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Midway ISD approves budget showing $3.4 million shortfall; facility committee recommends $175 million bond
Summary
At its June board briefs, Midway ISD approved a budget that will draw $3.4 million from fund balance and received a facility study committee recommendation to seek a $175 million bond to upgrade campuses and possibly build a new Spigleville school.
Midway ISD approved a budget at its June board briefs that will show a $3.4 million deficit to fund balance and heard a facility study committee recommendation to pursue a $175 million bond to improve campuses and possibly build a new school in the Spigleville area, a district staff member said.
The budget action was approved to "make sure that we're able to take care of staff, meet student needs, and put all the programs in place that you've come to know and love," the district staff member said. The district official said the budget as approved will "show a $3,400,000 deficit to fund balance." The committee recommendation is not a board bond authorization; the facility study committee "charged the board with passing a bond for $175,000,000 that would improve the quality of all of our campuses, and potentially even, create a new building out in the Spigleville area to replace the building that the students at Spigleville are currently in, built in 1954," the staff member said.
The staff member framed both items as resources for students, noting district leaders also highlighted recent student achievements during the briefs: "How about a couple state championships in baseball and softball?" the staff member said, adding that students have also succeeded in choir and music contests. The speaker closed by saying, "Stay tuned for more information on that."
The meeting record provided no motion text, mover/second names, or vote tallies for the bond recommendation. The transcript indicates the budget was approved but does not include vote counts or a formal board motion on the committee's bond recommendation. The facility study committee's recommendation, as stated in the briefing, would affect all district campuses and explicitly references replacing a Spigleville building constructed in 1954.
District officials did not provide additional implementation details in the briefing, including timelines, proposed tax impacts, or whether a bond measure would be placed before voters. The committee recommendation in the briefing should be treated as advisory until the board takes further formal action.
