learning Environments Southern Region. Only six districts in the state earned the Caudill Award this year.
