The Boerne Independent School District’s two bond proposals were backed by the majority of district voters as preliminary final election totals were released by the Kendall County Elections Office at about 9 p.m. Saturday.
In addition, Place 4 BISD Trustee Maritza Gonzalez-Cooper was re-elected to another three-year term.
Unofficial results showed Proposition A, the $162.64 million measure, passed with 52 percent of the vote. Proposition B, a $3 million technology measure, had a little easier time with 54 percent of votes cast were in favor.
The voter turnout was 12.86 percent, which included early voting, absentee ballots and Saturday’s Election Day total. In all, 6,504 votes were cast.
Gonzalez-Cooper was supported by almost two-thirds of voters who cast ballots, earning 63.7 percent of the vote to beat challenger Armando Trevino by a 3,145-1,791 tally.
In the BISD bond proposals, the vote was 3,118-2,869 for Proposition A and 3,239-2,742 for Proposition B.
“We are very grateful to the voters for supporting this bond,” Boerne ISD Superintendent Thomas Price said. “The bond package was truly a grassroots effort, led by the Long Range Steering Committee. We are greatly appreciative to the 80 community volunteers who served on the committee and worked hard to help pass this bond."
The $162.64 million proposition includes an eighth elementary school; expansions at Boerne and Champion high schools as well as at North and South middle schools; portable classrooms where the need exists or will exist; land acquisition; a second access point to Voss Middle School and design work for a third high school; general maintenance, including measures to keep BISD Stadium safe and useable in the short term; network infrastructure and an audio/visual “refresh;” an aquatics learning center; work on the old administration building and Boerne Academy; library hubs at four elementary schools; moving and expanding the district’s operations center; and money for planning, management and contingency fees.
The $3 million technology proposition would fund student and staff devices in the eighth elementary school and expansions at the secondary campuses as well as refresh devices at all BISD campuses.
Local voters also overwhelmingly supported both state constitutional amendments.
For more information on the BISD elections, see the Tuesday Boerne Star.
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