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Breaking Down the Tyler I.S.D. Bond Proposal

By Amanda Kost

"The total dollar amount that we're bringing forward for this phase of the bond is $124,877,000," said Tyler I.S.D. Superintendent, Doctor Randy Reid.

Reid said he understands why some voters aren't quick to jump on board this bond.

 "We realize that that's a tremendous amount of money especially in the current economic times but we also know that there's a real need for us to move forward with this in a hurry," Reid stated to a crowd at a Town Hall meeting.

Reid said this proposal has been a race against time and inflation.

 If the bond is passed Saint Louis, Clarkston, Griffin, Jones, Orr, and Andy Woods schools would be replaced.

"Somebody in the 1950s and 1960s decided to vote for bond issues to have those schools originally. They're worn out. It's time for our generation to step up and pay for what is really a modest bond issue," said Doctor Rod Mabry, President of the University of Texas at Tyler.

  Mabry called the bond a long-term investment.

"The good performance that students make as a result of going through an excellent school system is important to us because we invite high ability students to come to the University of Texas at Tyler, and we want a number of TISD students to be here too," added Mabry.