Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Independent School district has unanimously approved plans to ask voters for a $749.7 million bond in November. The package would be the biggest bond ever approved by voters in Tarrant County.
The bond would not require a tax increase because of increased property values.
“We have been working with the superintendent,” says Trustee Christene Chadwick Moss. “We’re a team. We have an opportunity to attend workshops and work with all the administrators.”
The bond would include $515 million for renovations at 13 high schools, $28 million for a new building at Tanglewood Elementary School and $16 million to buy land for future schools.
Fort Worth ISD expects to reach 90,000 students by 2020. Moss says the bond would help the district prepare for that growth.
“We pretty much have kept up with everything that’s happening,” she says. “Today is just a good day to be part of Fort Worth ISD.”
This week, Fort Worth opened a renovated John T. White Elementary School, one of five leadership academies for students from low income families. The school keeps kids in class until 6 pm, providing extra time on math and reading, individual instruction and dinner.
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