November 7, 2006

VOTERS APPROVE BISD’S $128.6 MILLION BOND PACKAGE

Today, Birdville Independent School District voters approved a $128.6 million bond package. Superintendent Stephen F. Waddell praised the efforts of the citizen’s bond committee for its careful review of the district’s facilities. “The 55-member committee spent six months in intense study and often, intense debate while coming to consensus,” said Waddell. “I want to thank the committee and this great and diverse community that we call Birdville. It is not a place one finds on a map, but it is very real to its citizens. It is a place united by a school, a place focused on its children, a place of pride and loyalty.”

Voters approved:

• Building replacement campuses at Stowe and Binion elementaries;

• Renovating and expanding locker rooms and adding four-lane tracks at each of

the district’s seven middle schools;

• Renovating and expanding Haltom High School;

• Building a replacement campus at Richland High School; and

• Building a new Career and Technology Center.

With 70 of 71 precincts reporting, 23,284 total voters turned out with 13,057 voting in favor and 10,227 voting against the bond package.

With the passage of this bond, the board of trustees has put into place plans for a citizens oversight committee. This committee will monitor the progress of the work to assure consistency with the bond program approved by voters. At least four times a year, the committee will report on the progress to trustees. In addition to the report to trustees, monthly reports will be available for review on the district’s Web site or through the communications department.

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