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Ingleside ISD superintendent outlines $49.9 million bond proposal; council members signal support
Summary
Ingleside Independent School District’s superintendent presented a $49.9 million bond package to the city council, detailing classroom additions, security and facilities work and presenting estimated tax impacts; several council members expressed support and encouraged voter turnout.
Ingleside Independent School District Superintendent (name not provided in the meeting transcript) presented a community-driven proposal to place a $49,900,000 bond on the May ballot, describing improvements district leaders and a facilities committee recommended after stakeholder meetings.
The superintendent said the package was developed through four public meetings involving parents, business owners and community members, and that the school board voted unanimously to place the bond on the ballot. “This bond will impact every student in Ingleside ISD,” the superintendent said, urging transparency and outreach.
School officials described two propositions: Proposition A would focus on an eight-classroom addition at GJM Elementary (with a two-classroom alternate), campus-wide renovations, security upgrades, roof replacement at Ingleside Primary, air-conditioning upgrades (including the gym), a new physical education facility at the middle school, tennis courts, resurfacing and added parking at the high school, demolition of Cook Elementary, upgraded weapon-detection systems districtwide, additional buses and a power backup system for the administration building. A second proposition would refinance recent maintenance tax notes and move those costs from M&O to I&S.
The superintendent explained the finance basics for the public: maintenance and operations (M&O) funds day-to-day costs and are subject to state recapture in property-wealthy districts, whereas interest-and-sinking (I&S) funds raised for bonds are used for infrastructure and are not subject to recapture. He said if the bond passed, the district’s I&S tax rate would rise by a little over two and a half cents per $100 valuation — moving the rate to just under $0.83 per $100 valuation — and showed an example tax impact for an average 2024 home value of $232,060: roughly $31.56 per year, about $2.63 per month (for homeowners claiming the homestead exemption).
Council members praised the district’s outreach and many said they would support and publicly back the bond. Councilman Dale called security upgrades “anything that can be done to save” students, noting recent incidents in other districts; other council members described the bond as an opportunity for voters to invest in long-term facilities.
No city action was required; the presentation was informational and the district described the bond election timeline (early voting beginning April 22 and election day May 3, per the presentation).
