The bonds are the most the district has ever proposed, but it's coming at a time with the most need, especially with some schools so run down that book-sized cracks plague campus walls.
Fort Bend ISD is putting up $1.2 billion in bonds up to a vote as its schools are in desperately need of repairs.The Texas Legislature has about six weeks left to come up with a budget. Two of the big priorities are school funding and property tax relief. Those two issues are coming to a head in Fort Bend County, where voters are being asked to consider a bond that would raise the property tax rate to pay for district-wide improvements.
"When I was a student here, some of the cracks in the wall were here," Allison Masaki, who graduated from Clements High School in 2005, said. "Now, the campus is in critical condition. Shifting ground is impacting the foundation, which is causing cracks all over the campus. Some of them are so big that books can pass between classrooms underneath the walls."
Proposition B would dedicate $52 million to new staff and student computers. Proposition C would set aside $23 million to build an additional natatorium on the district's southeast side. The voters, however, have also demonstrated that they want to see property tax relief. The estimated impact of all the propositions would be an additional $2.50 per month for a $300,000 home, unless a resident is 65 or older or has a disability.
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