EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Comal & New Braunfels ISDs
QUOTE OF NOTE
Comal ISD focuses on future growth in proposed bond
HIGHLIGHTS COMAL ISD The board of trustees approved the Comal Creek Elementary School attendance boundaries. The elementary school is anticipated to open in August and serve students in the southwest region of New Braunfels close to I-35 and FM 482. COMAL ISD The academic calendar for the 2023-24 school year in Comal ISD was approved by board members during their regular meeting Jan. 26. The school board voted to approve Option B of the academic calendar, which aligns closely with the current school year academic calendar, provides students with five days off for the winter holiday and four days for teachers and staff. Comal ISD Will meet Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at the CISD District Office, 1404 N. I-35, New Braunfels. 830-221-2000. www.comalisd.org New Braunfels ISD Will meet Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at the NBISD Administration Center, 1000 N. Walnut Ave., New Braunfels. 830-643-5705 • www.nbisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER “WE HAVE A JOB. AND IT’S FOR THOSE KIDS AND … FOR THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS, AND IT’S FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND THE DECISION THAT WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IN 19 DAYS. WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT.” COMAL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT JASON YORK ON THE 2023 BOND ELECTION
PREPARING THE BOND With the help of the Comal Forward Committee, prioritized projects in the school district have been determined and are anticipated to be on the ballot for voters to approve in May. The bond totaling $608.26 million will not cause an increase to the tax rate.
BY SIERRA MARTIN
COMAL ISD The proposed May bond for Comal ISD is focused on future growth with additional schools, land acquisition and technology among the proposed proposi- tions voters may see on the ballot this spring. The update to the proposed bond was provided to the board of trustees during a Jan. 26 meeting. The Comal Forward Committee, which makes a rec- ommendation on bond project findings, surveyed 300 potential voters to measure initial levels of support for individual bond propositions and to test ballot language. The survey also measured support for bond amounts and their effect on tax rates. Of those polled, 29% were parents with students enrolled in Comal ISD and 71% without students. They also received presentations from various departments throughout the district. In the proposed 2023 bond, Proposition A may total over $557 million and consist of three new elementary schools and one middle school to provide relief to other campuses reaching student capacity; funding would also go toward land acquisition to anticipate future campus needs for one new elementary, one new middle and one new high school. Proposition B, totaling just over $10 million, may consist of additional improvements to athletic facilities throughout the high schools in the district. Proposition C would fund technology equipment throughout the district, including
$557.25M Would fund new schools, campus additions and land acquisition, among other projects $10.19M Would fund athletic projects, including bleacher replacement $28M PROPOSITION C PROPOSITION A PROPOSITION B
$608.26M BOND TOTAL
Would fund updates to technology equipment throughout the district BOND MANAGEMENT FEES
SOURCE: COMAL ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
$12.82M
updated classroom AV devices, new technology devices for students and faculty, and enhanced Wi-Fi. A majority of the respondents supported $600 million in bonds, knowing they would be financed without an increase in the property tax rate. The recommended May bond amount presented to board is $608.26 million and will not cause an increase in the local tax rate. The district will hold a workshop Feb. 15 and plans to call for the bond election during this meeting.
One of two school colors chosen for 2nd New Braunfels ISD high school
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
from New Braunfels Middle School, NBISD Chief of Secondary Schools Ingia Saxton said. The class of eighth-grade students attending New Braunfels Middle School will be the first graduating class from LCHS. That campus is serving as a ninth-grade center. “There’s lots of shades that you can choose from, but we really have
to be able to tailor it down,” Saxton said. “One of the things we did was we reached out to our vendor, and basically, with the current vendor that we have, with the shades of blue that we’re able to get [for] uniforms, and uniforms in football, volleyball, all of our competitive uniforms in, there are really two other options aside from what we currently have.”
NEW BRAUNFELS ISD The New Braunfels ISD board of trustees voted unanimously Jan. 9 on one of two school colors for the forthcoming second high school in the district, Long Creek High School. After presenting the results of a student survey, navy blue was chosen by a majority of eighth-grade students
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