What you need to know
Trustees approved the sale of $125 million in bond funds to be used for multiple projects, with the majority to be used to get started on a second comprehensive high school, said Henry Gideon, HISD's associate superintendent of operations, April 25.
The funds will be allocated as follows, Gideon said:
- $4 million for the design of Elementary School No. 9
- $6 million for deferred maintenance across the district
- $115 for High School No. 2
Last May, voters approved the use of $522 million to expand and improve district facilities as HISD is growing. The bond included three propositions.
Proposition A—the largest of the three at $471.5 million—funds several major campus projects, including construction of two new elementary schools and expansion of the Ninth Grade Center into a full high school.
At $10.5 million, Proposition B provides funding for new instructional technology devices, such as classroom computers and audio-video equipment.
Proposition C provides $40 million for the renovation of the administrative building at 200 College St. into a districtwide academic center with space for several alternative education programs.
