The HPISD Board of Trustees heard recently from a parent on why voters should support the $137.3 million bond on ballots Nov. 5, and from staff on why passing the bond won’t mean a tax rate increase.
Kristen Dauphinais, a member of the Highlander Band Booster board and the parent of two teens, said that fundraising for the band has opened her eyes to the impact the state’s recapture of tax dollars has on HPISD’s finances.
The bond is needed to provide funds for campus maintenance and improvements, safety, and extracurricular programs and facilities, as well as to make more money available for teacher pay, Dauphinais said at the Board’s Oct. 15 meeting…