Conroe - Montgomery Edition | March 2025

BY NICHAELA SHAHEEN, JESSICA SHORTEN & LIZZY SPANGLER

Another viewpoint

Projected enrollment growth in Conroe, Montgomery and Willis ISDs

What’s next

The bond announcement comes as Conroe, Montgomery and Willis ISDs are anticipating at least 25% enrollment growth by the 2032-33 school year, according to each district’s last demographic study. As CISD grows with new school sites, traffic analyses are conducted, Chris McCord, CISD assistant superintendent of operations, said. “We work [with] the appropriate entities to plan for traffic on and around the school site whether the project be external or internal,” McCord said. Ruffin also said that any road improvement is beneficial to the district. “So like Rabon Chapel [Road] … the markings on that road are faded. … If they just re-top and repaint it and stripe it, that helps the safety of our bus driv- ers because in a flooding situation, our bus drivers’ keys to, ‘Is this a safe road to travel?’ are being able to see the markings on the road,” Ruffin said. WISD officials did not return a request for comment prior to press time.

2024-25

2032-33

If the bond initiative passes in the May election, bond funds will be issued annually through 2029. As of press time, commissioners have yet to discuss a course of action if the bond fails.

+29.1%

100K

80K

Bond timeline

60K

2025

April 22: First day of early voting

40K

+88.5%

+25.8%

May 3: Election day

20K

August: The earliest the county can receive bond funds and begin work August 2026: County could receive $120M bond disbursement

2026

0

Conroe ISD Montgomery ISD

Willis ISD

SOURCES: CONROE, MONTGOMERY AND WILLIS ISDS/COMMUNITY IMPACT

2027

What else?

2029: All bond projects are under construction, in progress or complete August 2028: County can receive final bond disbursement of $90M-$120M August 2027: County could receive $120M bond disbursement

2028

For the city of Montgomery, recent growth has made roadway infrastructure and mobility a priority, Mayor Sara Countryman said. “We need help. We’ve got a lot of people moving in, and we’ve got no new roads,” Countryman said. “One of our biggest ones is Lone Star Parkway. It’s a county-owned road, and due to all the construc- tion and heavy use of trucks, it truly has degraded

the integrity of the road. I mean, you’ll lose your teeth going down the road.” Montgomery’s rapid growth is putting more pressure on its roads, Anthony Solomon, police chief and interim city administrator, said. “[Police officers] see it coming sometimes faster than anybody else. [These roads] are their office,” Solomon said.

2029

SOURCES: LJA ENGINEERING, BOK FINANCIALS/ COMMUNITY IMPACT

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