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[email protected] www.southbeltleader.com Vol. 42, No. 16 Gulf Freeway to close There will be a total closure of the north- bound main lanes of the Gulf Freeway from Dobie ninth-grade center opening postponed FM-518 to El Dorado Boulevard from 9 p.m Friday, May 19, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 22. The opening of the new Dobie ninth-grade the new campus to January 2018.” In the fall of 2014, Dobie was named one of mary campus to approximately 3,100-3,200 stu- All traffi c will be diverted to the northbound center has been postponed until early 2018, ac- To be located at the southeast corner of Fuqua the 100 largest high schools in America. With a dents, with a capacity for enrollment at the ninth- frontage roads. cording to Pasadena Independent School District and Monroe, the campus was approved by voters reported 3,452 students, Dobie ranked No. 88 on grade center of 1,000-1,100 students. At least one northbound and one south- offi cials. in November 2014 as part of a $175 million bond the list. The facility will house only fi rst year bound main lane and frontage road lane on the Originally scheduled to open in August 2017 package. According to PISD officials, however, Dobie’s ninth-graders. Students will have the same aca- Gulf Freeway from FM-528/NASA Road 1 to for the 2017-2018 school year, the campus is The new facility is needed to alleviate over- enrollment at the beginning of the 2014-2015 demic and extracurricular opportunities as stu- Fuqua will be closed daily from 9 a.m.