What you need to know
As with previous approvals for the use of unspent bond funds, the projects are smaller capital improvements at several campuses in the district.
However, the selection of the projects happened through a newly established process, according to district documents.
The new process involves staff evaluating potential projects using a scoring matrix before bringing them to the district's Bond Advisory Committee, which deliberated on the proposal and staff recommendations for these projects.
The details
The proposal includes the following projects:
- Fiber and data connections at Wagner Middle School: $10,000
- Fiber and data connections at Tippit Middle School: $75,000
- Village Elementary School driveway canopy extension: $150,000
- Carver Elementary School driveway canopy extension: $150,000
- Tippit Middle School and Wagner Middle School tennis court resurfacing: $250,000
- East View High School toilet partition repairs: $25,000
- Georgetown High School wrestling room expansion: $77,500
- Hammerlun Center for Leadership and Learning security improvements to building 2: $15,000
- Interior painting at Village Elementary School: $100,000
In Texas, school bond funds can only be used for improvement to capital assets, like infrastructure, buildings and vehicles like school buses. Per the Texas Education Code, school bonds cannot be used to fund ordinary operating costs like supplies, salaries or utilities.
