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LAMAR CISD staff outline $2 billion bond package, flag $1 billion in facility repairs
Summary
District staff presented a proposed $2 billion bond with new schools, additions and a facilities repair backlog the presentation lists at about $1 billion; trustees asked for more detail and staff will return with revisions.
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District staff presented the district’s proposed $2,000,000,000 bond package at a June 16 workshop, laying out new elementary and secondary school construction, campus additions and a facilities-repair backlog they estimated at roughly $1 billion.
The presentation, led by Mr. Buchanan, staff member, said the proposal is organized into propositions that include new elementary schools (labeled 39–45), additions to Lehman Junior High and Roberts Middle School, a Secondary Complex 9 (high school, junior high and middle school), an auditorium upgrade and campus support items such as land acquisition, portable buildings, buses, and safety upgrades. Buchanan told trustees that “budget amounts are based off current project cost with a 7% inflation annually until the school opens.”
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