Thrall residents are invited Wednesday night to a meeting that could affect them.
A community-wide meeting on bond propositions in the May election will be Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at the high school commons area at Thral ISD. Residents are encouraged to join and share their thoughts on future facility planning.
On Feb. 10, the Thrall ISD school board unanimously voted to call for a bond election May 7.
“Our board has decided to place some items onto a bond proposition for May,” said Superintendent Tommy Hooker.
There will be two propositions voted on by citizens. One prop mostly affects general education facilities along with some recreational and athletic features on campus. The second prop revolves around Tiger Stadium, Thrall ISD’s football complex.
The props are as follows.
• Proposition A: $64,816,680.00 — The prop has plans for a new elementary campus including playgrounds, gym space, cafeteria, and parking; addition to the high school campus including classrooms, gym space and parking; renovation of current elementary campus to convert to a middle school; and athletic facility upgrades including a new weight room, tennis courts and upgrades for baseball and softball.
• Proposition B: $3,683,320.00 — For Tiger Stadium, the prop would fund a bleacher expansion, parking and field/facility improvements.
If passed, the props would result in a tax increase of 5 cents per $100 valuation over the current tax rate of $1.2897. Thrall ISD says the projection is conservative and a significant economic slowdown should be offset by the use of conservative property value growth assumptions.
Citizens ages 65 and older with a homestead and exemption application filed through the Williamson County Appraisal District would not be affected by the bond election.
