The Conroe ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the naming of three new schools: Timber Mill High School, Campbell Elementary, and Eissler Elementary, at its meeting on June 18. The two elementary schools are scheduled to open in August 2025, while the high school is scheduled to open in 2027.
Timber Mill High School will serve as the flagship for the District’s seventh feeder zone and will be located on North Loop 336 adjacent to Stockton Junior High, Bozman Intermediate, and Patterson Elementary. The timber industry brought many families to the Conroe area in the late 1800s, and schools were set up on the mill sites to accommodate the workers’ children. Six years prior to the establishment of Conroe ISD in 1892, the Conroe Mill School held its first classes, located near the community of Beach, which is in proximity of the location of the new high school.
Campbell Elementary is named for Mittie J. Campbell, who was the first Black woman to serve as a principal in Conroe ISD. She began her career instructing teachers of the Texas Colored Teacher’s Institute in 1898. In 1916, she became the first assistant in Conroe’s Black public school and taught sixth through eighth grades. After Professor Ewart G. Abner, principal at the school, joined the Army in 1917, the school board chose Campbell to succeed him. She continued to teach even while serving as principal.
Eissler Elementary is named for Rob Eissler, who dedicated 28 years to the public education system of Texas. During his years of service, he spent 18 years as a Conroe ISD Trustee, including two terms as President. He also served 10 years on the Public Education Committee of the Texas House of Representatives, including the last six as its chairman. Eissler was instrumental in the location of The Woodlands High School and Woodforest Bank Stadium, as well as attracting the first higher education system, Lone Star College, to the area.
All three schools were approved by voters in the 2023 Bond election, and construction is already underway at each location. Suggestions and voting for mascots will take place online during the 2024-25 school year.
