Bond Issues.....

[kicker]

Couple of questions for the informed.... I am new to the OISD(Orangefield) district. My daughter is in Kindergarten this year, and I heard through the vine that there will be a bond coming up for a new "state of the art" highschool at Orangefield. I know they renovated it a few years back, but I believe that this district will be 4A in about 6-10 yrs. Seriously. We had a school function that was just for kinder's and I swear there were more 6yr olds at that thing than LCM has in their whole HS. Seriously. The elementary school in Orangefield has like 5A level enrollment.(Maybe exaggerated, but alot of kids)Well anyway, if this were to happen then there is absolutly NO room for the coming surge in enrollment. In my opinion, why not build a new HS on SH 1442? Plenty of space, and then you wouldnt have to deal with the VERY narrow Hwy 105. Picking up my daughter in the afternoons is like trying to leave a Dallas cowboy football game. Its that bad. I guess what I am trying to say/ask is if there were a bond to build a new HS in OISD, would yall support it, would 1442 be a good place, and do any of yall OISD people see what I see coming in the future?

[PoppaBearstarr]

First thing I would do is go to a few school board meetings, watch the agendas see what they are thinking, they are open to the public, just remember if you wish to ask about future plans you have to be on the agenda in most cases, which means you will need to get put on the agenda well ahead of time probably a week or two in advance. Most school boards will gladly share information with you. Get involved and go to the meetings. You will get to see a lot of the issues that the school board is dealing with.

[mat]

Recent news reports has the district saying enrollment numders are down.

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Recent news reports has the district saying enrollment numders are down.
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That's eactly what I hear. Ironically last I heard the numbers were up a little at WOS and down at most other Orange County schools.

[Cat22]

I have not heard this Kicker.  The last bond issue failed twice before it finally passed.  They had to keep cutting it back until it was almost half of what was originally planned.  If this is in the works, I think it would be hard to pass again.  I'm for it, but would be surprised if it did pass especially with the way things are right now.  As far as location, it would have to be somewhere esle, there is no room where the current schools are located.  Enrollment overall in the district is down, but with the new sewer system coming online now, look for more subdivisions to startup as well as apartments.  The district should grow over the next 10 years.