$1.08B bond seeks to aid aging schools From the cover
The big picture
Proposition B is the largest part of the bond program at $986 million . On top of renovations, it includes furniture and equipment upgrades for campuses not included in the 25-year refresh and general maintenance. It also includes turfing softball and baseball fields, landscaping and transportation needs. The district’s tax rate for debt payments will remain unchanged with the bond. A proposition to increase the district’s day-to-day operations
The former Staley campus would house Aspire, a special education program for ages 18-21. The program would move there after the campus undergoes renovations from the district’s 2018 bond package, said Greg Perkins, assistant principal at Cobb Middle School and bond member committee. “A new Staley Middle School would give those students and staff the best opportunity for equity with new campuses,” Perkins said.
tax rate will be on the Nov. 5 ballot. There’s a perception that everything in FISD is new, but the district has 42 buildings built between 2000 and 2010, Heit said. Of the district’s 13 high schools, 46% were built while 61% of its 18 middle schools and 55% of 45 elementary schools were built in that timeframe. Proposition B includes $102.3 million for a new Staley Middle School.
Frisco ISD schools opening by year Frisco ISD opened 42 schools in 2000-10, 52% of all of the district's campuses.
2006 bond $798M
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2014 bond $775M
2003 bond $478M
0 1 2 3 4 5
2000 bond $298M
2018 bond $691M
Rogers Elementary School
Staley Middle School
1998 bond $118M
SOURCE: FRISCO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Sorting out details
The district needs a new bus wash as the current wash no longer works and bus drivers are using power washes to clean their vehicles, Heit said. New fuel pumps are needed to replace outdated ones as replacement parts are unavailable.
riders the past three school years, according to data provided by FISD. School buses need to be replaced every 15 years or 100,000 miles, accord- ing to the board workshop. Collectively, FISD buses travel an average of 13,820 miles each day.
Proposition B also includes $34.8 million for new school buses, work trucks, fueling stations and a truck wash. It will replace 175 buses, 22 white fleet vehicles and four box trucks. The district has had an average of 12,800 bus
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