The Spring ISD Board of Trustees has formed a Bond Steering Committee of more than 100 people, including staff, students and community members, to develop a blueprint for a bond referendum that could go before voters in November if the plan is approved by the board.

The committee is meeting throughout the summer to discuss capital needs that could be included in a bond referendum. The committee will then create a blueprint for a bond proposal at its July 28 meeting to present to the board of trustees, SISD Chief Communications Officer Tiffany Davila-Dunne said.

In order for a bond referendum to appear on the November ballot, a blueprint for the bond would need to be presented to and approved by the board of trustees by Aug. 22, Davila-Dunne said.

The amount needed to address the district’s needs would be $288-$330 million, according to a presentation made at the committee’s June 23 meeting.

According to the presentation, most of the district’s middle schools and all of its three high schools are above capacity with no room for additional growth. At its June meetings the committee identified several potential facility needs in the district, including a new high school or ninth-grade academies, a new middle school, a police command center and a stadium.

“A lot of the elements of what we’re looking at including in the bond were things that came out from our strategic planning process,” Davila-Dunne said.

The district’s strategic improvement plan, Every Child 2020, was launched in May 2015 following a year of community input and meetings.

The last bond referendum held in the district was for $280 million in 2007, Davila-Dunne said. The bond funded construction of six elementary schools and a land purchase, which could be used for a high school, Davila-Dunne said.

The district considered November as the time to hold a bond referendum in part because the coinciding presidential election could help to ensure a strong voter turnout, she said.

An online submission form has been set up to gather community input and questions this summer. The committee will then deliberate the public input.

Steering committee meetings are not open to the public. Meetings are scheduled on July 12, 14 and 21, with a final meeting on July 28, according to the district website.

Davila-Dunne said the committee could present its recommendations to the board at its Aug. 4 work session.