Pflugerville - Hutto Edition | December 2022

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News from Pugerville & Hutto ISDs

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Voters approve nearly all PfISD ballot propositions

HIGHLIGHTS PFLUGERVILLE ISD With a total of 25,628 students, PfISD’s enrollment was 233 students below the projected level as of Nov. 11. Ocials said enrollment levels often uctuate throughout the school year, and the district could still meet its enrollment goal. HUTTO ISD Construction on Gus Almquist Middle School, HISD’s third middle school, is scheduled to begin in December following the board of trustees’ approval of a $7.55 million construction contract. The school is expected to be complete in May 2024. Pugerville ISD board of trustees meets Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. 1401 W. Pecan St., Pugerville 512-594-0000 • www.psd.net Hutto ISD board of trustees MEETINGS WE COVER “IT’S BEEN A GODSEND, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. THOSE FUNDS REALLY HELPED US.” GLENN GRAHAM, HUTTO ISD CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ON A FEDERALLY FUNDED $263,000 EMPLOYEE RETENTION STIPEND NUMBER TO KNOW Pugerville ISD’s average daily attendance during the second six weeks of the 2022-23 school year was down from 93.21% in the rst six weeks. Last year, it was 94.38% in the second six weeks. 92% APPROVED NOV. 10 TO BE PAID OUT IN DECEMBER

RESULTS OF THE ELECTION Of the eight ballot measures that came before Pugerville ISD voters on Nov. 8, all but one passed. Here is a breakdown of the results for each proposition:

BY CARSON GANONG

Proposition A: Attendance Credit Election Passed with 61.74% in favor

In Pugerville ISD’s Nov. 8 election, all but one of the district’s eight ballot measures passed. The approved propositions included an attendance credit election, or ACE, and a voter approval tax rate election, or VATRE. The approval of the ACE will allow the district to pay its anticipated $12.1 million recapture bill to the state. Had the proposition failed, the Texas Education Agency would have determined how to detach $12.1 million in property valuation from PfISD. The VATRE passing means the district will be able to keep its adopted tax rate of $1.2646 per $100 valuation. The election was required because the adopted rate exceeds the voter approval rate of $0.8646. The remaining six propositions comprised a $367.6 million bond package broken into six pieces. Only one initiative failed: Proposition F, a $400,000 bond measure that would have funded audio wiring at The Peld and new scoreboards at Hendrickson High School. The $367.2 million approved by voters will fund projects, including districtwide safety and security upgrades, a new career and technical education center, and construction of aordable housing for PfISD teachers. “I’d like to thank our community for their support and all the voters who carved out time to go to the polls,” Superin- tendent Doug Killian said. “The passage of these proposi- tions shows that our community prioritizes education, kids and teachers.” In putting together the bond propositions that would come before voters in November, district ocials assem- bled a committee of community members and district sta to help assess and prioritize the district’s long-term facility needs. The citizens facilities advisory committee, or CFAC, met eight times over the course of the year before the bond proposals were nalized. “The bond program was the result of thorough and thoughtful planning by our board of trustees and the district’s CFAC, and I am so grateful for their time and dedication to our students,” Killian said.

Proposition B: Voter Approval Tax Rate Election Passed with 51.84% in favor

Proposition C: $190.28M for districtwide campus improvements, including security upgrades Passed with 59.84% in favor

Proposition D: $54M for devices for students and sta, and related infrastructure Passed with 59.92% in favor

Proposition E: $3M for high school performing arts renovations and sound system upgrades Passed with 56.66% in favor

Proposition F: $400,000 for Peld audio wiring and Hendrickson High School scoreboards Failed with 46.53% in favor

Proposition G: $76M for districtwide career and technical education center Passed with 57.01% in favor

Proposition H: $43.92M for aordable teacher housing Passed with 52.2% in favor

meets Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. 200 College St., Hutto 512-759-3771 www.hipponation.org

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