Round Rock ISD board members are discussing the possibility of calling a bond election for next May to fund several construction projects, such as the district’s sixth high school.

The board of trustees will meet Sept. 1 for a workshop to discuss the district’s guiding principles and vision.

“This is going to be a different [process] because we have the strategic plan and vision to cast,” trustee Terri Romere said during an Aug. 4 work session. “I think we need to sit down and discuss that vision before we discuss the potential committees.”

In September and October, the district will create a Citizens Bond Committee to start discussing ideas of what to include in the bond election. RRISD has until Feb. 17 to call a bond election for the May 6 election. Three board of trustee seats are also up for election Nov. 8 in places 1, 2 and 7.

Corey Ryan, RRISD’s executive directory of communications and community relations, said what projects would be included in the bond is a decision for the board.

In April, the board approved an $11 million contract with architecture firm O’Connell Robertson for design of High School No. 6.

“That expedited the timeline,” he said.

Other projects that would require funding from a bond include building an aquatic center, which the district is discussing in partnership with the city of Round Rock and the YMCA of Greater Williamson County.

RRISD also identified several new facilities it would like to pursue in its strategic plan, approved in May 2015. These include a new STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) middle school, a world language academics for kindergarten through fifth-grade, a career tech high school and a visual and performing arts academy.

Safety improvements and maintenance to existing facilities also would require bond funding.

“Safety is huge,” Superintendent Steve Flores said. “Obviously it is now going to trump anything else. Families want to know … ‘Is my child safe?’”

Voters last approved a bond in RRISD in 2014. The $299 million bond is funding improvements at McNeil and Westwood high schools, new auditoriums at Cedar Ridge and Stony Point high schools, the new Joe Lee Johnson Elementary School, a new middle school, new buses and maintenance at several schools.