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Mesquite ISD board calls $600 million bond election for May 3, 2025
Summary
The Mesquite Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to adopt an order calling a bond election on May 3, 2025, to fund security upgrades, new and expanded classrooms, bus and roof replacements and districtwide technology; the package is split into two propositions totaling $600 million.
The Mesquite Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday adopted an order calling a $600 million bond election to be held May 3, 2025, after a presentation from the district’s facilities committee and financial advisers.
The vote was 7-0 after a motion by Trustee Everett and a second by Trustee Bingham. The bond package would be presented to voters in two propositions: Proposition A for $578,550,000 covering school safety and security upgrades, elimination of temporary classrooms, consolidation and replacement of aging elementary schools, high school improvements, a new pre-K center in the Horn feeder pattern, transportation center upgrades and replacement cycles for roofs and buses; and Proposition B for $21,500,000 limited to districtwide instructional-technology replacement.
The board moved the item after a recap of the facilities committee’s months-long review. Doctor Fields summarized the committee’s…
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