Bond Election 2017
Carroll School Board Trustees unanimously called a bond election for $208 million in projects presented as a single-proposition to voters on May 6.
The bond election is the culmination of a year-long study by more than 40 citizens and employees who served on the Capital Needs Planning Committee and more than 30 public meetings last fall to gather community input. The CNPC studied 1) capital improvements/building use, 2) technology/instructional programming, 3) maintenance, transportation, safety and security, and 4) extra-curricular/co-curricular facilities.
The list recommended by CNPC includes projects identified at each CISD facility. Details on the work of the CNPC, as well as other topics related to the May Bond Election, are available to voters on CarrollBudget.com. In addition, CISD will be hosting a series of public meetings this spring to explain the projects and answer questions.
The bond package includes classroom additions for each elementary school, a 700-seat performing arts center for band and choir at Carroll Senior High School, renovations to existing facilities, maintenance projects district-wide, new school buses and maintenance vehicles, technology infrastructure, teaching tools and student devices, surveillance cameras and key-swipe entry pads, field turf, band instruments and more.
School officials say life-cycle and maintenance projects make up more than half of the overall bond total. The district’s last election was in May 2009. Voters at that time approved three propositions totaling $138 million.
School officials will provide 2017 election facts during meeting presentations and neighborhood coffees through the spring. For more details on upcoming meeting presentations, or to schedule with Carroll ISD, visit CarrollBudget.com or call 817-949-7080.
The last day to register to vote for the May 6 election is Thursday, April 6. Early voting by personal appearance will begin at all Tarrant County early voting locations on April 24 and continue through May 2. Election day voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in each voter’s assigned precinct. The majority of CISD voters are expected to take advantage of early voting at Southlake Town Hall on the third floor. The district’s largest voting site on election day will be at Carroll Senior High School in the art building. There are smaller precincts casting ballots in Colleyville, Grapevine, Keller and Westlake. Tarrant County Election officials will soon announce May voting sites for each precinct.
Using conservative estimates for property value growth, financial advisors believe CISD can issue $208 million in new debt without increasing the local debt service tax rate.
Carroll ISD Bond Stories
- Carroll ISD Bond, City Election Saturday - Where to Vote
- Superintendent Dr. David Faltys Video Message
- Carroll ISD Shares 2009 Bond Project Information, Expenditures
- Robin Hood & Historical Chapter 41 Payments in Carroll ISD
- Early Voting Begins Monday, April 24
- Special Elections for City, Carroll ISD Voters Scheduled May 6
- May 6 School Bond Ballot Includes Band, Music Building Domino Project
- No Tax Rate Increase for May 6 School Bond Election
- Voter Registration Deadline April 6
- May 6 Bond Election Includes Additional K-4 Classrooms
UPDATE: On March 6, 2017 the Carroll School Board canceled the May Trustee election. All four incumbents filed for a place on the May 6 ballot and ran unopposed. The school district will still have a $208 million proposition on the May 6 ballot for the school bond election.
Campus by Campus Project List - posted 2.7.16
Financial Advisor's Tax Rate Analysis - posted 2.6.17