The Katy ISD community bond advisory committee, which was organized to address the rapid student growth occurring in the district in consideration of a May bond referendum, had its final meeting Jan. 27. During the meeting, committee members took a group vote on projects and propositions to include in their recommended schools bond, and each proposition passed unanimously or with an overwhelming majority.
The final recommended propositions include:
- Proposition A: New schools, renovations, safety and security, and building component replacements, $591.37 million
- Proposition B: Classroom and campus technology, $59.76 million
- Proposition C: Natatorium for new High School No. 10, $13.84 million
- Proposition D: Campus athletic building component replacements, $11.26 million
“We’re bringing forward things that are gonna help this district grow,” he said. “We’re gonna push this district into the future.”
Though the committee took a step forward by deciding to recommend the bond package to the board of trustees—which will formally take place during a special board of trustees meeting Feb. 8—there is more work ahead, KISD Chief Communications Officer Andrea Grooms said.
Members of a communications committee will spearhead a monthslong effort to educate residents about the bond package up until the election, Grooms said, should the board give its stamp of approval to the committee’s recommendation at the Feb. 8 meeting, which would put the propositions on the ballots in the May elections.
“There’s a lot of hard work ahead of us,” Grooms said.
