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BY CASSANDRA JENKINS
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
WISD board calls for $218M bond election in May The Willis ISD board of trustees unanimously adopted an order Jan. 10 calling for a $218.1 million school building bond election May 4. What you need to know If approved, the four propositions would provide funds for a Willis High School ninth-grade expansion, an athletic complex and stadium, an aquatic center and a student activity center. Items left off the bond include a staff day care center, Elementary School No. 8 and Middle School No. 4. District officials said if the bond passes, the maximum resulting tax rate increase would be $0.079 per $100 of valuation. The timeline If the bond passes, the district expects design to begin on all projects, except the aquatic center, in the summer or fall. Timeline expectations for
CISD approves new elementary zones
Willis ISD's $218.1M May bond package
• Feb. 17, 2:30 p.m. • $25 (adult), $10 (children age 10 and up) • First Methodist Church, 4308 W. Davis St., Conroe • www.conroesymphony.org Daddy Daughter Dance The dance is for daughters age 4 and up and their fathers. Registration is required, and space is limited. • Feb. 17, 6-9 p.m. • $125 (per couple), $40 (for each additional child) • Hyatt Regency, 1001 Grand Central Parkway, Conroe • www.cityofconroe.org Lone Star Throwdown The Lone Star Throwdown features up to 2,000 participating custom cars, trucks and bikes. • Feb. 23-25, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (spectator hours) • $20 (spectator wristband) • County Fairgrounds, 9255 Airport Road, Conroe • www.lonestarthrowdown.com Big Top Shopping Festival The festival will include exhibitors selling clothing, home decor, furniture, gourmet food and more. • Feb. 24-25, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. • Free (admission) • Heritage Place, 500 Collins St., Conroe • www.bigtop.show/schedule
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Proposition A ($102.7 million) • Willis High School ninth-grade expansion • Adds two gymnasiums and a cafeteria • Includes parking lot upgrades and new transportation center Proposition B ($68.8 million) • New athletic complex and stadium with community room Proposition C ($19.6 million) • Aquatic center with 50-meter competition swimming pool • Includes diving area, locker rooms, storage space, classrooms and outside seating
Scholarship Chili Cook-Off The Montgomery County Fair and Rodeo is hosting its annual chili cook-off supporting high school seniors. In addition, there’s a cornhole tournament, bloody mary competition and prizes. The public can participate in the “Taster’s Choice” competition and enjoy live music and other festivities. • Feb. 3, 7 a.m. (cookoff), noon (live music and Taster’s Choice) • Free (admission) • County Fairgrounds, 9201 Airport Road, Conroe • www.mcfa.org/events/chili-cookoff ‘West Side Story’ The Crighton Theatre is presenting “West Side Story,” a tale inspired by “Romeo and Juliet.” • Feb. 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 11, 18, 25 at 2 p.m. • $30 (adult), $20 (student), $25 (senior) • Crighton Theatre, 234 N. Main St., Conroe • www.crightontheatre.org Rodeo Round Up The Conroe Symphony Orchestra presents a concert with themes from Western movies and TV shows.
The Conroe ISD board of trustees approved attendance zones for Bartlett Elementary and other campuses within the Caney Creek and Conroe high school feeder zones Jan. 16. In a nutshell The board approved Scenario 9.1.2, which Assistant Superintendent of Operations Chris McCord said was one of 27 different options. The approved scenario will help: • Six campuses that are overcapacity move to under capacity • Reduce the capacity at Creighton Elemen- tary School by 250 students McCord said 44% of the students impacted by the rezoning are moving to Bartlett, which was funded by the November 2019 bond and will open in August.
Proposition D ($27 million) • New student activity center
Conroe Go Texan Parade The 59th annual Go Texan Parade will feature decorative floats and hundreds on horseback parading through downtown Conroe.
• Includes classrooms, media room, locker rooms, multipurpose field, ROTC space, baseball/softball area and wrestling room SOURCE: WILLIS ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
• Feb. 17, 1-3 p.m. • Free (admission) • Downtown Conroe • www.chamber.conroe.org
completing each project include: • Transportation center in spring 2026 • Multipurpose gymnasium in fall 2026 • Athletic complex, stadium and aquatic center in spring 2027 • The ninth-grade expansion in fall 2027
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