Education
BY JONATHAN PERRIELLO
Argyle ISD board calls for $512M bond election Argyle ISD board of trustees approved calling a May bond election on Feb. 5. The $512 million bond package is the largest in the district’s history, board President Sam Slaton said. The details The bond addresses space needs at all grade levels, district technology updates, and adding a baseball and softball complex at Argyle High School. The bond, if approved, will maintain the current tax rate. Zooming in Projects include constructing a new middle school and a sixth elementary school. The bond also calls for renovations at Argyle High School and the existing middle school. The bond allocates about $38 million for capital improvements at Hilltop Elementary, The Sixth
LISD approves volunteer chaplains Lewisville ISD board of trustees approved a resolution allowing schools to accept chap- lains as volunteers. Candidates must meet the district’s volun- teer program requirements. Volunteers shall not be used to replace the position or functions of salaried professional or paraprofessional employees. The background The 88th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 763 in May, which amended sections of the Texas Education Code to allow school districts to use safety funds to employ chaplains as counselors without requiring certification by the State Board for Educator Certification. Districts were required to adopt or reject the policy by March 1, 2024.
Bond breakdown The bond will be presented to voters in three propositions.
Proposition B: $22.6 million Proposition A: $482.4 million Proposition C: $6.5 million
$511.5M
SOURCE: ARGYLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Grade Center and Argyle Middle School, as well as $75 million for land acquisition, buses and mainte- nance, and $13.5 million for technology, according to district documents. Quote of note “What we have to remember is that the tax rate isn’t going up,” Slaton said. “Conversely if we don’t need [a project] we aren’t going to sell the bonds to build it, and there is no penalty to anyone on that.”
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