News from Conroe and Montgomery ISDs & Lone Star College System
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$6 Trustees call $326.9Mbond election forMay 7 vote MONTGOMERY ISD Trustees unanimously voted Feb. 15 to call a May 7 bond election totaling $326.9 million, which includes funds for an elementary school, a high school expansion, athletic renovations, and the con- struction of centralized agricultural science and career and technical education centers. The bond is broken into three propositions. Proposition A totals $312.98 million and includes the BY ANNA LOTZ ON THE BALLOT Three propositions will be on the May 7 ballot for voters residing within Montgomery ISD. Projects are broken into three propositions instead of one following a change in state law that took effect in 2019. PROPOSITION A | $312.98 MILLION Includes projects such as Elementary School No. 7, Lake Creek High School expansion, career and technical education facility, centralized agricultural science center, facility upgrades
Lone Star College System officials recommended a
6.6% increase of in-district tuition during a budget retreat March 3, which totals $6 per credit hour to keep up with the inflation rate. For out-of-district students, this would be a potential increase of $12 per credit hour for the 2022-23 school year. This would average about $48 per semester for a student, LSCS Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Mott said during her presentation March 3. The board of trustees approved the tuition rate increase March 8. The new rates will take effect for the fall 2022 semester. The LSCS budget will be presented to the board of trustees for final approval in August. The Conroe ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. March 22 at 3205 W. Davis St., Conroe. 936-709-7752. www.conroeisd.net The Montgomery ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. March 22 at 20776 Eva St., Montgomery. 936-276-2000. www.misd.org The Willis ISD board of trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. April 13 at 612 N. Campbell St., Willis. 936-856-1200. www.willisisd.org MEETINGSWE COVER
bulk of proposed improvements, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Kris Lynn said during the meet- ing. Proposition A includes a seventh elementary school to relieve Keenan and Stewart Creek elementary schools, a 900-student expansion at Lake Creek High School, design for a third junior high school, facility upgrades at all cam- puses, and the addition of centralized CTE and agriculture science facilities, according to MISD information. Proposition B totals $8.51 million for renovations to MISD’s Athletic Complex, and Proposition C totals $5.4 million for technological devices, Lynn said. “That was something that this task force took very seri- ously in making sure that every district facility is touched in one way or another, and not only buildings, but we’re going to be touching athletics, fine arts, all kinds of programs across this district, so every student in Montgomery ISD, ... every facility will be touched by this bond,” Lynn said. If voters approve all three propositions, the estimated
PROPOSITION B | $8.514 MILLION Includes renovations and upgrades to the MISD Athletic Complex
PROPOSITION C | $5.4 MILLION Includes technology devices
SOURCE: MONTGOMERY ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
impact to the property tax rate is less than $0.01, Lynn said. For the average house worth $350,000 in MISD, this equals less than $2 more a month once all bonds are sold, Lynn said. “I do think this is very well planned, very well thought out. As much as I don’t want to support a tax, a bond, I think it’s the right thing to do,” Trustee Gary Hammons said during the meeting.
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