A potential May bond election for Round Rock ISD could take place in 2014, as the district has several overcrowded schools and is in need of new facilities and improvement projects such as classroom additions and renovations at various campuses.
The board discussed and supported a bond study to assess district needs and growth at its Oct. 17 meeting. RRISD hired demographics and planning company Templeton Demographics to assist with the district's growth projection figures. Should the board decide to hold the election in May, it must call the bond election by Feb. 28, said Ramiro Flores, RRISD's deputy superintendent of administration.
"We keep talking about May 2014 and there is an important reason for that," board President Catherine Hanna said. "November 2014 is a board election—we've got five places up for re-election so it really might not be practical to have a bond election then."
She said if the board decides not to call a bond election for May 2014, it could consider May 2015.
