Welcome to the LCM CISD School Bond Election 2008 Website!

On March 3, 2008, the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees called a bond election for $40,000,000 to be voted on May 10, 2008.

The bond package was developed through a series of events that took place over the last year.  First, the District hired an independent consultant to perform a district-wide facility assessment of all campuses in terms of age and condition of facilities as well as student capacity. The assessment identified over $107 million in improvements and renovations needed on district facilities. The consultant developed initial options for the District's consideration to address the issues described in the assessment.  The District also hired a professional demographer to study the demographics of the district and to provide estimated enrollments for the next decade.  The demographic study concluded that the District's enrollment should remain stable with a projected student increase of 96 students in the next ten years.

A committee made up of District stakeholders from both Little Cypress and Mauriceville including teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, board members, students, parents, business representatives, and community members was formed to review the demographic report and facility options and to develop a facilities plan to be presented to the Board of Trustees.  The committee met nine times over the course of almost four months and considered several possible scenarios to address the facility issues.  The committee toured the District facilities to view the issues firsthand.  The committee was also provided information from the District's financial advisor concerning the limit on the amount of bonds the District was able to consider.  Because of this limit, not all issues were able to be considered at this point; therefore, the committee had to prioritize facility issues.  The committee developed a facilities plan and presented the plan and justification to the Board of Trustees on February 28, 2008.

The proposed bond election includes multiple projects that will touch every campus in the District. The largest single expenditure in the bond program will be the work at the high school where plans call for most of the campus to be replaced on the existing site.  Items identified in the facility assessment are to be done at each of the other campuses including air conditioning and heating improvements, fire alarm upgrades, road and traffic safety improvements, and kitchen equipment replacement.  The bond program also includes technology infrastructure improvements and increased student access to technology.

You are encouraged to read through the materials on this website, and check back frequently for updates.  You are also invited to attend the community presentations and to call Superintendent Pauline Hargrove or Assistant Superintendent Greg Perry at 883-2232 if you have any questions concerning the bond program.