New Boston Independent School District says a yes to their bond package will not raise tax rates.
NBISD has a bond proposal that will be on the ballot on May 6. The district has called for a $10 million bond, but Brian Bobbitt, NBISD superintendent, said the district will sell it for the largest amount they can get without raising residential tax rates.
“I know that a lot of people look at schools going out for bonds and they have questions or concerns. I totally get that. It’s one of the reasons why we have tried our hardest to do what we could do without asking for a tax increase. But when the situation arose that we hit a point where we could ask our taxpayers to approve a bond without increasing taxes … we felt at that time it was a no-brainer to go out into our community and ask to approve this,” Bobbitt said. “These kinds of opportunities don’t come along very often in small, rural towns to be able to access money like this without asking for a tax increase.”
