Spring ISD canceled two in-person community meetings about Proposition A, the 2-cent tax-rate increase headed to the Tuesday, Nov. 3, ballot, without explaining why.
The district announced on X on Monday, Sept. 28, that sessions previously scheduled at Westfield High School and Spring High School will not take place. The original dates for those meetings were not disclosed.
The district did not give a reason.
Four meetings remain on the Prop A schedule:
- Wednesday, Oct. 7 — virtual
- Wednesday, Oct. 14 — in person at the Community Engagement Center
- Wednesday, Oct. 28 — in person at Dekaney High School
- Monday, Nov. 2 — virtual
Each session will include a presentation and a question-and-answer period. Meeting details and virtual links are available at propa.springisd.org.
The cancellations come one week before the Monday, Oct. 5, voter registration deadline and five weeks before Election Day.
Spring ISD had already held three earlier sessions: a virtual meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, an in-person meeting at Randall Reed Community Center on Thursday, Sept. 17, and an in-person meeting at Carl Wunsche Sr. High School on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
What Prop A would do
The Spring ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Aug. 17 to place Prop A on the ballot. If approved, the measure would set the district's total tax rate at $1.1569 per $100 of property value, up from $1.1369. For the average Spring ISD home, valued at $248,315, the increase would cost about $22 per year for homeowners with a homestead exemption.
The district projects Prop A would generate $15.5 million: $5.6 million in additional local revenue and $9.9 million in state funding unlocked by the local investment. The money would go toward day-to-day operations, including teacher and staff pay, transportation and utilities. It would not fund construction or the district's bond program.
Homeowners 65 or older, or those with a disability homestead exemption, are generally protected by a tax ceiling and would not see an increase.
If voters reject Prop A, the total tax rate would drop to $1.1069 per $100 because 5 cents in "disaster pennies" previously part of the maintenance-and-operations rate would expire.
Superintendent Kregg Cuellar said in a district news post on Aug. 19, after the board placed Prop A on the ballot, "We have worked hard to change the trajectory of Spring ISD, and our students and staff are showing us what is possible when we stay focused and work together …"
Early voting runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. Polls on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
