e work ahead
ELECT I ON RESULTS :
Nearly three times as many people voted for the Conroe ISD bond proposition Nov. 5 as did in the unsuccessful May election.
Projects in the Conroe ISD bond Proposition A aimed at south Montgomery County area schools include additions, renovations and safety and security measures. The improvements will address enrollment growth and aging facility needs.
May 2019 bond:
The Woodlands High School: Career and technical education, science and engineering lab additions College Park High School: Classroom additions Oak Ridge High School: Systems overhaul, and career and technical education center
$14.6M $11.2M $57M $16.6M $7.5M
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS :
6,945 yes
8,314 no
Elementary schools will receive renovations such as climate control updates, upgraded security cameras and access control systems.
November 2019 bond:
$5.1M $5.1M $2.1M $5.8M
$1.1M
Proposition A:
David
Kaufman
20,152 yes
15,804 no
$3M $1M
Galatas
Lamar
Proposition b: failed
York Junior High School: Addition to school planned
14,886 yes
20,942 no
Glen Loch
Oak Ridge
$3.2M
Wilkerson Intermediate School: Physical education classroom addition
Houser
Ride
SOURCE:MONTGOMERY COUNTYELECTIONSDIVISION/ COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
SOURCE:CONROE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
EDUCATION 23.8M Proposition B for artificial turf fails to win over majority Voters approve Conroe ISD 653.57M bond
not yet been established as of Nov. . The expected costs for the overhaul at Oak Ridge High School and additions at College Park High School saw their price tags reduced in the November bond, and other facility improvements were removed to be addressed through a new capital maintenance fund approved by CISD trustees in August. The athletic turf package, a standalone . million measure, was placed on a separate proposition since it had received mixed support in the previous bond, CISD board Vice President Skeeter Hubert said earlier this year. CISD Director of Communications Sarah Blakelock previously told Com- munity Impact Newspaper the propo- sitions would not result in a tax rate increase, in part because of the lower amount of the bond package and due to the creation of the capital mainte- nance fund. The tax rate for scal year - is . per valuation.
address needs relating to district growth as well as upgrades to older facilities and new safety features. Among the district’s eorts to educate residents about the bond, CISD Superintendent Curtis Null visited local municipalities and community meetings to discuss the elements of the propositions and answer questions. At a meeting in The Woodlands Township Oct. , he arrived on short notice following a phone call from a board of directors member requesting a presentation about the bond. Null gave an impromptu talk on the various components, and the board voted - to signal its support for the measure. The May bond had included several elements that were missing from the November bond, including technology and transportation-related purchases which were reduced and planned to be nanced over a shorter time than originally proposed, CISD ocials said. A timeline for the projects had
with , against and , for. The bond’s only project was to install articial turf to several athletic elds. “We are thankful for all who turned out to make their voices heard in this election and grateful for the showing of support by our community,” Com- munications Specialist Katie Morton said in an email. “Conroe ISD is looking forward to continuing to serve the educational needs of our students and families while also being good stewards of taxpayers’ dollars.” This Nov. bond was created by the CISD board of trustees following the failure of a million bond in May, which received , for the bond and , against. All results are unocial until canvassed. The referendum was intended to
BY ANDY LI AND VANESSA HOLT
Following the failure of Conroe ISD’s bond in May, voters approved the district’s reworked bond Nov. to address districtwide growth, while they continued to show opposition to a bond that would have funded arti- cial turf at district athletic elds. With all Montgomery County precincts reporting Nov. , voters approved the district’s Proposition A, with , votes for and , votes against. The . million bond includes various projects such as . million for Phase construction at Conroe High School, a new . million junior high in the Caney Creek feeder zone and mechanical improvements at Oak Ridge High School. Meanwhile, Proposition B failed,
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