Voters Approve HISD Bond Proposition

November 7, 2012

NOVEMBER 6, 2012 @ 8:20 PM | by HISD Communications Thirty-eight Houston Independent School District campuses, including 28 of the city’s high schools, will be rebuilt or renovated under a bond proposition that won voter approval on Tuesday. The $1.89 billion measure passed by an overwhelming margin, based on early and absentee voting totals released Tuesday night [...]

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Early Voting results shows voters favor HISD Bond by 66%

November 7, 2012

Harris County has released the unofficial Early Voting results, which show that people who cast their ballots early voted for the HISD bond by a little over 66 percent. Election Day results will be released on their site later this evening. See Early Voting Results.

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Environmental Defense Fund Endorses HISD Bond Proposal For More Green Facilities

November 5, 2012

(Houston, Texas, Nov. 5, 2012) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced its endorsement of the 2012 Houston Independent School District (HISD) Bond Proposition. The $1.89 billion proposition will be used to build, replace and renovate schools in adherence to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards, created by the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) [...]

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Tomorrow Voters To Decide On Texas’ Largest Bond Proposal

November 5, 2012

November 5, 2012 by: Pat Hernandez, KUHF-FM Houston voters will head to the polls tomorrow to make the final decision on HISD’s nearly 1.9 billion dollar bond proposal. It would help the district rebuild or renovate dozens of schools. The $1.89 billion dollar proposal would make major improvements to a total of 38 schools in [...]

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Hart: Showing up at polls, meetings is best course for the public

November 4, 2012

From the Houston Chronicle | By Patricia Kilday Hart | November 3, 2012  On a recent weekday evening, about 60 grown-ups shifted noisily in the wooden auditorium seats at Westbury High School. Onstage, Houston ISD school board president Mike Lunceford gave a detached analysis of the proposed school bonds, sounding every bit like the engineer that he is. Aided by slides of leaking [...]

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Committee Members

Phoebe and Bobby Tudor, Co-Chairs
Jana and Scott Arnoldy
Susan and James A. Baker III
Dr. Marc L. Boom
Charles Butt
June Christensen
Janet and Ernie Cockrell
Dr. Denton Cooley
Yvonne and Rufus Cormier
Susie and Joe Dilg
Anne and Charles Duncan, Jr.
Bob and Gayle Eury
Arvia and Jason Few
Cheryl and Jon Fleming
Sarah and Doug Foshee
Cece and Mac Fowler
Lupe Fraga
Mark Hanson
Lisa Holland-Nelson
Jesse H. Jones II
Susan Keeton
Susan and Larry Kellner
Ann Kennedy and Geoffrey Walker
Nancy and Rich Kinder
Ping Sun and David Leebron
Perryn Leech
Kathy and Jeff Love
Soraya and Scott McClelland
Mary Ann and David McKeithan
Anne and John Mendelsohn
James Nelson
Becky and Ralph O'Connor
Nancy and Bob Peiser
Jim Postl
Edlyn and Dave Pursell
Kathryn and Richard Rabinow
Harry Reasoner
Jeri and Marc Shapiro
Josephine and Richard Smith
Mike Stude
Patrick Summers
Gary Tinterow
Michael Trevino
Mark Wallace
Andrea and Bill White
Linda Gale and Mark White
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff
Lorraine and Ed Wulfe
Tara and David Wuthrich

HISD Bond Proposal

The Houston Independent School District has put a $1.89 billion bond program on the Nov. 6 ballot. The bond program calls for 20 new high schools plus renovations and partial replacement of eight more, three new elementary campuses, the conversion of five elementary schools to K-8 and a new middle school plus a new addition to another. All schools in the district will benefit from technology and safety upgrades, improvements to athletic facilities and renovation of middle school restrooms. The cost will be a 4.85-cent tax increase phased in over five years. Seniors will pay no tax increase.

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  • All schools feature 21st Century Technology backbone and support blended learning
  • Respect for existing historic architecture
  • Good Design need not cost more
  • DeBakey High School partnership with Texas Medical Center
  • Wharton Spanish Dual language school
  • Mandarin Chinese Immersion Magnet School
  • Sharpstown International School
  • LEEDS Standards
  • Trees for Houston partnership
  • Downtown HSPVA
  • Parker Elementary Music Magnet
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