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Resident urges Seguin ISD trustees to press Guadalupe Appraisal District on costly expansion; board nominates trustee to appraisal district board
Summary
At the Sept. meeting, a Seguin resident urged trustees to oppose the Guadalupe Appraisal District's plan to occupy and renovate a former Seguin ISD property, warning of an increased cost to the district; later the board nominated Trustee Josh Bright as the district's candidate to the appraisal-district board.
Al Burns, a Seguin resident, told the Seguin Independent School District Board of Trustees on Sept. 11 that the Guadalupe County Appraisal District(GCAD) is pursuing a much larger renovation of a former Seguin ISD property than he believes is necessary and that the district will pay a portion of that higher cost.
"Currently ... the Seguin ISD will be spending a large chunk of money on their new expansion," Burns said during the meeting's audience-participation period. He said choosing the Mary B. Erskine building over an alternative would increase costs by about $5.3 million and that Seguin ISDwould commit roughly $842,000 of that amount over the next…
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