Alief Independent School District is among a growing number of districts across the country to spend money on buildings tailored to 4- and 5-year-olds.   view article

After a slate of bond proposals was rejected in November, East Central Independent School District will return to voters in May to ask them to approve funding for the construction of three new schools. If passed, the 8-cent property tax rate increase associated with the $309 million bond would not take effect until 2027. By then, the district predicts several of its campuses will face over-enrollment, but the bond proposal “prioritizes” building new schools in high-growth areas to meet the demand. view article

SAN ANGELO, Texas — A $397 million bond package to address aging facilities, new construction and safety and security on San Angelo Independent School District campuses was unanimously approved Monday and will now go to voters. view article

Next school year, Leander ISD will begin offering tuition-based child care services for its staff members.LISD announced the new child care offering in a newsletter on its website in January. The service will be available to full-time employees with 3- and 4-year-old children beginning in the 2025-26 school year.  The district is now surveying staff members and will use this feedback to determine the program’s tuition rates, enrollment procedures and location, according to district information.  “The district believes that investing in our staff's families honors the roles both at work and at home,” said Erin Garner, director of early childhood education in an email from the district.   view article

Argyle voters considered a $511.5 million bond election last year. When they went to the polls, they rejected two packages and green-lighted the third. In a voter-approved tax ratification election in November, voters rejected a proposal to increase the tax rate by 7.7 cents, which would have brought the district’s property tax rate to $1.91 per $100 valuation and would have kept $2.5 million in the district and lifted teacher salaries by 2%. The tax rate impact for Argyle ISD residents would have been an increase of $77 for every $100,000 of taxable home value on their annual bill. view article

The Flour Bluff Independent School District board has called for a bond election for May 3. Voters will be faced with three propositions totaling more than $193 million which would improve and modernize facilities, develop outdoor learning environments and improve Flour Bluff High School's Hornet Stadium. view article

Georgetown ISD will move forward with several projects to improve multiple campuses, after trustees approved the use of $852,500 in unspent 2021 bond funds. As with previous approvals for the use of unspent bond funds, the projects are smaller capital improvements at several campuses in the district. However, the selection of the projects happened through a newly established process, according to district documents. The new process involves staff evaluating potential projects using a scoring matrix before bringing them to the district's Bond Advisory Committee, which deliberated on the proposal and staff recommendations for these projects. view article

The Midland ISD Board of Trustees would like to offer the following statement: The Midland ISD Board of Trustees would like to thank the community for its engagement and outreach in recent days. It was important for new members of the board to gather all of the facts related to the purchase of 1600 East Wadley Avenue that took place in 2019 and understand all of the alternative options that were explored leading up to the 2023 school bond election. view article

Ector County ISD (ECISD) is making progress on projects funded by the district's $400 million bond. One of the most significant projects funded by the bond is the construction of a brand new middle school. In addition to the new facility, the bond will support renovations and upgrades to several departments, including transportation, technology, fine arts, agriculture and athletics. view article

Construction for a new elementary school in East Central ISD is set to begin soon. Site preparation for Victory Elementary School began last month. The new school will be located at the end of Sugar Maple Street in Elmendorf’s Hickory Ridge subdivision. view article

“They’re getting an all new softball field, and we are so excited about it. They’ll have a little concessions stand – we’re trying to figure all those things out – new lighting. It’s going to be phenomenal,” said Dr. Sheppard. The next step, she added, will be to tell the team and ask for their input. view article

Murky water from a Humble ISD construction site has some neighbors in a flood-prone community who are anxious about what's pouring into the storm drains. Despite a dry forecast, water had filled a Kingwood neighborhood street on Tuesday after water was pumped from Humble ISD's Foster Elementary School project. It wasn't the amount that concerned Chris Summers, but the color coming from crews. view article

This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. The Socorro Independent School District used more than half its savings between 2022 and 2024, and may need to spend more to cover its expenses. view article

Alvin ISD leaders are working tirelessly to ensure that students can return to class next week after an EF-2 tornado caused significant damage to Walt Disney Elementary School. The school district has announced that students will temporarily finish the rest of the school year at the Old Alvin Elementary School, located just four miles away, on Rosharon Road. view article

The district argued that urgent need supersedes the rules.   view article

In the 2023 LHISD School Bond election, voters approved $12 million for the design and construction of a new maintenance warehouse. At that time, district officials estimated that a 10,000-square-foot warehouse and office space could be built for maintenance and operations staff utilizing those Bond funds. view article

Trustees for the San Antonio Independent School District have approved a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of district land for the new Missions ballpark. The MOU sets out the terms under which San Antonio ISD would agree to sell the Camaron Street property to Bexar County. The document is nonbinding, but district officials said the proposals within it will form the basis of contracts that will be negotiated now that the board has given approval. view article

The Elgin Independent School District launched a new Multi-Purpose Facility, which opened for use Thursday. The new Multi-Purpose Facility includes a weight room, training room, offices, dressing and storage rooms, and an indoor, air-conditioned practice field. It measures at 56,865 sq. ft. The practice field also has artificial turf and a shortened football field. view article

Families gather for Kindergarten Roundup in the Ginnings Elementary School library in 2023. Courtesy photo/Ginnings Elementary School via Facebook view article

More than a month after the defeat of Houston ISD's $4.4 Billion bond proposal, vocal opposition aimed at the District's State appointed superintendent Mike Miles appears to be intensifying. At the latest board meeting, dozens of students, parents and educators demanded the resignation of Mike Miles and the return of the state's largest school district to local control. view article

The median sales price of homes in each of Georgetown's three ZIP codes declined year over year in October, according to data from the Austin Board of Realtors and Unlock MLS. The details: ZIP code 78626 saw the largest decline at 15.25%, with average price dropping from $410,000 in October 2023 to under $350,000 this October.  Meanwhile, ZIP code 78633 saw just a 3.19% decline. The median home sales price in this ZIP code was $15,000 less this October compared to last.  view article

Construction on Georgetown ISD's third comprehensive high school is set to begin this spring, district administrators said Dec. 2. view article

As leaders of the East Central Independent School District regroup from the failure of several big revenue-generating proposals on the Nov. 5 ballot, they now join a long list of Texas districts that face fewer and fewer options to support rapidly growing student growth. view article

A Keller ISD middle school is closed through Dec. 4 after damage caused by a roofing project, the district says. Keller ISD says a re-roofing project at Fossil Hill Middle School in the 3800 block of Staghorn Circle South over the Thanksgiving break led to debris that damaged the interior of the school building. School is expected to resume there Dec. 5. view article

In the Nov. 4 election, Alvin ISD voters approved a $380.1 million bond targeted to manage the district’s projected enrollment growth. view article

Officials took the extraordinary step of taking on new debt to replace the old courthouse, which has been plagued by rats and other pests, elevator breakdowns and flooding.   view article

Officials with the Manor Independent School District are celebrating the groundbreaking today of the new Early College High School. “This is a great day in Manor ISD,” said Dr. Andre D. Spencer, Manor ISD Superintendent. “We are breaking ground on a new building for a group of scholars who we expect to break ground academically in their respective fields of interest. We expect great things to come out of this facility and the scholars who will call this home.” view article

The Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees looked at demographics and plans for a possible May 2021 bond election at its Monday, Dec. 14, meeting. view article

Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AAA' rating based on the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) guaranty and an 'AA+' underlying rating to the following Garland Independent School District, TX unlimited tax bonds (the bonds or ULTs): view article

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating based on the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) guarantee and a 'AA+' underlying rating to the following unlimited tax (ULT) bonds for the Mesquite Independent School District (ISD), Texas: : view article

Students with Georgetown Independent School District are about to see a lot of changes. Voters approved a $150 million bond for the district in November 2018, and some upgrades have already been made as a result. In January, KVUE reported that crews finished installing new football and softball fields at East View High School in Georgetown. view article

Austin and Taylor elementary school students could find themselves stepping up if preliminary designs for their new schools become reality. Up some stairs, that is. Huckabee, a Fort Worth based architecture firm hired to create the two schools associated with the recently passed $138.7 million bond, created a two-story floor plan for Austin, on the southwest side of the city, and Taylor, in northeast Abilene. view article

After a majority of voters showed support for a $118.3 million bond package for New Braunfels ISD, the district will move forward with plans to build new schools, make facility renovations, increase security measures, upgrade technology, enhance transportation and expand athletic programs. “I mean it’s a significant percentage so first of all I’m really happy to see that that many people voted,” said NBISD Board President Sherry Harrison. “I’m very excited about that all by itself.” view article

Port Aransas schools are getting reimbursed for measures they took to get things up and running after Hurricane Harvey. The district on Monday announced it had received a grant for more than $1.2 million Federal Emergency Management Agency to help pay for things such as generators, air dryers, portables and security. Those items and more were needed in the aftermath of the Category 4 storm hit the area Aug. 25, 2017. view article

Georgetown ISD and a district-organized citizens advisory committee are using a phone survey to get community feedback regarding potential facility and equipment projects that could be included in a November 2018 bond election should district trustees vote to call one, according to a press release Monday. view article