School Bonds on the Ballot, None Bigger than $1.5 Billion in Plano ISD
in Tarrant County, which primarily serves students who live in Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, and Watauga, also has a major school bond that it is putting before the voters.
Three propositions on the ballot total $359.8 million and will go toward renovations, the consolidation of two campuses into one, and security upgrades throughout the district. “We are starting with the oldest buildings, buildings built in the late-40s and 50s, and trying to address those because we are not a young school district, we are a very mature school district and so it is just coming back around [for the needed upgrades],” said Mark Thomas, Chief Communications Officer for Birdville ISD.
Both Plano and Birdville stressed that, because of rising property values in the region, they will be able to raise the money needed to pay off these bonds while lowering the tax rate that property owners will pay. “It’s hard for people to understand sometimes. At the end of the day, we talk a lot about tax rate, not so much tax bill because we don’t control the tax bill,” Thomas said.
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