[April 24, 2008]

School district elections feature bond issue in Bland ISD

(Greenville Herald-Banner (Greenville, Texas) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Apr. 24--Voters in the Greenville Independent School District will be choosing three members of the Board of Trustees during the May 10 municipal elections.

Early voting begins Monday and while most school districts in Hunt County will be conducting elections for their school boards, voters in the Bland ISD will be deciding the fate of $15 million in bonds to pay for a new elementary school and perhaps a new middle school as well.

Early voting for all of the school districts conducting elections, with the exception of the Bland ISD, will be conducted at the Hunt County Voter Administration, 2217 Washington Street, in Greenville starting next Monday and continuing through May 6. Early voting hours will be from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays, with extended early voting hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on April 29 and May 1.

In the Bland Independent School District, early voting will take place between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at the Bland ISD administration building, 2556 Lake Avenue in Merit, with extended early voting hours at the same location between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on May 1 and May 6.

Here, in alphabetical order by school district, in a quick rundown of what's up for vote in each school district elections on May 10.

The $15 million bond issue is the only item on the Bland ISD ballot. The bonds, if approved, would be used primarily for the construction of a new elementary school. But, school district officials said if the Existing Debt Allotment (EDA) state aid is rolled forward, the district would build a new middle school adjacent to the new elementary school with the anticipated $2.4 million in state aid. The expected tax rate to pay for the schools is $1.54 per $100 valuation, which would increase property taxes for an average-valued home in the district by $23.48 per month.

Voters in the Caddo Mills ISD will be choosing two trustees between Wes Ferrell, Carolyn Swafford, Andy Guthrey, Patsy Wygal Locker and Jim Ayo.

Four candidates are seeking two seats for full terms on the Celeste ISD board; including Ronnie Steen, James Little, Marty Burke and Don Armstrong. One candidate, Ken Wilgus, is running for an unexpired, one-year term on the board

There are three seats up for grabs on the Greenville ISD board this year. In District 2, Trena Stafford is facing James Bland. In District 3, Kim Hunt Butcher is competing against Steve Tippit. In District 4, Randy L. Wineinger is facing Duane May.

Four candidates are seeking two seats on the Lone Oak ISD board; including Jerry G. Glick, Thomas Patterson, Alan Ray Wallen and Jerry L. Denton.

Places 6 and 7 on the Quinlan ISD board will be chosen May 10. Rodney S. Wolfe and Eric Kleiber are vying for the Place 6 seat, while Rusty Case is unopposed in seeking the Place 7 post.

Three people are seeking two seats on the Wolfe City ISD board; Sean George, Ron Ferguson and Sandra Murphey.

Thursday, a look at the elections scheduled for the county's special and municipal utility districts, including the Verandah Municipal Utility District, where hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds are at stake.

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