Magnolia ISD trustees review $527 million bond package, debate separate athletics and natatorium propositions and strict ballot wording

Magnolia Independent School District trustees on a workshop agenda reviewed a facility planning committee recommendation for a $527,000,000 bond package and debated how to divide projects into ballot propositions, how to describe equity work at existing campuses, and how to comply with new state ballot-language rules ahead of a likely November 2025 election.

The bond package reviewed includes a new high school and two new elementary schools listed in the committee’s instructional and immediate-needs slate, plus safety and security, land, buses, turf and seating upgrades at high schools, and a proposed natatorium on the west side of the district. Eric, a district staff member who presented the package, told trustees that the district’s “total capacity without having to increase the tax rate is 650,000,000.” He said the facility planning committee originally recommended a $527,000,000 package. “Prop A is obviously those items that are instructional and focused and also immediate needs,” Eric said, describing the committee’s organization of projects.

Trustees…