At a Board of Trustees meeting this evening, Arlington ISD received an update on the district's 2019 bond program and approved purchases of classroom furniture, cafeteria tables and fine-arts furniture for the new Joey Rodriguez Junior High School.

Kelly Horn, Arlington ISD assistant superintendent of facility services, presented the bond update. Horn described the 2019 bond program as a $966,000,000, five-year capital program that covers new construction, renovations, facility condition improvements and capital purchases for technology, fine arts and transportation.

Board members were told construction remains under way across the district, and that Joey Rodriguez Junior High is less than five months from opening. The board approved a set of purchases for the new school, specifying classroom furniture, cafeteria tables and fine-arts furniture. The transcript does not list a motion text, mover, second or vote tally for the approval; the meeting record indicates the purchases were approved.

The presentation also noted ongoing construction elsewhere in the district and referenced the broader capital program that funds those projects. The board did not make additional decisions about bond scope or funding at this meeting.

Less-critical items discussed during the same report included other capital purchases for technology and transportation funded under the 2019 bond program. No dollar amounts for the approved furniture purchases were provided in the meeting summary.

The board's actions on procurement at this meeting advance outfitting the new junior high ahead of its planned opening.