TISD voters pass bond issue

Thorndale ISD voters passed a $34.5 million bond for the district on Saturday.

Voters approved the measure 467 votes to 131 votes.

They also elected Ann Glenn, Adam Fisher and Taylor Rowe to the TISD Board of Trustees.

Thorndale voters elected Shanta Kohl, Steven Zuehlke and Wayne Green to city council.

The bond will fund a new high school building on land that was purchased last year with new classrooms, cafeteria, ag facility and barn along with other career and technology facilities, band hall and new field house.

The bond will also fund changes to the middle and elementary schools.

The current high school building will transition to the middle school and add a new secure entry vestibule and fire alarm and renovate the band hall and transition the Special Education Department from portable buildings to the middle school. 

The middle school will then be used for upper elementary. New hallways connecting the middle and elementary facilities will be part of the funds as well as new playground equipment, and way finding signage.

Across the county in other elections there were the following outcomes:

Cameron ISD voters elected Linda Richter, Annisha Williams and John Anderle to the school board.

In Milano ISD Levi Keen and Michael Wall won the election along with John Yakesch who was elected to an unexpired term.

Buckholts ISD voters rejected an $11 million bond issue.