Community Impact reports that during a special meeting on August 1st the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees unanimously okayed calling for a school bond election. The final $1.9 billion package was presented by co-spokespersons for the Bond Planning Committee, Harry Vein and Chane Reagan. The bond package is comprised of four separate propositions.
Proposition A will cost $1.8 billion. It includes:
-Constructing eight schools in all, which will include three district elementary schools and one Conroe-area high school.
-Three campuses will get additional classroom space.
-Five campuses will undergo major renovations.
-Two schools will be restructured.
-For growth purposes, needed safety, infrastructure, land, transportation and technology infrastructure will be included.
Proposition B will cost $40 million. It includes:
-For purposes of instruction, the addition of more technology devices to classrooms.
-Proposition C will cost $112.87 million. It includes:
-For all 16 campuses that do not have them, they would add elementary gyms and physical education classrooms.
-In order to serve Caney Creek, Conroe and new Conroe-area high schools, they would build a new Ag Barn.
-For the current Budde and Otwell barns, they would build additions.
Proposition D will cost $22.9 million. It includes:
-Constructing a 50-meter outdoor pool near the present natatorium.
-Upgrading and expanding the present natatorium.
CISD’s Chief Financial Officer Darrin Rice said this could result in a 2 cent tax rate increase. The bond will be on the November ballot.
