Education
BY ANGELA BONILLA & JULIANNA WASHBURN
Conroe ISD announces superintendent nalist The Conroe ISD board of trustees named David Vinson as the lone nalist for CISD’s superintendent of schools in a unanimous vote during a special board meeting Aug. 27. The decision follows a three-month
"I met [CISD’s school board] and ... it was just this laser focus on kids, on character. ... That is vital and essential because if we have shared values, things are going to go well."
DAVID VINSON, CONROE ISD SUPERINTENDENT FINALIST
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Vinson has been the superintendent for Wylie ISD since 2011, which has over 19,300 students and 20 campuses. In comparison, CISD serves over 73,000 students across 71 campuses. According to an Aug. 27 news release, under Vinson, WISD received A’s for the district and each individual campus as part of the TEA’s 2024-25 accountability ratings. Vinson also expanded dual-credit enrollment at WISD by 600% and grew the district’s fund balance from $9 million to more than $85 million, according to the release. The CISD board of trustees can o cially vote to hire Conroe ISD adopts scal year 2025 26 budget Conroe ISD has approved a balanced budget for scal year 2025-26, including a tax rate that will remain the same as scal year 2024-25, according to discussion at the Aug. 19 meeting. How we got here The FY 2025-26 budget includes $761.06 million in both projected estimated revenues and expenditures. The tax rate of $0.9496 per $100 valuation is the same as FY 2024-25. CISD Chief Financial O cer Karen Garza said 89% of the budget goes to payroll services, totaling approxi- mately $679.5 million.
Vinson as CISD’s superintendent after a 21-day waiting period, according to the news release. The backstory Vinson attended Texas Tech University, and he has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in character education, according to the release. “Throughout this process, we were united in our commitment to nd the very best leader for our students, sta and community,” board President Misty Odenweller said.
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MISD approves FY 2025 26 tax rate
Montgomery ISD’s board of trustees approved its tax rate for scal year 2025-26 at its regular board meeting Aug. 19. In a nutshell The approved tax rate for FY 2025-26 is $1.0912 per $100 valuation, which is the same rate as in FY 2024-25. The FY 2025-26 tax rate approval comes almost a year after voters approved MISD’s voter-ap- proval tax rate election, which secured $5.5 million in additional revenue for the district. MISD’s board of trustees also approved a $104.9 million balanced budget for FY 2025-26 at its June 24 meeting. “Thanks to the support of our community in passing Proposition A, we’ve been able to directly invest those funds into maintaining a balanced budget, supporting our people and strengthening support for students in our class- rooms,” MISD Superintendent Mark Ru n said in an Aug. 19 news release. “Keeping the tax rate stable while providing the resources our schools need demonstrates our commitment to both scal responsibility and student success.”
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MON & TUES: CLOSED WED & THUR: 3PM-8PM
Conroe ISD FY 2025 26 expenditures
FRI: 3PM TO 9PM SAT: 1 PM TO 9PM SUN: 1 PM TO 6PM
Payroll: $679.5M Contracted services: $34.4M Supplies and materials: $31.8M Equipment and other: $15.4M
Total: $761.06M
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