Richardson ISD has placed three bond proposals on the ballot for the Nov. 4 election. But how do they affect Lake Highlands?
Wallace Elementary. Photo by Carol Toler.
Totaling $1.4 billion, RISD’s Bond 2025 package almost doubles the amount the district last asked voters for in 2021, when funding was secured to transition Lake Highlands and Forest Meadow Junior Highs into middle schools. With those projects completed, and the vast majority of the funds going towards construction outside of Dallas City Limits, Lake Highlands neighbors might wonder where they’ll see the impact of RISD’s record bond package.
The construction of three new middle schools (Westwood, Liberty and Parkhill) and renovation of three existing junior high buildings (West, Apollo and North) in Richardson will be funded if Proposition A, totaling nearly $1.34 billion, is passed. Some of West’s tentative reconstruction plans have generated controversy, as one proposal would see the middle school built on the site of the Richardson High School baseball field, which received major upgrades in 2023.
A more district-wide draw of the proposal comes with the potential building of a dedicated Career and Technical Education Center. The center will serve as a centralized hub for vocational training for an estimated 1600 – 2000 students from schools around the district.
Proposition B would pay for an update to the district’s technology inventory. Totaling $54, the proposal would fund purchases of devices for students, staff and administration. Proposition C covers stadium upgrades, such as turf replacement at Wildcat-Ram Stadium and the addition of ADA-compliant features, to the tune of $7.4 million.
Still wondering what we’ll see here in Lake Highlands? Here’s everything expected to be covered at each Lake Highlands Learning Community school.
Lake Highlands High School
- Air conditioning and heating
- Energy conservation equipment
- Furniture
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Security systems
- Stadium Upgrades
- Technology devices for students and staff
Lake Highlands Middle School
- Technology devices for students and staff
Forest Meadow Middle School
- Technology device purchases
Aikin Elementary School
- Exterior improvements
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Technology devices for students and staff
Audelia Creek E.S.
- Exterior improvements
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Playground
- Plumbing systems
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Security systems
- Technology devices for students and staff
Forest Lane Academy
- Exterior improvements
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Playground
- Plumbing systems
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Security systems
- Technology devices for students and staff
Lake Highlands E.S.
- Air conditioning and heating
- Exterior improvements
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Playground
- Plumbing systems
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Security systems
- Technology devices for students and staff
Merriman Park E.S.
- Exterior improvements
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Playground
- Plumbing systems
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Security systems
- Technology devices for students and staff
Moss Haven E.S.
- Exterior improvements
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Playground
- Plumbing systems
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Security systems
- Technology devices for students and staff
Northlake E.S.
- Energy conservation equipment
- Furniture
- Interior improvements
- Life safety systems
- Playground
- Restroom renovations
- Technology devices for students and staff
Skyview E.S.
- Air conditioning and heating
- Energy conservation equipment
- Furniture
- Playground
- Plumbing systems
- Restroom renovations
- Technology devices for students and staff
Stults E.S.
- Air conditioning and heating
- Energy conservation equipment
- Playground
- Roof
- Technology devices for students and staff
Wallace E.S.
- Furniture
- Restroom renovations
- Roof
- Technology devices for students and staff
White Rock E.S.
- Air conditioning and heating
- Energy conservation equipment
- Furniture
- Technology devices for students and staff
