ELKHART, Texas (KETK) \u2013 Elkhart ISD is asking voters to approve a $27.5 million bond to modernize and renovate facilities at its elementary, intermediate and middle school campuses in the May 2 election.<\/p>\n
\u201cA bond is like a home mortgage for the school district. It allows the district to borrow money for large, long-term projects and pay it back over time,\u201d Elkhart ISD explained. \u201cBonds fund long-term capital projects and infrastructure, but legally can\u2019t be used for operations or salaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the district, the $27.5 million bond would fund the following items:<\/p>\n
Middle School Additions\/Renovations
\n Renovation and expansion of the cafeteria and kitchen
\n New band hall addition with supporting space
\n Gym renovations
\n Library renovation to meet district educational standards for academic integration
\n Classroom space reconfiguration and modernization
\n Secure entry improvements
\n Exterior classroom windows
\n Site and Traffic Improvements
\n Address traffic concerns at the main campus for pickup and drop-off circulation.
\n Fencing and campus boundary improvements to improve safety and security measures.
\n Maintenance Project Renovations
\n Roofing
\n Finishes
\n Plumbing
\n Electrical
\n HVAC (Air Conditioning\/Heating)
\n Building Protection Systems <\/p>\n
For homeowners without an age-65 homestead exemption, the bond would cause their I&S tax rate to go up by around 26.41 cents. The district pointed out that its total tax rate has fallen by about 25 cents over the past six years, so the tax rate would only increase by about a cent from where it was in 2020.<\/p>\n
To learn more or to calculate your home\u2019s potential tax change if the bond passes, visit Elkhart ISD\u2019s bond website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ELKHART, Texas (KETK) \u2013 Elkhart ISD is asking voters to approve a $27.5 million bond to modernize and renovate facilities at its elementary, intermediate and middle school campuses in the May 2 election. \u201cA bond is like a home mortgage for the school district. It allows the district to borrow money for large, long-term projects … Continue reading Elkhart ISD calls for $27.5M bond to renovate schools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1495138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-news-archive"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 11:09:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1495138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1495139,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495138\/revisions\/1495139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1495138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1495138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1495138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}