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If approved, the bond package should increase the tax rate by one-tenth of a penny. Here are some examples of what that means for homes of three different values.
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With Northwest ISD boundaries spanning 234 square miles, the district expects to enroll thousands of new students in the next several years.
HOUSING VALUATION
35W
114
Keller
Roanoke
287
Fort Worth
NISD boundary
114
$300,000
$550,000
$900,000
$3.00 more per $100 valuation
$5.50 more per $100 valuation
$9 more per $100 valuation
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SOURCE: NORTHWEST ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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TAX RATE
SOURCE: NORTHWEST ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
that’s what we’ve heard.” McClure went on to mention that home stadiums could be used for var- ious school events, like pep rallies and sports competitions. He also said that by having home stadiums, students would not need to leave school early
accommodate the need. “It’s not ‘Friday Night Lights’ any- more; it’s ‘Thursday Night Lights’,” Golden said. Understanding the cost While $2 billion is the dis- trict’s largest bond amount, it’s not just current property own- ers that will be footing the bill. “It’s also all the future residents who come in as we grow, and all the new property coming in, whether it’s a warehouse or a business or anything like that,” McClure said. According to the NISD bond website, within its 234-square-mile bound- ary, the district serves more than 29,000 students in 14 cities, towns and communities across three counties. Continued development and opportu- nities in the region have driven NISD’s enrollment to increase more than 25% since 2016. With this type of growth, NISD officials said they always have to be prepared. “There’s not a real option for us to not address the continued growth,” McClure said.
and prioritize the facility needs of the school district as well as provide recommendations to the board of trustees on possible future building projects. “Northwest ISD is probably the fastest-growing district in the metro- plex and one of the fastest-growing districts in our state,” Golden said, during a Jan. 23 board of trustees meeting. “Whether we like it or not, people are going to be moving into this area. Growth is going to be com- ing, and it has been coming, and it will continue to come.” Overcoming a difficult past In 2020, voters rejected all five of the propositions in the $986 million NISD bond package. According to former Superintendent Ryder War- ren, the failure was attributed to poor communication about the proposition items during a time when there was a lot of anxiety about the pandemic’s effect on the economy. “[It] was a really challenging time to put anything in front of the com- munities,” Warren said to Community Impact . “I think it was just hard to get across the need of the bond and the
tax-rate election.” In 2021, the bond package was $746 million, and three out of the four prop- ositions passed. Proposition B, which would have provided funding for new
athletic facilities, failed. That prop- osition represents approximately $5 million of the total bond pack- age. The 2023 bond package includes spending $300 million on athletic facilities under Proposition
to load the bus and travel to the NISD Stadium for their home game. Students could stay in all of their classes and main- tain their focus on academics on home football game days. “For a typi-
"THERE’S NOT A REAL OPTION FOR US TO NOT ADDRESS THE CONTINUED GROWTH" TIM MCCLURE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FACILITIES
B. But McClure said building smaller stadiums at the high schools is what the community wants and what stu- dents need. “Sometimes [students are] travel- ing farther to get to their home game than they are to some of their away competitors,” McClure said. “The big thing is, do you want to build a second big [stadium] like [NISD sta- dium] somewhere and still share [the space]? Or would you rather go to some slightly smaller ones in the backyards of the communities, and
cal home football game, 14% of the student body is required to attend,” McClure said. “This includes the football team, athletic trainers, a drill team, the band and cheerleaders. So keeping them in class if they don’t have to travel that day is an important thing.” Golden said there needs to be more space available for sporting events as the district continues to grow. Because of how many sporting events take place, he said football games are often moved to Thursday nights to
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