Voters Approve Billion Dollar Bond Proposals in Northwest, Crowley School Districts
New schools and upgrades to existing campuses will be coming to the Crowley and Northwest school districts.
Northwest ISD voters on May 6 signed a $2 billion bond proposal. Crowley ISD voters, however, backed two proposals totaling more than $1 billion and narrowly rejected a proposal that involved building a performing arts center, according to unofficial results.
Crowley ISD’s Prop C, the $128.8 million performing arts center, received 51.42% no votes and 48.58% yes votes. The difference was 237 votes.
Crowley ISD’s Prop A, the largest portion of the bond, is more than $948.2 million and involves the construction of eight new schools. Proposal A was approved with 53.39% of votes in favor and 46.61% against, according to unofficial results.
Crowley ISD’s Prop B is over $95.4 million and required the construction of a new inclusive outdoor learning center and athletics complex. Prop B was approved with 52.23% of votes in favor and 47.77% against.
Crowley ISD’s total obligation was over $1.2 billion.
In Northwest ISD, voters overwhelmingly supported $1.6 billion Proposition A that calls for 12 new schools and other campus improvements and $21.7 million Proposition C that will be used to buy new devices for students and teachers. Both proposals received more than 60% of the vote.
Northwest ISD Prop B was much closer, with 52.22% voting in favor and 47.78% against. The $301.5 million Prop B includes new stadiums at three high schools and improvements at two other athletic facilities.
Fort Worth voters also decided who should sit on their school boards. Here’s a look at other races in the Fort Worth area:
Castleberry ISD
Incumbent Castleberry ISD second-place trustee Tracy Gallman defeated challenger Sarash Kelty, with 55.77% of the vote to her challenger’s 44.23%, according to unofficial election results.
DSI by Crowley
The incumbents prevailed in two contested races for Crowley’s ISD school board.
First-place trustee Nedra Robinson won 59.62% of the vote. Challenger Phoebe Elkins received 20.47%, while candidate Roderick Smith received 19.91%
Second-place trustee Tonya Woodson-Mayfield polled 59.47% of the vote, while challenger Diana Acosta received 40.26%.
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
Newcomers Ron Franklin and Blake Mabry will join the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD school board.
Franklin will sit in seat 6. He defeated candidate Trent Hill with 56.50% of the vote to his challenger’s 43.50%, according to unofficial election results.
Mabry will be the trustee of Place 7. He received 58.71% of the vote to challenger Misty Kieschnick’s 41.29%.
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
Incumbents Fred Campos and Andy Cargile were reelected to the ISD Hurst-Euless-Bedford School Board.
In the race for seat 7, Campos defeated challenger Linda Owens with 56.57% of the vote to Owens’ 43.43%, according to unofficial election results.
Cargile faced two challengers for the 6th seat. He got 60.23% of the vote. Miste candidate Anders-Clemons received 20.03% and challenger Dan Mendoza got 19.73%.
Keller ISD
Trustee Bev Dixon’s 5 seat on the Keller ISD school board is coming to an end. Challenger Chris Coker defeated her with 53.95% of the vote; Dixon received 46.05%.
Voters sent former administrator John Birt back to the school board. He defeated first-time candidate Haley Taylor Schlitz with 58.22% of the vote to her 41.78%.
Northwest DSI
Northwest ISD voters sent three incumbents back to the school board.
Incumbent Steve Sprowls defended his spot in fifth place against challengers Amanda Smith and Jennifer Stephens. Srowls received 56.77% of the vote to Stephens’ 34.45% and Smith’s 18.51%, according to unofficial election results from Tarrant, Denton and Wise counties.
In the race for seat 6, incumbent Lillian Rauch won 61.46% and her opponent Jon Pendergrass received 38.82%.
Position 7 incumbent Jennifer Murphy received 66.11% of the vote, while challenger Michelle Slater got 33.89%.
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