Education
BY ELISABETH JIMENEZ
$402.3M bond on May ballot for DSISD voters Voters residing within Dripping Springs ISD will decide if a $402.3 million May 2025 bond package passes, including construction for the district’s second high school and renovations, among other bond items. The DSISD board of trustees voted unanimously to call for the school bond election during a special meeting Feb. 6. The details The bond package is divided into two proposi- tions. Proposition A includes $399.7 million for the construction of High School No. 2, which will have 2,500 student capacity. Other items on Prop A include the following: • Capital improvements and renovations for Drip- ping Springs High School and Rooster Springs Elementary, near Belterra
Elementary No. 6 to be Wildwood Springs The newest elementary school in Dripping Springs ISD will be named Wildwood Springs, following a 5-1 vote by the board of trustees at a Jan. 27 board meeting. The details Options came from the Name Recom- mendation Committee, which considered the community survey results and other feedback. The board of trustees voted for
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• Capital maintenance across district facilities • Transportation projects, such as seat belts for buses and purchase of new buses to account for district growth • Technology infrastructure and equipment • Portable classrooms Proposition B includes $2.6 million for tech- nology device upgrades for teachers, sta and students, and interactive panels to be set up in classrooms. The two propositions together total a $402.3 million bond package.
the name due to a potential middle school nearby that would be named the same. Construction is ongoing and the school is set to open August 2025.
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Austin ISD gets cameras to prevent illegal bus passing Video cameras will be installed on the outside of Austin ISD school buses to record vehicles passing when the stop-sign arm is being used, as part of an initiative to prevent illegal passing of school buses. What you need to know Only 294 out of 555 AISD school buses had cameras installed, as of Jan. 30. The board of trustees voted unanimously during a board meeting Jan. 30 to approve a new contract with BusPatrol America for installation of the video cameras on all AISD school buses. In the 2024-25 academic year so far, there have been over 3,100 violations, AISD o cials said. Those with on-camera o enses are ned $300. If caught by an o cer, a person can be ned $500 to $1,250. Repeat o enders may have their driver’s licenses suspended for up to six months.
“Our children have enough to worry about. We train them for shooters, we train them for tornados—do we have to train them on the bus to be safe from our
community members? I don’t think so. I know we can do better.” CANDACE HUNTER, AISD TRUSTEE
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