MISD pushes revised bond for May election From the cover
Current situation
Breaking down the vote
2025 bond
2026 bond
Prop A ($465.68M): Third high school, two elementaries, safety/security, land acquisition, buses, maintenance
Prop A ($469.55M) Third high school, two elementaries, buses, land acquisition, safety/security and facility upgrades Prop B ($22.94M) Multipurpose facilities, athletic upgrades/renovations Prop C ($24.43M) Second natatorium
Three propositions totaling $516.92 million appeared on the November ballots of MISD voters. Proposition A
Proposition A focuses on funding the construction of three schools, land purchases and other district needs. In November, the full bond proposal also included Propositions B and C, which focused on athletic facilities. After removing Propositions B and C, the cost of the May bond proposal is $465.68 million—$51.24 million less than the three bonds proposed in November, which totaled $516.92 million. Locals rejected Proposition A by 50.57%, while Propositions B and C were rejected by 58.87% and 60.47%, respectively. Per MISD officials, 87% of parents didn’t vote in the election. Chief Communications Officer Denise Meyers said the district has taken multiple measures to “inform locals and revise the bonds to make them more appealing.” The district has begun to host monthly
49.43% For
50.57% Against
Proposition B
41.13% For
58.87% Against
Proposition C 39.53% For
60.47% Against
SOURCES: MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE, MAGNOLIA ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
informational meetings, and Superintendent of Operations Erich Morris said the one thing they hear most from parents at these meetings is acknowledgment of their concerns.
“They just want to make sure that the focus is on specifically that growth and what is needed for that and that we’re good stewards of their dollars, and I believe we are,” Morris said.
MISD student population projections
The breakdown
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boundary lines around an elementary school, increased class sizes and spending budget money to buy portable facilities. If you aren’t building permanent facilities with bond money, those are the type of things you start to have to face.” With regard to the district’s tax rate, Meyers said—like the November bond proposal—the revised May proposal would not raise the tax rate. The district’s tax rate is $0.9583, and Meyers said MISD’s tax rate has decreased more than 42 cents in the last 10 years. For 2015-16, the tax rate was $1.3795, per the district’s website.
MISD’s student population is 15,259 students, per district data. Projections show the student population will grow to between 24,817 and 26,355 a decade from now—an increase of between 61.06% and 71.04%. If Proposition A fails to pass, Superintendent Jason Bullock said the district will be forced to make some “tougher decisions” to safely accom- modate the estimated student overpopulation. “If there aren’t new schools in places to put students, then you’re faced with making some tougher decisions,” Bullock said. “Moving
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Current population: 15,259
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SOURCE: MAGNOLIA ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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