the approval of the 2015 bond package, Hyer Elementary School will be torn down and rebuilt beginning in the summer of 2019. The HPISD administration decided that the new Hyer will only have two stories instead of three after members of the community expressed opposition to a three-story design. Michael M. Boone Elementary In 2017 following a $361.4 million bond package approval which funded its land purchase and building, the most recent elementary school building between Wentwood Drive and Northwest Highway was added; the three-story building will house students from the other four existing elementary schools on a rotational basis until renovations are completed on the four campuses. The building currently serves as the home of the University Park Elementary School for the 2017–2018 school year. Because it was the first new school to be built in HPISD in nearly 70 years, much thought went into the design of the school. Key elements included larger classrooms, flexible group learning spaces, an underground parking garage, and an exterior appearance that mimicked that of the existing HPISD schools. It took from 20 June 2016 until August 2017 to complete the construction. Balfour Beatty Construction served as general contractor for the building process. District Information The district serves: all of the city of University Park, most of the town of Highland Park, and portions of Dallas. In summary, today the District comprises seven campuses: five elementary school buildings, one middle school building, and one high school building. The district has an enrollment of approximately 7,000 students and employs 750 people, including more than 430 teachers. University Park Elementary School was designed by famed Dallas architects, Lang & Witchell who designed the Magnolia Building and the Kirby Building downtown. In the 2015–2016 school year, the district employed 384 teachers. Of those, all had a college degree. For 27.4% of them, their highest degree was a Bachelors. For 71.2% of them, their highest degree was a Masters. For 1.4% of them, their highest degree was a Doctorate. This level of qualification outpaces the rest of the state, where usually only 23.6% of teachers can boast a Masters as their highest degree. 51% of HPISD teachers have more than 10 years of experience. In 2009, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency. HPISD and Highland Park High School received national attention in September 2014 for the banning of seven books previously used