Education
BY ANGELA BONILLA, NICHAELA SHAHEEN & JULIANNA WASHBURN
Conroe ISD adopts scal year 2025 26 budget Conroe ISD has approved a balanced budget for scal year 2025-26, including a tax rate that will remain the same as scal year 2024-25, according to discussion at the Aug. 19 meeting How we got here CISD Chief Financial O cer Karen Garza presented the tax rate and proposed FY 2025-26 budget at the Aug. 5 meeting. The FY 2025-26 budget includes $761.06 million in both projected estimated revenues and expenditures. Included in the revenue is an estimated $41 million in additional revenue from House Bill 2, which includes funds for items such as teacher and sta retention, Garza said. The tax rate of $0.9496 per $100 valuation is the same as FY 2024-25. Garza said 89% of the budget goes to payroll services, totaling approximately $679.5 million of
Thrive Center for Success expands
Lone Star College to o er new degree Lone Star College System will o er a new bachelor’s degree in early childhood education with help from a $200,000 grant from Houston Endowment, according to an Aug. 13 news release. The details The grant will help fund consulting services and curriculum development. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education and Teaching will serve early childhood-grade 3 and early childhood-grade 6. The degree is expected to launch in fall 2026 with an initial cohort of 150 students, pending approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as well as the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, per the release.
Conroe ISD announces superintendent nalist The Conroe ISD board of trustees named David Vinson as the lone nalist for CISD’s superin- tendent of schools in a unanimous vote during a special board meeting Aug. 27. The decision follows a three-month search to ll the position. What you need to know Vinson has been the superintendent for Wylie ISD since 2011, which has over 19,300 students and 20 campuses. In comparison, CISD serves over 73,000 students across 71 campuses. According to an Aug. 27 news release, under Vinson, WISD received A’s for the district and each individual campus as part of the TEA’s 2024-25 accountability ratings. Vinson also expanded dual-credit enrollment at WISD by 600% and grew the district’s fund balance from $9 million to more than $85 million, according to the release. The CISD board of trustees can o cially vote to
Conroe ISD FY 2025 26 expenditures
"I met [CISD’s school board] and ... it was just this laser focus on kids, on character. ... That is vital and essential because if we have shared values, things are going to go well."
Payroll: $679.5M Contracted services: $34.4M Supplies and materials: $31.8M Equipment and other: $15.4M
Thrive With Autism, a nonpro t helping children with autism, expanded its Thrive Center for Success location in Magnolia with a 12,700-square-foot facility featuring 14 new classrooms, said Chris Gonzalez, a spokesperson with facilities development nonpro t Blueprint. About the project Gonzalez said the expanded center includes 14 classrooms, including a multi- purpose room, new parking and additional play spaces.
Total: $761.06M
DAVID VINSON, CONROE ISD SUPERINTENDENT FINALIST
SOURCE: CONROE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
hire Vinson as CISD’s superintendent after a 21-day waiting period, according to the news release. The backstory Vinson attended Texas Tech University, and he has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in character education, according to the release. “Throughout this process, we were united in our commitment to nd the very best leader for our students, sta and community,” board President Misty Odenweller said.
the $761.06 million in expenses. The remainder mainly consists of contracted services, supplies and equipment, according to the adopted budget. What else A resolution was passed Aug. 19 to adopt the 2025 tax rate of $0.6696 per $100 valuation for maintenance and operations and $0.28 for debt service per $100 of taxable valuation, as outlined in the board packet.
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