News from Lewisville, Argyle & Northwest ISDs EDUCATION BRIEFS Northwest ISD puts nearly $2B bond on the ballot
HIGHLIGHTS ARGYLE ISD Five candidates are running for open spots on the Argyle ISD board of trustees this election cycle. Tori Ryan will be running against incumbent Craig Hawkesworth for Place 1, while two new faces—Nick Reynolds and Leigh Ann Artho—will be running for Place 2. Incumbent Sam Slaton is running unopposed for Place 3. LEWISVILLE ISD The board of trustees voted to approve the sale of the Stewarts Creek Elementary campus site and neighboring 10.2 acres to The Colony. The district determined in 2021 Stewarts Creek was “surplus property” and no longer needed. The school is closed. Lewisville ISD board of trustees Meets at 6 p.m. March 20 at 1565 W. Main St., Lewisville. www.lisd.net Argyle ISD board of trustees Meets at 7 p.m. March 20 at 6701 Canyon Falls Drive, Flower Mound. www.argyleisd.com Northwest ISD board of trustees Meets at 6:30 p.m. March 20 in the NISD Board Room, 2001 Texan Drive, Justin. www.nisdtx.org MEETINGS WE COVER
GOING TO THE POLLS Northwest ISD will ask for voters to pass a nearly $2 billion bond in the May 6 election. It will feature three different propositions within the overall total.
BY MARK FADDEN
NORTHWEST ISD After hearing what the district’s long-range planning committee has found about keeping up with the massive growth in Northwest ISD, the board of trustees voted unanimously to put nearly $2 billion worth of bonds on the ballot for May 6. Assistant Superintendent of Facilities Tim McClure said the long-range planning committee unanimously approved the recommendation for the bond package, which by law must be broken up into certain categories. Facilities in Proposition A include four new elementary schools, replacements for Justin and Prairie View elemen- tary schools, a new middle school, a new high school, and four new early childhood development centers. Proposition B includes funding for three new stadiums at Byron Nelson High School, V.R. Eaton High School and High School No. 4 as well as renovations to the Northwest ISD Stadium at Northwest High School. McClure mentioned many people feel that by having to drive to the central campus stadium, it does not feel like a home game. “People really want to be able to experience a home game if they go to Eaton or Byron Nelson [high schools],” he said. “Some of those families are a little disappointed that they have to come to a central-located campus for those games when they could be held in their backyard,
Key:
Proposition A: $1.672B
Proposition A Proposition B Proposition C
Replacement for two elementary schools, four new elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, four early childhood centers
Proposition B: $301M
Funding for three new football stadiums; renovations at Northwest High School
$2B total bond money
Proposition C: $21M
SOURCE: NORTHWEST ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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so to speak, at the campus level.” NISD passed a $746 million bond in 2021 to accommodate its rapid growth. Should the 2023 bond pass, it would likely add a 1/10th of a penny tax-rate increase, according to the school district’s website.
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