Tuesday brings several elections, one of which affects all county residents and others that affect residents in Joshua, Keene and Rio Vista.
County voters are encouraged to join fellow Texans and vote on 11 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.
Proposed amendments include changes to property tax and eminent domain rules, funding for research universities in Texas, amendments affecting military bases, service men and women, veterans and other proposals.
Joshua
Joshua voters will weigh in on three city bond elections.
Proposition 1 involves issuance of $2.7 million in bonds to finance a new fire station.
Proposition 2 involves $850,000 in bonds to finance street, curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements.
Proposition 3 involves $2.6 million in bonds to finance drainage improvements.
Keene City Council
Three council seats are up for election on Tuesday, but only one race is contested.
Candidates for the Ward II, Place I seat are former Keene Councilman Dale Janes, Cheryl Schram and David McCormick.
Councilmen John Ackermann and Chad Aden are unopposed in their re-election bids.
Keene ISD
Keene ISD voters will vote on a proposed ratification of the ISD’s property tax rate for the current fiscal year. The rate, $1.3823 per $100 of property valuation will remain the same regardless of which way the vote goes. But the vote, depending on the outcome, could result in a difference of $776,000 to the district.
KISD Superintendent Kevin Sellers said the district is asking voters to swap 13 cents from the interest and sinking portion of the tax rate for 13 cents on the maintenance and operation side.
Approval would make the interest and sinking portion 21 cents and the maintenance of operation portion $1.17.
“M and O pennies are worth more than I and S pennies, partly because M and O can be used to service the debt,” Sellers said. “Taking the M and O from $1.04 to $1.17 will mean $776,000 extra to the district.”
Rio Vista option
Rio Vista voters will weigh in on an option calling for the legal sale of liquor within city limits for off-premise consumption. Tuesday marks the latest of several such elections in Rio Vista in recent years. Voters rejected the proposal in several elections and approved it in two. Judges subsequently voided both elections in which the measure passed.
Rio Vista ISD
Rio Vista ISD voters will vote on a $9.95 million bond. Bond funds will, in part, finance construction crucial to compliance with state-mandated curriculum such as four year math and science requirements. Funds would be used to build a new science lab and classrooms.
Funds would also be used to expand the school’s band hall and for other projects.
Education
Amendments, local issues on Tuesday ballot
- Cleburne ISD
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Coleman Elementary School science teacher Suzanne Crocker, left, and Principal Karen Snyder give trustees information on a $30,000 grant made available to the school from Chesapeake Energy. The grant funds will be used in the creation of an outdoor learning center at the campus.
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CISD hires Wheat principal, joins litigation
Wheat Middle School students have a new principal as of Monday night, but it’s a familiar face. At the Cleburne ISD board meeting, trustees announced that Interim Principal Suzanne Keesee was promoted to principal.
- Students create masterpieces through fingerprint artwork
- Miller addresses Young, board, hiring process
- In the spirit
- Alleged posts may spell trouble for trustee
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CISD hires Wheat principal, joins litigation
- Alvarado ISD
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Bryson King helps pick up trash on Friday with his fellow first-grade students from Alvarado Elementary North.
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AEN students serve community
School is not always about learning letters and numbers or finding the answers to questions in a book.
- Annual AEIS report shows improvements
- Choir, band students earn state recognition
- AISD board reviews super
- Alvarado board honors teachers
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AEN students serve community
- Burleson ISD
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BISD heads to Austin to plan next step in lawsuit
The Burleson school district and other representatives from a coalition of Texas urban and suburban districts head to Austin on Sunday, seeking a court order that the state’s finance system be changed.
- Centennial students chosen for all-state band
- Burleson ISD dropout rate remains low
- Most school districts celebrate Christmas
- BISD needs to make cuts, says financial officer
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BISD heads to Austin to plan next step in lawsuit
- Godley ISD
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Parents want ISDs to be aware
Stephanie Falter and Lisa Chambers, two concerned Godley ISD mothers, said they are pleased their children no longer wait for the bus in front of sex offenders’ homes.
- GISD bus stops moved, deemed safe by district
- Dear in new role as GISD super
- Godley ag students learn how to feed, shear livestock
- Most school districts celebrate Christmas
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Parents want ISDs to be aware
- Grandview ISD
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Grandview Zebra Strings Elite teacher and conductor Vicki Nichols shows off a wall of practice violins in her music room. The Strings are headed to Nashville, Tenn., in March.
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Zebra Strings to perform at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
Last year, the Grandview Zebra Strings Elite visited the land of all things Elvis in Memphis, Tenn., where they played several shows including one at Graceland. This year, they’ve been invited to perform at an even bigger venue.
- Grandview school board selects super
- Most school districts celebrate Christmas
- Masons give first-graders dental care kits
- Tekell named Grandview homecoming queen
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Zebra Strings to perform at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
- Joshua ISD
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Joshua band performs at national championship game
The Joshua High School band spent its weekend in New Orleans on an invitation to perform during halftime of the Bowl Championship Series game between Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama.
- Holly, jolly follies
- Most school districts celebrate Christmas
- Expanding minds
- County schools offering healthier options
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Joshua band performs at national championship game
- Keene ISD
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Most school districts celebrate Christmas
Ask most of the school districts in Johnson County how they feel about “Merry Christmas” or Santa Claus, and the response is the same. Christmas is welcome in most schools, so long as students take care to not play favorites with individual gifts.
- County schools offering healthier options
- TAKS results vary for Johnson County schools
- Callender steps down as Keene superintendent
- For county spellers, it’s quite a safari out there
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Most school districts celebrate Christmas
- Rio Vista ISD
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Rio Vista High School counselor, Kathy Monk, left, received her 20-year pin at the State Middle School Student Council Conference. Monk was recognized for her years of service as a student council sponsor. Also pictured is Terry Hamm, Texas Association of Student Council director.
- Venus ISD
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Venus ISD closed today
Venus ISD is closed today, according to the district's website. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, there was no word on Thursday's classes.
- TAKS results vary for Johnson County schools
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Venus ISD closed today
