Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a bond proposal for vote the May election.
According to Superintendent Keith Bryant, the proposed bond package is $208.2 million dollars.
“The vast majority of that bond election is academic in nature. About 82 percent of the expenditures are going to be in the academic realm,” Bryant said.
To explain the proposed bond package, there will be a number of forums for the public to attend.
Also included in the proposed bond package are two additional elementary schools, a third middle school, as well as renovations and expansions to existing campuses.
“It covers a wide range of projects in the district, it really touches the entire district,” Bryant said.
As for the tax rate, Bryant said if the bond election passes, the tax rate won’t be impacted.
“The tax rate is not going to change, should this election pass,” Bryant said “Now, the tax appraisal of a home is not determined by us, and so taxes could go up if their appraisal goes up, but their tax rate that our school board controls will not increase as a result of this election, should it pass.”
The first forum is March 31 at 6:30 p.m. at West Elementary. The others are on April 5 at noon at the Performing Arts Center, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Laura Bush Middle School, and April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at North Elementary.
Election day is May 7.
For more information on the proposed bond package, you can visit www.LCISD.net
