Project News / Federal & Government
Childress ISD Voters Approve $133.9 Million Bond Package, Including $88.5 Million for a Combined Secondary Campus
The district’s construction propositions cover a combined junior high and high school campus, an elementary school and a fieldhouse, with later bond sales tied to property-value growth.
Childress ISD voters approved three construction bond propositions totaling $133.9 million on November 3, the district confirmed on November 4. The largest, Proposition A, authorizes $88.5 million for renovations and new construction at the existing high school to create a combined junior high and high school campus.
Proposition A passed with 73% support. Its scope combines renovation and new construction, rather than describing a wholly new replacement campus.
Proposition B authorizes $36.3 million for a new elementary school and passed with 68% support. Proposition C authorizes $9.1 million for a new athletics fieldhouse and passed with 62%. Proposition D, a separate attendance-credit election concerning recapture payments, passed with 74%; it is not a fourth construction-bond allocation.
The district has laid out a timeline for the high school. Architects estimate six to eight months of design on Proposition A before the district takes bids from contractors, followed by 24 to 36 months of construction.
The other two projects come with a condition. The board has said design on Propositions B and C will wait until Childress County property values rise enough to avoid a tax increase, and it will not sell those bonds until values reach that level.
The district’s announcement confirms the approved scope and funding authority. Individual construction awards and actual commencement dates remain separate milestones.
The design phase for Proposition A is the next step.
