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Lamar CISD outlines $1.98 billion bond package as Fulshear growth drives new schools
Summary
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District officials presented details of a proposed 2025 bond package totaling about $1.98 billion to Fulshear City Council, describing planned new campuses, rebuilds and device purchases as the district responds to rapid enrollment growth. Early voting is underway; Election Day is Nov. 4.
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District officials detailed a nearly $2 billion bond package Monday as they described continuing, rapid enrollment growth and the need for new and expanded school facilities.
The presentation to the Fulshear City Council by Greg Buchanan, the district’s chief operations officer, outlined four principal propositions in the district’s 2025 bond program and said early voting has already begun; Election Day is Nov. 4.
Buchanan said the district’s enrollment rose from about 36,000 in May 2021 to almost 49,000 students today and that the growth shows no sign of slowing. “We have some strong growth,” Buchanan said. He described Prop A as the main construction package and said the total package is $1,980,000,000.
Why it matters: Rapid population and student growth in Fulshear and surrounding areas is driving immediate capacity needs for elementary and secondary schools,…
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