Conroe - Montgomery Edition | June 2023

EDUCATION BRIEFS More Conroe ISD schools expected to be overcapacity in 2023-24

News from local colleges and Conroe & Montgomery ISDs

HIGHLIGHTS SAM HOUSTON STATE

MISD approves $51.8M for schools

UNIVERSITY The Texas State University System board of regents approved Sam Houston State University’s 2022-33 master plan on May 25, which outlines needs for the Conroe campus such as building a new health professions building and enhancing a student-centered green space with shelter, tables and power. The College of Osteopathic Medicine also broke ground May 30 on its new parking garage, slated to be complete in 2024 off I-45. LONE STAR COLLEGE The board of trustees began discussing the 2024 fiscal year budget June 1 with a proposal to lower the property tax rate from $0.1078 to $0.1076 per $100 valuation. A budget and tax rate will not be adopted until August and September. Conroe ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. July 18 at 3205 W. Davis St., Conroe. 936-709-7752. www.conroeisd.net Montgomery ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. June 27 at 20774 Eva St., Montgomery. 936-276-2000. www.misd.org MEETINGS WE COVER

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BY CASSANDRA JENKINS

MONTGOMERY ISD During a May 16 Montgomery ISD school board meeting, Kris Lynn, assistant superintendent of finance and operations, said the guaranteed maximum price to build Creekside Elementary School and Phase 2 of Lake Creek High School is $1.3 mil- lion under the projected amount. The price for the new Creekside Elementary School will be about $33.5 million, and the price for Phase 2, which increases capacity to 2,500 students at Lake Creek High School, is $18.4 million. Lynn said the savings from these bond projects will go into a fund to enhance, modify, improve or provide additions they could not do otherwise. Both projects are expected to be complete for the start of the 2024- 25 school year, according to a May 16 news release.

CONTINUED GROWTH Enrollment at several Conroe ISD schools is expected to continue to exceed capacity in 2023-24. in the district that are already over the threshold, McCord said. For example, Conroe High School, which was at 99% capacity as of May 1, will be at 114% capacity in August.

CONROE ISD The number of schools overcapacity in Conroe ISD will likely increase when school begins in August, Assistant Superin- tendent of Operations Chris McCord told trustees at a May 16 meeting. Current situation: In March, the CISD Bond Planning Committee began meeting to consider needs ahead of the possible bond refer- endum that could head to voters in November. According to previous Community Impact coverage, 67 schools in the district are operating on average at 102% of their capac- ities with projections indicating it could grow from 71,000 students to 100,000 students or more by 2033. McCord said enrollment in the dis- trict is projected to reach over 73,000 in 2023. The influx in students will cause concern at certain campuses

May 2023 August 2023

Percent of maximum capacity

100%

99% 114% 139% 148% 146% 150%

Conroe High School Suchma Elementary Creighton Elementary

5.06 % APY * SOURCE: CONROE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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