SAISD School Bond Part 1

CB: The Majority Of The Facilities In West Texas Not Just San Angelo Are Fifty Years Old Or Older. DW: San Angelo School Superintendent Carol Ann Bonds Says The District Is Going To Have To Do Some Building Because Of The Age Of The Current Facilities. CB:Technology Is A Real Important Piece For Learning And There Is A Limit In A Six Hundred Square Foot Classroom, Central Has Some That Are A Little Bit More Than Six Hundred Square Feet But Not Much And Bradford Those Classrooms You Just Cant Add Computers In There With Children In Six Hundred Square Feet. DW: Saturday In The City Elections San Angelo Voters Will Decide If The Proposed Plan Is How They Want The District To Improve Facilities. Proposition One Calls For A New Central High School And Additions And Renovations To Lake View High School. While Proposition Two Calls For Two New Elementary Schools. Bonds Says This Is A Good Time For The Bond. CB: Last Year We Saw The Reduction From The Dollar Fifty Down To The Dollar Thirty Three To The Dollar Thirty Seven, Theres A Four Cent Window That Schools Can Have Their Taxes And This Next Year Is Part Two Of That Every School District Reduces From The $1.33 To The $1.37 Down To The $1.00 To $1.04 And That Thirty Cent Decrease Is About The Cost Of Both Of These Propositions. DW: Bonds Says If The Propositions Fail The District Will Propose Another Plan In November, But That Comes With A Price. CB :Every Month We Wait When There Is So Much That Needs To Be Done In This District We Lose Part Of A Building Just To Increased Building Costs For Example If The District Went Back With The Exact Same Amount Of Money Maybe Its For Different Things But Lets Just Say For Point Of Discussion $130 Million We Would Get A Half Of An Elementary Less In November Just On Increased Construction Costs.