Plans for a pier extending over the Flour Bluff school district’s wetlands are now 60% designed, moving closer to a new chapter for one of the area’s most distinctive outdoor classrooms. The project, funded through Bond 2025, would also include a pavilion upgrade, classroom improvements, kayak storage, a new bus stop, and a crosswalk on Hustlin’ Hornet. No construction date has been set.
At Flour Bluff Intermediate, students have spent decades trading their classroom desks for the wetlands, interacting directly with the coastal environment. Oceans teacher Jordan Honea said the first trip out can be a defining moment — especially for students who have never lived near water.
“For some of them, they move in with us being such a military community. I have so many students who move in from places that are landlocked and so they’re not used to being so close to large bodies of water. When you tell them we’re going on a field trip to the wetlands, they’re like, Where’s that at? Where are we going? Where are you taking us?” Honea said.
Once at the wetlands, students net what lives in the ponds, identify plants and animals, and learn how each part of the ecosystem depends on another…