PROPOSED PROJECTS
SCHOOL BOUNDARIES
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The Woodlands High School College Park High School Oak Ridge High School Grand Oaks High School
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THEWOODLANDS COLLEGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL ADD 10 CLASSROOMS
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BRANCH CROSSING DR.
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$11.2M
3701 COLLEGE PARK DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS
OAK RIDGE SCHOOL RD.
SEPTEMBER 2020 - JULY 2021 2020 SEPT
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THEWOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL ADD SCIENCE LABS AND ROBOTICS CLASSROOM
99 TOLL
$11.2M
6101 RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS
SEPTEMBER 2020-JULY 2021 2020 SEPT
COURTESYCONROE ISD
FGSC Exec- utive Director Guy
facilities to a work surface that is not nearly as weather-depen- dent will be huge for the pro- grams there,” Foster said. THE FINANCIAL EFFECTS Voters have approved three bond elections in CISD since 2000, which totaled more than $1.29 billion—in 2004, 2008 and 2015. However, the May bond package of $807 million will feature the district’s largest bond issue to date. Using bonds to fund new facilities is not unusual in a fast-growth district like CISD, according to the Fast Growth School Coalition. Fast-growth districts have more than 2,500 students in total enrollment and have grown by at least 10 percent over the past five years, according to the group. CISD is also one of the 20 largest districts in Texas, and it had the second highest per- centage increase for student enrollment growth for 2017-18, at 3.04 percent, according to PASA data.
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OVERHAUL TO OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL UPGRADE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING, ENTRANCES AND OTHER FACILITIES
Sconzo said districts across the state—including CISD—rely heavily on property taxes to pay for school bonds due to a lack of financing from the state. “It really is the only way to keep pace with the growth,” Sconzo said. Sconzo said state funds for school districts have dropped dramatically in recent years, leaving local taxpayers to fill the gap through property taxes. The current property tax rate for CISD residents is $1.28 per $100 valuation. CISD Chief Financial Officer Darrin Rice said the district’s financial advisers project a 1-cent prop- erty tax rate increase for the 2019-20 year, with a maximum of a 3-cent increase over the four-year life of the bond. If the tax rate is increased by 3 cents over a three-year period, Rice said a resident within CISD’s boundaries with a home value of $300,000 can expect an annual property tax
$47.6M
27330 OAK RIDGE SCHOOL ROAD, CONROE
FEBRUARY 2021-JULY 2022 2021 FEB.
bill increase of $82.50. However, he said there is no guarantee the district will have to increase the property tax rate beyond the 1-cent increase. “In the past when we’ve set up a bond referendum, [such as] this last one, we said it’ll cost us 1 cent, and it didn’t cost us any,” Rice said. When the 2018 District Facilities Planning Committee brought the bond proposal to trustees Dec. 18, it was for a $827 million package. How- ever, Null said the committee re-evaluated costs and chose to allocate money from the gen- eral fund balance to pay for the projects that were reduced or removed from the package.
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YORK JUNIOR HIGH INCREASE CLASSROOM AND CAFETERIA CAPACITY TO 2,000 STUDENTS
$16.5M
3515 WATERBEND COVE, SPRING
SEPTEMBER 2019-JULY 2020 2019 SEPT
NICOLEPRESTON/COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
NEWELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN GRAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER ZONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NO. 47 (FLEX 22) FUTURE CAPACITY:
$39.4M
1,000 STUDENTS LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED
FEBRUARY 2022 - JULY 2023
2022 FEB
COURTESYCONROE ISD
TURF CONVERSIONS CONVERT ALL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, SOCCER, FOOTBALL, SOFTBALL AND BAND FIELDS FROM GRASS TO TURF $23.2M
For more information, visit communityimpact.com .
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