Sugar Land - Missouri City Edition | April 2023

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Fort Bend ISD’s proposed bond includes facility and operational needs across the district. PROPOSING THE PROJECTS

Fort Bend ISD has had several bond elections over the years to address its enrollment growth, with minimal impact on its tax rate. GROWING WITH THE GROWTH

TAXES ACROSS TIME

FBISD’s tax rate has fallen in the past ve years, most recently after voters rejected a voter-approval tax rate election in November 2022 that would have maintained the $1.21 rate.

YEARLY TAX RATE

TAX RATE WITH BOND

$1.5

$1.14

Design & construction (major projects) $486.36 million Design & construction (deciencies) $591.35 million

If passed, the 2023 bond would increase the rate by one cent, for a yearly tax increase of $30

$1.26 billion

$0.5

on the average home value of $300,000.

Transportation $28.97 million Technology $119.38 million Safety & security $30.15 million

SOURCES: FORT BEND ISD SPRING 2023 DEMOGRAPHICS STUDYCOMMUNITY IMPACT

SOURCE: FORT BEND ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT

TAX YEARS

PROPOSITION A

$1.18 BILLION

Design & construction (life cycle deciencies) Briargate Elementary rebuild Clements High School Rebuild Elementary School No. 55 Ferndell Henry renovations/additions Middle School No. 16 Mission Bend Elementary rebuild Emergency notication system Fire safety Floor-mounted door locks Police vehicles Safety and security contingency Security cameras Standardized weapons and response kits 35 buses

$591.35M $47.26M $222.85M $46.08M $18M $82M $47.26M $175K $24.5M $200K $1.02M $1M $3.05M $200K $4.67M $4.06M $19.24M $1M $1.51M $62.63M $2.77M

Board Certified Gastroenterologist Gregory L. Shannon, MD The district expects to enroll nearly 85,000 stu- dents by 2027-28, up from its 2022-23 enrollment of more than 80,000 students, according to a spring 2023 demographic report from Population and Survey projects, the bond addresses maintenance issues across the district’s facilities, including roong; oor- ing; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. FBISD’s board of trustees voted to call an election for the $1.26 billion bond during a Feb. 16 special meeting. “We believe condently that this bond will pass at a high rating,” FBISD board President Kristen Davison Malone said. “Our administrative team has done their homework, as have we, to really propel it forward.” Breaking down the bond The bond will be split into three dierent proposi- tions on the ballot due to laws that require the district to separate options for computer upgrades as well as athletic facilities. The $1.18 billion Proposition A encompasses con- struction, security, transportation and technology upgrades. Of that sum, $463 million is set aside for major projects, including facility rebuilds, a new ele- mentary school and a new middle school.

Analysts. This 6.25% growth is slightly more than the 5.79% increase the district has seen the last ve years. To accommodate this anticipated growth, FBISD would add a new middle school in the southeast por- tion of the district near the Sienna development and another elementary school near the 1,300-acre Har- vest Green development in Richmond. Additionally, to address a projected 380% resident student increase over the capacity of Heritage Rose Elementary School, the district would convert the Ferndell Henry Center for Learning in Rosharon to an elementary school. Current students would be relocated to another district building. “We’re asking for what we need,” FBISD Deputy Superintendent Steven Bassett said at the luncheon. “We’ve scrubbed this and scrubbed it, and our board has asked us a lot of hard questions—good questions. They’ve done their due diligence.” Nearly half of the bond—$591 million—is allocated to address facility deciencies and life cycle needs, including improvements to roofs, air conditioning, ooring and windows. “We also have to take care of these schools that are older to keep them up to the level that we want for all

Districtwide white eet Transportation facility Transportation Smart Tag Infrastructure

Network Systems

PROPOSITION B

$52.47 MILLION

Classroom toolset Sta computer refresh

$48.11M $4.36M

PROPOSITION C

$22.9 MILLION

Natatorium

$22.9M

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