With all 782 Harris County polling centers reporting, Spring ISD's $850 million bond package was approved with 60.31%, 51.17% and 58.47% of total votes cast in support of Propositions A, B and C, respectively.
Proposition A, which will allocate $681 million to fund campus improvements, garnered 21,251 votes in support. Proposition B, which will slate $141 million in funding for a new academic and arts center, earned 17,875 votes in favor, and Proposition C, which will fund $28 million in districtwide technology upgrades, tallied 20,402 votes in support.
On Nov. 9, SISD Superintendent Lupita Hinojosa said she is feeling grateful about the election results and that the community came out to vote and support SISD.
"This will create an amazing opportunity for our students to be, not only in safe learning environments, but to be in educational settings that will be preparing them for their future," Hinojosa said. "So I'm excited."
The district's next steps will involve continuing to work with the bond steering committee and to work on establishing timelines for the bond projects, Hinojosa said. She hopes to implement timelines for some of the projects by January.
"To see [parents of students and community members] trust and believe in us just gave me so much more energy to continue the work and to believe that we are doing the right work," Hinojosa said.
Updated at 7:35 a.m. Nov. 9
All three propositions in Spring ISD's $850 million bond package were approved by voters, with 774 of 782 Harris County voting centers reporting, as of 7:35 a.m on Nov. 9.
Proposition A–which will allocate $681 million to fund campus improvements, including a complete renovation of Spring High School–garnered the largest margin of support with 20,859 votes, or 60.18% of the total, cast in support. The closest election was for Proposition B, which will slate $141 million in funding for a new academic and arts center. Proposition B finished with 17,534 votes, or 51.03% of the total, cast in favor. Proposition C was also favored overall by voters with 20,019 votes, or 58.32% of the total, cast for the proposition, which will fund $28 million in districtwide technology upgrades.
Updated at 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 8.
With 11 out of 782 Harris County polling precincts reporting, the Spring ISD bond election totals are 13,338 votes, or 59% of the total, in favor of Proposition A; 11,243 votes, or 50.19% of the total, in favor of Proposition B; and 12,841 votes, or 57.37% of the total, in favor of Proposition C.
Posted at 8:01 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Spring ISD early voters showed mixed support for the three Spring ISD bond propositions that make up the district's $850 million bond package up for election, according to early voting results.
Early-voting totals reported 13,326 votes, or 59% of the total, in favor of Proposition A, which would allocate $681 million to fund campus improvements, including a complete renovation of Spring High School. The election for Proposition B, which would provide $141 million in funding for a new academic and arts center, is the closest, according to early-voting totals, with 11,235 votes, or 50.2%, of the total cast in favor of the proposition. Meanwhile, 12,830 votes, or 57.38% of the total, were cast in support of Proposition C, which would allot $28 million to fund districtwide technology upgrades.
A 50-member bond steering committee made up of SISD trustees, community members, district leaders, parents and students met six times over the summer to identify specific projects and create the bond proposal. SISD trustees called the bond election in a unanimous vote during their Aug. 9 meeting.
As previously reported by Community Impact, the last time SISD held a bond election in 2016, the $330 million proposition was approved by 72% of voters and funded the $38.9 million Planet Ford Stadium as well as technology and safety upgrades.
If all three propositions are approved by voters in the November election, SISD Chief Financial Officer Ann Westbrooks said the bond would raise the district’s $0.40 per $100 valuation interest and sinking tax rate—which pays for voter-approved bonded indebtedness—by $0.05. As a result, the district’s total tax rate for fiscal year 2022-23, which trustees set at $1.2546 per $100 valuation on Sept. 13, would increase to about $1.30—$0.0128 less than the FY 2021-22 tax rate.
To read more about SISD's 2022 bond proposal, click here.
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