With only two months left until the steering committee finalizes the list of recommendations for the 2015 bond package, Klein ISD will host a community dialogue Oct. 20 to receive feedback from the public on work done on the bond options.

The public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the KISD Multipurpose Center at 7500 FM 2920, Spring. KISD residents are welcome to attend.

"We're very hopeful that we'll have a lot of folks who are seeing this information for the first time," Superintendent Jim Cain said at a board of trustees meeting Oct. 13.

The steering committee—made up of dozens of local stakeholders—has met twice to consider the $700 million in bond options compiled and presented by consulting firms DeJong-Richter and Jacobs Engineering. New construction options considered in the bond total $199 million, including costs for the construction of High School No. 5 and a 10th intermediate school.

The bond package options also include $187 million in capital projects, including $81 million in facility options and $62 million for projects in technology modernization.

Following the public meeting, the steering committee will meet two more times on Oct. 28 and Nov. 11 to finalize the recommended options for the bond. A presentation of the final recommendations will be made to the KISD board of trustees Dec. 8, while the board will vote on the final bond package in January.

If approved by the board, the bond would be placed on the May ballot. Cain said the last two approved bond packages totaled $646.9 million in 2008 and $224 million in 2004.

For more information, visit. www.kleinisd.net.