The Lewisville ISD board of trustees reviewed multiple projects out of the district's 2023 and 2024 bonds at an Aug. 5 meeting.

Voters approved three of seven propositions from the $1.23 billion bond in November 2023. Two propositions allocated funds for technology updates; safety and security updates; and maintenance, repair and renovation projects across multiple LISD campuses and facilities, according to bond details. This also included $25 million for campus furniture refreshes.

This May, voters approved a $101.8 million bond package featuring three propositions that will generate additional funding to conduct maintenance, repairs and renovations at various athletics and recreation facilities across the district.

The projects reviewed in August consisted of technology upgrades from the 2023 bond and athletic facility renovations from the 2024 bond.

The details


One of the 2023 bond projects includes installing a new fire suppression system in the district administrative center, which the school board will consider at the Aug. 12 meeting, Construction Manager Chris Bohen said. Engineering services were approved for the project in June. After the expected August approval, staff will bring the item before the board at a future meeting to consider the products, services and installation.

At that meeting, the board will also consider approving the engineering services for a districtwide cellular antenna system—another 2023 bond project. This system will ensure cellular connectivity during emergencies, Boehn said.

“What the system does is it brings the signal in from all three of the district’s cellular carriers and redistributes it through the building,” Boehn said. “So if we have buildings that have sections that don’t have service, they will once this is done.”

Construction delivery methods, products, services and installation logistics for this project will be discussed at future meetings, he said.


More details

Additionally, the 2023 bond allocated funds for updating classroom audio and visual equipment. This equipment is critical to ensuring staff can successfully teach their classes, Boehn said.

LISD has been evaluating its stock as well as new products available for classroom use. The two-part project will require multiple board approvals, Boehn said.

The board will review and consider products such as interactive projectors and the services to install them in September or October. These projectors are housed in ceiling-mounted audio-visual kits in classrooms, which will require updates at 10 campuses, Boehn said.


The board will consider an engineer for the additional electrical work in August. Overall project approval will occur at a future meeting, Boehn said.

Zooming in

In addition to items related to the 2023 bond, trustees approved architects for athletic facility projects in June as part of the 2024 bond, Executive Director of Construction Randy Fite said. These projects included:
  • New football stadium lighting at four high schools
  • Football scoreboard replacements at four high schools
  • Eastside and Westside Aquatics Center renovations and repairs
  • Stadium maintenance and repairs at Flower Mound and Hebron high schools
  • Hebron High School field house maintenance and repairs
  • Hebron High School baseball and softball facilities renovations


District staff are now in the process of securing a construction manager to take on the projects, most of which are set to begin in 2025, Fite said at the Aug. 5 meeting. The district has received proposals for all but the Flower Mound High School-related projects.


“It really comes down to workload,” Fite said. “Several of the district’s approved construction management firms told staff that they couldn’t take on more work next summer.”

District officials will present the recommended proposals at the Aug. 12 meeting and will re-bid the Flower Mound High School project, Fite said.

Also of note

As part of the technology refresh in the 2023 bond, district staff are planning to sell approximately 12,330 Apple products to provide residual funds to the district for devices no longer supported, according to documents.


The products primarily consist of MacBooks, iPads, repair parts and accessories. Staff attained proposals for the sale, and will bring primary and secondary candidates for board approval Aug. 12.

If approved, the district officials will coordinate with the vendor for device pickup between Aug. 19-30, according to documents.

The district has been in the process of replacing student and teacher devices throughout the year. The district's 2023 bond package allotted $69.6 million for the replacement of aging instructional technology.