01/31/2025
HERE WE GO AGAIN:
ROISD School Board approves call for $213.9M Bond Election
On January 27, 2025, the Red Oak ISD School Board approved the administrative recommendation for phase 2 of the long-term facility plan to call for a $213.9 million bond election for May 3, 2025. The approval of all propositions will not impact the current Red Oak ISD tax rate.
More details at www.roisdbond.com
The bond will address capacity issues and future growth at the high school and elementary levels, as well as address the need for student opportunity space and renovations to aging facilities.
The approved bond proposal will be divided into three propositions. Voters will vote on each proposition.
Prop A - $155.2M
High School –
New Career & Technical Education (CTE) Building - $79.1M
Expanded square footage to ~90,000 to include ALL CTE courses from MS, TSTC, and HS, plus space for growth and added kitchen learning space for future culinary arts
Added kitchen and cafeteria to ease lunch overcrowding at current HS
Includes additional parking
HS Practice Gym Addition and HS Renovations (floors, gym seating) - $17.3M
Elementary Schools –
New elementary school - $56.6M
ROISD owns the property of the proposed elementary site on Harmony Way, off Uhl Rd., north of Ovilla Rd.)
ADA Compliant Playgrounds (All 5 elementary schools) - $2.2M
Prop B - $11.9M
High School Athletic Improvements
New Sub-varsity Athletic Facility – 8-lane track, turf field, restrooms/concessions, small bleachers, parking, fencing, retention pond
Baseball/Softball Artificial Turf at Existing Fields
Prop C - $46.8M
Goodloe Stadium – (turf and track have already been completed inhouse)
New Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Concessions
Additional Parking and driveway loop
Seating overhaul on both sides with added capacity
LED Field Lighting
In the fall of 2021, a Citizen’s Facility Planning Committee (CFPC) of about 50 diverse members created a master plan for the future facility development of the district. Using projections on growth, facility assessments, District financials, and implications of various scenarios they created a bond package for 2022. While that initial bond did not pass, the master plan was restructured for phases to address growth and long-range facility needs.
Phase 1 was the passing of a new middle school to address the overcrowding at the current middle school. Phase 2 is to address the elementary and high school growth, as both areas reach capacity and outgrow existing space. This phase also includes facilities out of date with ADA -specifically elementary playgrounds and Goodloe Stadium – and new or renovated spaces that improve student opportunities. Phase 3 will include non-student space including the transportation facility.
Nearly 700 students have been added since the 2020 school year with approximately 6,700 students now enrolled and the projected enrollment topping 7,000 by 2026-2027.
Red Oak ISD has been able to reduce the district tax rate each of the past six years while still managing the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) of the District including staff raises. The Interest and Sinking (I&S) tax rate can be used only for paying debt through bonds.
KEY VOTING DATES:
Deadline to Register to Vote – Thursday, April 3
Early Voting – April 22-29 (locations and times vary)
Election Day - Saturday, May 3, 2025; Polls 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information, visit the Ellis County Elections
