The Woodlands Edition | June 2026

Education

BY COLE GEE & EMILY LINCKE

Tomball ISD faces $5.9M shortfall for FY 202627 At its June 2 regular board meeting, the Tomball ISD board voted to approve a pay raise for all teachers and sta in the district as well as approve the general budget for scal year 2026-27. Meeting highlights The board also voted to approve the general, food service and debt service funds for FY 2026- 27. At its June 1 workshop meeting, TISD Chief Financial Ocer Zack Boles presented the updated budget proposal to the board. Budget explained The approved budget has a shortfall, though not as high as previously reported. Since last month’s budget workshop, the district is projected to have an additional $2.1 million in revenue for next year’s budget, Boles said. “Although I don’t like voting for a budget with

LSCS OKs 202728 academic calendar Lone Star College System’s calendar for the 2027-28 school year was approved by the college system’s board of trustees May 7. At a glance The fall semester will run Aug. 30-Dec. 19, 2027, for students and Aug. 23-Dec. 19, 2027, for faculty, according to May 7 meeting documents. The spring semester will last from Jan. 18-May 14, 2028, for students and from Jan. 10-May 14, 2028, for faculty.

FY 202627 budget projections

Projected revenue

$258.5M

Projected expenses

$264.4M

Projected shortfall: -$5.9M

Employees needed for new schools:

100 new employees for Tomball West High School 21 new employees for fth-grade addition at Creekside Park Junior High School $6.2M $1.4M Estimated cost: Estimated cost:

SOURCE: TOMBALL ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Holidays in the calendar include the following breaks:

a decit in there, I do recognize that it’s a timing issue and we’re opening a new school,” TISD trustee Patrick Beecher said. “I have condence in the sta that we can make that up.”

Thanksgiving break: Nov. 24-28, 2027 Winter break: Dec. 23, 2027-Jan. 5, 2028

Spring break: March 13-19, 2028 Spring holiday: April 14-16, 2028

SOURCE: LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEMCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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