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News from Eanes, Lake Travis & Leander ISDs
NUMBER TO KNOW Eanes ISD fiscal year 2023-24 $21.05M
Lake Travis ISD calls election for $143M bond centered on athletic upgrades
The budget approved for
NEW STADIUMS The $143 million bond package will primarily be used for new athletic facilities and stadiums to be used for:
HIGHLIGHTS EANES ISD The Westlake High School Chap Band has been selected to represent the community in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, in January. Few bands are selected in the U.S. to receive the prestigious invitation. The once-in-a-lifetime experience will feature the band marching on international television in front of an audience of 46 million, including 600,000 live. The band is seeking local support through donations and sponsorship to help cover the numerous expenses not covered by the school district to attend and perform at the ToRP. www.westlakeband.org EANES ISD The board of trustees approved a donation from the Valley View Elementary Booster Club of $35,215 at a meeting June 20 to be used to replace the existing changeable letters marquee with the district’s new standard digital marquee. The new marquee will have a stone base and column to match with the building, a digital display, and a new light box. It will also display the address of the campus. Eanes ISD board of trustees will meet Aug. 8, 22 and Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at 601 Camp Craft Road, West Lake Hills. www.eanesisd.net Lake Travis ISD board of trustees will meet Aug. 16 and Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. at 607 RM 620, Lakeway. www.ltisdschools.org Leander ISD board of trustees will meet Aug. 10, 24 and Sept. 14, 28 at 6:15 p.m. at 300 W. South Drive, Leander. www.leanderisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER
BY BROOKE MILLER
facilities at High School No. 2, and since this is a year behind, we had to add things like turf replacement at Bee Cave Middle School,” Sanchez said. The new bond package includes facilities for High School No. 2 that were not a part of the 2022 bond package. According to district information, a bond election is in the best interest for residents due to an increase in student growth and facility needs as well as staff feedback. “This is a proposition that has been developed with staff and is presented before the board tonight that is primarily athletics in nature,” Bond Counsel Chair Clay Binford said. “This is the same financing project list that includes facilities that will be used to host events for students both in school and for extracurricular
Baseball
Football
LAKE TRAVIS ISD The board of trustees approved a November elec- tion for a $143 million bond to fund new athletic facilities and stadiums for each sport at High School No. 2, which will open in August 2027, as well as infrastructure at Lake Travis High School. The new stadiums include football, baseball, softball, soccer, track, tennis and band. The backstory: The new bond package, which officials approved at a June 21 regular meeting, follows a failed $94 million bond proposal election from 2022. Pam Sanchez, the assistant superintendent of business services, said the price jump stems not only from inflation, but from new projects. “What we did was add more
Soccer
Softball
Track
Tennis
Band
SOURCE: LAKE TRAVIS ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
activities as well as infrastructure related to those specific projects.” The cost: “Pass or fail, the bond will not increase the tax rate,” Exec- utive Director of Communications Marco Alvarado said. “The direct reflection on a resident’s tax bill |relies on the appraisals.”
$74M attendance credit purchase from the state slated for LTISD LAKE TRAVIS ISD Staff is project- ing a $74 million purchase of atten- dance credits from the state will be required for fiscal year 2023-24. On June 21, trustees discussed an pay a certain amount of money back to the state each year through recapture. Sanchez said purchasing the attendance credits serves as a mechanism for making the annual recapture payments. BY BROOKE MILLER & BRIAN RASH
Background: The projected amount of $74 million in attendance credits for the 2023-24 school year is about $2 million higher projected for the 2022-23 school year. Did you know? An attendance credit election, or ACE, is a state requirement for a one-time election that asks voters to allow school districts to make recapture payments by purchasing attendance credit. Voters passed an ACE for Lake Travis ISD in 1993.
agreement to pay the state and said it will likely approve the agreement at a July 19 meeting. Pam Sanchez, assistant superin- tendent for business services at Lake Travis ISD, said the property wealth per student within the district is higher than the statewide average. Because of this, the district must
Texas Education Code mandates to purchase attendance credits, a school district must hold an attendance credit election, or ACE. The last ACE in LTISD was held in 1993. Sanchez said once a district’s voters pass an ACE, there is no need for another election.
SOURCE: LAKE TRAVIS ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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