Lovejoy ISD 2025 Bond Proposal: A Vision for Modernizing Local Schools

Lovejoy ISD has called for a bond election that will go before the voters this May. The bond proposal presents a comprehensive plan aimed at enhancing and modernizing the district's educational facilities, ensuring that students, teachers, and the community benefit from updated infrastructure and technology. The bond proposal was carefully developed by a community-based planning committee, ensuring broad input and alignment with the district’s long-term needs.

This bond proposal includes multiple key projects across the district:

• Facility and Infrastructure Updates: Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) system upgrades across existing campuses, ensuring safe and efficient operation.
• Safety & Security Improvements: Modernization of safety systems such as intercoms, emergency responder systems, and the addition of security cameras and upgraded classroom locksets at every campus.
• Technology Advancements: Funding for instructional technology devices in classrooms, network infrastructure, and audiovisual systems.
• Learning Space Renovations: Modernized instructional spaces throughout the district to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, fine arts, and more.
• Community Access: Updates to athletic and public spaces, including track resurfacing and facility renovations, offering resources for both students and the broader community.

Below is an overview of the full bond proposal, as well as its financial implications:

• Proposition A: School facility improvements and renovations, safety & security, construction of transportation & maintenance facility, school buses & transportation safety equipment – $265.5 million
• Proposition B: Instructional technology: student and staff devices – $3.9 million
• Proposition C: Track resurfacing, concession stand renovations, including roofs and kitchen equipment – $4.5 million
• Proposition D: Renovations to existing tennis courts, softball and baseball facilities improvements – $1.5 million
• Proposition E: Natatorium renovations – $700,000
• The bond will be funded under the existing tax rate – no tax rate increase
• $37.9 million in savings have already been achieved through early debt payments and refunding existing bonds
• The district's tax rate has dropped to its lowest in 20 years
• Bond funds will stay local, not subject to state recapture, allowing Lovejoy ISD to make decisions that best serve the community

Each of the five ballot propositions can be voted on individually by voters. More than 97% of the total bond package is allocated for capital improvements and/or technology enhancements. Early voting runs from April 22 through April 29, and Election Day is May 3. Voters can find polling locations on the Collin County Elections website.