EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Comal & New Braunfels ISDs
May 2022 bond election proposed for items previously rejected by voters in November
PROPOSED PROJECTS Comal ISD is evaluating a proposed bond for May that will focus on recreational and stadium facilities. Below are a few potential projects highlighted in the propositions. The total cost of the bond has yet to be determined. The bond could cost between $67.1 million and $105.65 million.
COMAL ISD District officials have continued planning for a potential bond to bring before voters during the May election. If plans move forward, the district must call for the bond election by Feb. 18, and the board of trustees is slated to hold a special meeting Feb. 15 to make the final decision. “We have literally three weeks. But the informa- tion hasn’t changed,” CISD board President Jason York said. “It’s not like we’re sitting up here with new information; we’re sitting up here with informa- tion that was on the November [2021] bond.” In November voters approved three of five propo- sitions that were on the ballot, but items that would have provided funding for recreational and stadium facilities throughout the district failed. According to the district, the proposed May bond would consist almost entirely of projects that were included in the failed propositions with a total cost between $67.1 million and $105.65 million. During the regular Jan. 27 meeting, the board eval- uated three bond options, all of which would include two propositions that would provide funding for improvement projects throughout the district.
Proposition A would include funding for recre- ational facilities like practice fields, field houses, lighting replacements and more. Proposition B funding would be allocated to stadium expansions and facilities upgrades to address growth. Several of the proposed projects would be used to complete campuses, such as the stadium expansion at Davenport High School, while others are con- nected to projects passed in previous bonds. “This is not a new field house; this is not replac- ing a field house; this is a field house,” trustee Cody Mueller said. “This is because we don’t have lockers for all the athletes at DHS. … There’s no room for growth in those areas, and we’ve got to take care of that.” During the board’s January meeting, trustees discussed future bonds and the challenges of passing athletics-related propositions. The district is already planning a potential bond in 2023 to construct new schools, said Steve Stanford, assistant superintendent of communications and organizational alignment for CISD. The district estimates it has a bond capacity of $400 million without raising tax rates, Stanford said.
PROPOSITION A
Canyon High School tennis courts
Davenport High School field house
Smithson Valley High School field house completion
PROPOSITION B
Canyon Lake High School press box
Canyon Lake High School stadium expansion to 5,000 seats
Davenport High School stadium expansion to 5,000 seats
SOURCE: COMAL ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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