Education
BY ANGELA BONILLA, DANICA LLOYD & RYAN REYNOLDS
TISD projects $220M in revenue for FY 2025-26 Tomball ISD is projecting $220 million in reve- nue for the fiscal year 2025-26 budget, according to a presentation by TISD Chief Financial Officer Zack Boles at an April 15 board workshop. The presentation focused solely on the budget cycle and projected revenue, which Boles said are up about 2.8% from the FY 2024-25 budget. Boles said he will present FY 2025-26 expenditures to trustees May 12. The details Boles said TISD is developing its FY 2025-26 bud- get with a focus on meeting student needs, staying competitive, supporting staff and maintaining facilities. At the same time, Boles said the district faces challenges such as a tight labor market, rising costs due to inflation and ongoing supply shortages. The timeline Boles said TISD is following a clear timeline to develop and finalize the FY 2025-26 budget:
LSC-University Park to get new equipment Lone Star College-University Park’s artificial intelligence program is getting new equipment following a $12,000 donation from the Society of Information Manage- ment’s Houston chapter, according to an April 16 news release. SIM Houston, a group of local information technology industry leaders, presented the donation at its annual charity golf tourna- ment April 11, officials said. The organization partnered with LSC-UP to help launch its AI lab last year. The impact The donation will fund new equipment at LSC-UP’s Engineering and Manufacturing Institute to give students hands-on expe- riences with the latest AI, data science and machine learning technology.
Tomball ISD revenue history
Audited
Budgeted
Projected
$250M
$225M
$220M
$200M
$175M
$184M
$150M
+19.4%
$75M
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SOURCE: TOMBALL ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23
• April/May: board budget workshops, certified estimates of property values • June: public hearing and adoption of the 2025- 26 budget • July: certified property values received from
Harris and Montgomery counties • September: adopt the tax rate
MISD approves rezoning for new section within Audubon community Magnolia ISD’s board of trustees approved an attendance zone change for Williams Elementary to account for Heron Run, a new section of the master-planned community Audubon, at its April 14 meeting. The gist Heron Run includes 821 lots, broken down into around 490 that will be completed in 2025 and around 331 that will be completed in 2026, as previously reported by Community Impact. The section was originally zoned to attend Williams Elementary School but is now zoned to attend Audubon Elementary, according to the meeting agenda. A closer look The district made the change to “avoid splitting subdivision zones between different elementary schools,” according to the agenda packet. Williams Elementary has the largest enrollment
2025-26 MISD elementary feeder zones The MISD elementary zoning boundaries were changed to accommodate Heron Run.
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Audubon Elementary zone Williams Elementary zone Area of change: Heron Run
Great Oak School holds groundbreaking Great Oak School held a groundbreaking March 26 for its new campus expansion that will open for the 2025-26 school year. The framework Great Oak School first opened its doors in 2009 and serves grades pre-K through eighth grade. The school is located at 715 Carrell St. in Tomball. The school will have five early childhood classrooms, an administration building with a kitchen and an amphitheater on 10 acres in Tomball. Tuition ranges from $3,000 to $16,500, per Great Oak School’s website. The construction is in Phase I, with the work being completed by Boatman Con- struction LLC, a Tomball-based company.
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SOURCE: MAGNOLIA ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
of any of the district’s elementary schools, with 808 students enrolled during the 2024-25 school year, according to the agenda packet and the district’s fall 2024 demographic report. Audubon Elementary currently has one of the district’s low- est enrollment counts with 509 students enrolled during the 2024-25 school year.
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