San Marcos - Buda - Kyle Edition | December 2024

Education

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & SIERRA MARTIN

Hays CISD board gives first look at 2025 bond Hays CISD voters could see a bond package upwards of $900 million, the largest in district history, on the May ballot. The HCISD board of trustees unanimously voted to approve the Facilities and Bond Oversight Committee to further consider a bond package recommendation during its Nov. 18 meeting. FBOC chair Jessica Bedwell also provided a list of projects from the committee that could be considered before the list is finalized in the coming months. A quick note Bedwell said the $900 million package takes into account the district’s bond capacity of $800 mil- lion to $1.3 billion as previously discussed, but also the fact that HCISD may continue to have bonds more frequently which creates a need to preserve this bond capacity.

HCISD considers attendance zone

Some of the projects listed on the recommendation include:

Design, construction fees for the 18th and 19th elementary schools, design for the 20th The modernization and expansion of Kyle, Tom Green and Fuentes elementary schools Design fees for the seventh middle school The expansion of Simon, Barton, Chapa and Wallace middle schools Design and construction fees for the fourth high school Fine arts, athletic and Career and Technical Education improvements at high schools

The Hays CISD board of trustees is in the final stages of selecting an attendance zone map for Ramage Elementary, the district’s newest elementary school set to open for the 2025-26 school year. The details Per district documents, Map Draft 7 consists of moving some students: • From Hemphill, Fuentes and Uhland Elementary to Ramage • From Uhland to Fuentes and Science Hall Elementary • From Camino Real Elementary to Uhland Additionally, the map has a minor middle school realignment for the Ramage zone. The board is expected to vote on the final map draft at its Dec. 16 meeting.

SOURCE: HAYS CISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT

The package also considers $7 million for school bus purchases, $5.8 million for safety and security, $16.2 million for technology and $54 million for

land purchases. What to expect

The board will be required to call for a bond by Feb. 14 for a May election. Public forums are expected to be held prior to this.

San Marcos CISD explores 4-day school week

Four-day school week survey results Based on a survey sent to the San Marcos CISD community, the majority of respondents support a four-day school week.

5,300 responses , and nearly 85% of participants indicated support for a four-day school week, and about 75% of respondents said they would prefer to have Friday off. If moved to a shortened school week, of the 3,300 parents who responded to the survey, about 72% said no childcare would be needed on the additional day off. Fernandez said the staff will continue the discussion at a future meeting.

San Marcos CISD is considering moving to a four-day school week. At a school board meeting on Nov. 18, Com- munications Coordinator Andrew Fernandez presented the results of a survey measuring interest in a four-day school week. Zooming in Fernandez said the survey received over

15.1% Against

84.9% For

SOURCE: SAN MARCOS CISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT

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