FAQs

Yes, with the help of our financial advisor, we would sell $60 million of bonds with final maturities of less than 15 years for maintenance items.

For several years, the WHS football and cheerleading teams have been transported to Lumpkins Stadium for practices. There are not currently enough facilities to accommodate the practices for these teams at WHS. The district is spending thousands of dollars each year on transporting these students to Lumpkins Stadium for practices. This bond would allow the district to build additional facilities to accommodate football and cheerleading practices at WHS, plus expand the weight room and athletic training facilities that will benefit all athletic programs. WHS was built based on plans used for other high schools in the DFW Metroplex, and some of those schools have also since made similar improvements to athletic facilities.

Plans for Neighborhood Elementary #10 and Neighborhood Elementary #11 are already owned by the district (purchased in 2021). We will have to purchase plans for the new Wilemon campus. Based on the location of the new Wilemon campus, we expect additional costs for site work. In addition, the Wilemon campus will include specialized academic spaces for project-based and STEAM-focused learning. This new building would give even more students the opportunity to be involved in this program of choice in Waxahachie ISD.

It is too soon to know this because the second comprehensive high school will not likely begin competing at the varsity level until 2029 or 2030. Our demographic projections indicate that by the mid-2030s, we will likely have two 6A high schools (according to current UIL classifications).