{"id":35634,"date":"2025-11-05T01:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/35634\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T01:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:40:09","slug":"early-voters-lean-toward-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/35634\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voters lean toward approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just after the polls closed Tuesday, most early voters supported Richardson ISD\u2019s bond proposal<\/a>, according to unofficial <\/a>returns.<\/p>\n

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The early numbers are unofficial totals from early voting. Roughly 14,350 people in Richardson ISD voted during the early voting period from Oct. 20-31.<\/p>\n

Proposition A had about 66% support from early voters, and Proposition B had 67% support. Proposition C is cutting it slightly closer, with 56% of counted ballots supporting the measure.<\/p>\n

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The package includes $1.4 billion worth of improvements to various district programs and facilities, split across the three propositions. Proposition A sets aside $1.34 billion for construction projects and converting several of the district\u2019s junior high campuses into middle schools, while Proposition B allocates $54 million for updated technology for students.<\/p>\n

Proposition C would provide $7.4 million to the district\u2019s two largest stadiums for various improvements. <\/p>\n

Officials with Richardson ISD said the bonds were needed to continue expanding and renovating the district\u2019s existing junior highs to turn them into middle schools, while also building a new career and technical education center and expanding access to hands-on, specialized programs that allow students to earn industry certifications in certain fields. The district is also seeking to modernize its environmental studies center. <\/p>\n

Richardson ISD has used bond packages to continually fund upgrades to the technology the district provides students, which is on the ballot as Proposition B this year. The district also said Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades and new turf and LED lighting are needed at Wildcat-Ram Stadium and Eagle-Mustang Stadium, the two largest stadiums in the district.<\/p>\n

If passed, the bonds will result in a 4-cent tax rate increase, equating to an average annual increase of $124. <\/p>\n

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Other bond elections in the Dallas area include a $192 million bond package in Prosper<\/a>. Funds will be dedicated to street projects, expanding the police headquarters and a new library. As of 7 p.m., most propositions in the package had overall approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just after the polls closed Tuesday, most early voters supported Richardson ISD\u2019s bond proposal, according to unofficial returns.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[960,102,288,160,162,161,959],"class_list":{"0":"post-35634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-collin-county","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-elections","11":"tag-plano","12":"tag-plano-headlines","13":"tag-plano-news","14":"tag-richardson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}