Education
Clear Creek ISD opts against asking voters for $214M bond • Reimbursement resolution for the Clear Lake High School culinary arts program expansion Remember this? Next steps for district February: Priority repairs totaling $18M continue
Clear Creek ISD will not be asking voters to consider a $214 million bond in May after trustees discussed the item at a Jan. 16 workshop session. The overview At the board of trustees’ Dec. 9 workshop, a potential $214 million bond with a $0.042 tax rate increase per $100 home valuation was discussed with the following projects: • Rebuilding Seabrook Intermediate, which was built in 1967 • Rebuilding Armand Bayou Elementary, which was built in 1974 • Rebuilding Greene Elementary, which was built in 1976 • Acquiring land on the west side of the district for a potential intermediate school • Bus replacements • Secondary school restroom safety
at Seabrook Intermediate, Greene and Armand Bayou elementaries, paid through the 2023 bond Spring: Monitor ongoing legislative session, which will determine future state funding for CCISD Summer: Establish a new planning team to look at future bond possibilities 2028: Consider potential bond for rebuilding a few schools
The discussion on the new bond comes a little more than a year after the district’s residents approved a $302 million bond in November 2023. Originally, o cials pitched a $614 million bond as part of that 2023 package but opted to place on the ballot a package that contained only essential upgrades. What they said CCISD board trustee Jonathan Cottrell said he felt it was “a good time for us to pause” on a bond. Superintendent Karen Engle said the district could reconvene in the summer once they see what comes out of the state’s legislative session. “We’ve seen this before, where we need to step back because of external factors and stop and consider,” Engle said.
SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
“Right now, it’s probably not the best time to go out for a bond election. ... [This bond] will cost more than some of the larger
bonds we’ve had in the past, so I think the pause is good.” JONATHAN COTTRELL, CCISD TRUSTEE
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