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Bond 2014 FAQs

General Information

Each campus will house roughly one-third of the district's K-5 students. We are currently in the process of determining the best way to zone our families so that we have an equitable distribution at each campus. We will take all sub-populations into account (race, ethnicity, special education, gifted, limited English proficiency, economically disadvantaged, etc.), and set our zones so that we have a similar demographic make-up at each new elementary campus. 

New buses were NOT included in the bond. However, the district purchased 5 new buses last year using fund balance, and the Board approved the purchase of 5 more new buses for this year. These were ordered in May, but the company placed them on back-order with an arrival date of up to 120 days from that time. We are looking to receive them in the next month or so.

This is absolutely not true! In fact several of our projects appear to be UNDER budget. Our rodeo arena project and our track resurfacing project included some planned overages - - meaning that we chose to use a higher-quality product than what was previously quoted. The final cost was more than the original projection, but again, this was not a surprise. The elementary campuses appear to be coming in under budget, and therefore, it appears that we will have a bit of wiggle room in our budget if other issues should arise.

So...bottom line...we have not run out of money, many of our projects are currently under budget, and we will not be going back to the voters to approve additional funding for any projects that were planned in the last Bond Election.

In Dayton ISD, we believe it is extremely important to educate the "whole" child. For many of our students, participation in extra-curricular activities (sports, band, choir, drama, agriculture, UIL, etc.) are the only reason that they come to school, work hard to learn the academic subject matter, and put forth the effort to maintain their grades. Research indicates that students who are involved in extra-curricular activies are more successful in school. Additionally, there are many important, lifelong skills that are learned through extra-curricular activities. We feel that the facilities included in this bond are necessary for the education of the "whole" child.

The tennis courts will be open to the community after school hours.

We need 3 campuses to accommodate the number of students we have and also to allow for growth. Each K-5 school would have the capacity of 950 students. (Currently there are about 720 in each elementary school, including Kimmie Brown).

Schools will not be torn down and will continue to be utilized until the new facilities are built and operational.

Bus time will improve (as will traffic) as children and buses will not be going across town from campus to campus for the elementary students. Neighborhood elementary schools would have neighborhood buses and transportation routes.

The selection process was done through input from the Board members, campuses, and community. We also asked for volunteers and received several folks who joined the group that way. We had all ages and different ethnic groups represented.

The location for the two new campuses is not part of the bond. It is a logistics issue and will be a decision that will be made by the Board of Trustees. They will look at all viable options and determine the best location for the new campuses.

Covering the district's rodeo arena and stands will not only protect our competitors and the audience from various weather conditions during our livestock shows and related agricultural events, but covering this structure will allow us to utilize it more fully as a multi-functional facility. We could use the arena for other outdoor school events (such as Field Days) and not be hampered by weather conditions.