San Marcos - Buda - Kyle Edition | February 2025

Historic bond From the cover

Proposition A

The breakdown

Major projects

to develop the initial list of projects for the board of trustees to consider, according to FBOC Chair Jessica Bedwell. “We want sta‹ and students to have what [they] need, but we are also attempting to balance that with responsibility to taxpayers,” Bedwell said. Katy Armstrong, an FBOC member and Fuentes Elementary School parent, said various bond projects would benet her three children as they eventually move through middle school and to Lehman High School. “It’s hard to say what would be a need and what would be a want, because pretty much everything on [the bond] is a need,” Armstrong said.

Voters living within HCISD boundaries will have the opportunity to vote for any of the ve propositions on the bond, which Chief Communication Ocer Tim Savoy said allows voters to have “some choice on things” without overloading the ballot. District ocials do not anticipate a tax rate increase—regardless of whether any or all of the propositions pass—as the total bond amount is within HCISD’s bond capacity of $1.4 billion. Ocials also said they plan to reduce project costs by working with contractors to lower the price without impacting the overall quality. HCISD’s Facilities and Bond Oversight Committee, or FBOC, worked for about a year

Elementary school rehabilitations - $139.6M • Fuentes, Hemphill, Kyle and Tom Green ES

High school rehabilitations - $98.9M • Hays and Lehman HS improvements • Johnson HS weight room expansion

Construction - $78.7M • Elementary No. 18

Middle school rehabilitations - $61.2M • Turf at Barton, Chapa, Dahlstrom MS • McCormick, Simon, Wallace MS improvements

Land for future school sites - $54M

Proposition A - $498.94 million: General growth, safety and rehabilitation of facilities

Hays CISD's $968.65 million bond The bond totals represent the maximum amount HCISD is authorized to sell, and ocials plan to reduce costs through value engineering.

Replacements - $23M • Athletics/Œine arts, roofs, mechanical/electrical/plumbing

Proposition B - $396.06 million: Comprehensive high school No. 4

Design fees - $10.6M • Elementary school No. 19 • Middle school No. 7

Total: $968.65 million

Proposition D - $51.35 million: Multipurpose activity centers

32 buses with seatbelts - $7.7M

Safety and security - $5.8M • Rekeying locks, security access control buildings in high school parking lots

Proposition C - $6.1 million: High school No. 4 stadium expansion

Proposition E - $16.2 million: Technology

CTE improvements - $2.2M • Including a Fire Training Academy Œire tower

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