Alamo Community Colleges News & Events

Northeast Lakeview College Celebrates Groundbreaking

April 5, 2007
CONTACT: Kathleen Johnson-Hodge, Director of Community & Public Relations, Northeast Lakeview College
210-590-5470
kjohnson@accd.eduu

[L to R] Craig Martin, Mayor, City of Converse & President of Northeast Partnership; Dr. Eric Reno, President of Northeast Lakeview College; Senator Judith Zaffirini; Dr. Bruce H. Leslie, Chancellor of the Alamo Community Colleges; Jack Leonhardt, Mayor, City of Windcrest; Joe Medinger, Mayor, Universal City; and Henry Edwards, Mayor, City of Live Oak
Photos by Leo Zuniga and Kay Hendricks
Architectural Drawing of Northeast Lakeview College

On April 5th, the Alamo Community College District (ACCD) broke ground on its newest college, Northeast Lakeview College. Construction of this new campus is a result of the 2005 bond election. The $125M project will house over 365,000 square feet of academic and learning space. To be housed off Kitty Hawk Road and Loop 1604 in northeast Bexar County, the new Northeast Lakeview College campus will open its doors in Fall 2008.

Currently, Northeast Lakeview College is housed in a smaller facility on Pat Booker Road and operates under a partnership with San Antonio College and St. Philip’s College and offers a full course selection. In Fall 2007, it will begin offering full degree plans including A.A. and A.S. degrees. Enrollment has grown rapidly, enrolling only 500 students in 2001 to more than 3,050 today. Northeast Lakeview College will eventually accommodate over 15,000 community college students from northeast San Antonio and Bexar, Comal and Guadalupe Counties.

In addition, Northeast Lakeview College has partnered with Judson ISD to construct an Early College Partnership (ECP) High School. The passage of Proposition 4 in Judson’s 2006 bond issue sets aside $12 million for the creation of a 400-600-student college preparatory campus on the grounds of the future 238-acre, $125 million Northeast Lakeview College campus. ECP is designed to help students earn both a high school diploma and a two-year college associate’s degree within five years.

Northeast Lakeview College History
Northeast Lakeview College was officially established in January 2007 as the fifth member of the Alamo Community Colleges. However, the campus traces its beginnings back to 1998 as the district’s Northeast Campus, an extension of St. Philip’s College and San Antonio College. In June 2000, ACCD purchased a site at 7990 Pat Booker Road with the first classes being held at Northeast Campus in 2001, enrolling many of the students who had previously attended classes at St. Philip’s College’s Northeast Center on Topperwein. Classes were held at this location until 2006 when ACCD purchased and renovated a former grocery store at 8300 Pat Booker Road, its current location. Enrollment continues to grow rapidly, increasing from 500 students in 2001 to more than 3,050 today. The new Northeast Lakeview College campus is scheduled to open in Fall 2008.