$127M referendum addresses projected massive growth in enrollment
Waxahachie Daily Light
Next Saturday, May 1, Waxahachie Independent School District voters will go to the polls to decide a referendum that, if approved, would begin to channel the expected tsunami of growth bearing down upon the district.
In February, the WISD board of trustees unanimously referred a $127 million bond issue to voters, as recommended by WISD chief financial officer Ryan Kahlden. Superintendent Dr. Bonny Cain said at the time that a voter-approved bond issue would not necessitate a property tax increase.
“Our student enrollment just continues to grow,” Cain said. “We’ve been told we will have 1,000 extra students next year … When you’re looking at the houses that are selling and the houses that are being proposed, we need to be ready.”