Live updates: Crowley bond to build more schools takes early lead with Tarrant County voters
Unofficial early voting results show Crowley’s $1.17 billion bond to add five schools is a hit with Tarrant voters. The part of the bond for a new performing arts center, however, is not doing so hot.
Proposition A, which covers new schools, has 54.8% of the vote in Tarrant County.
Proposition B, which covers an outdoor learning center and new track and field complex, has 53.3% of the vote in Tarrant County.
Proposition C, which covers a new performing arts center, is losing with 49.9% of the vote in Tarrant County.
Crowley schools also serve portions of Johnson County, which has yet to post unofficial early voting results.
Crowley’s bond will build three new elementary schools, a new middle school and replace Crowley High School. Most of the old Crowley High will torn down, except for its fine arts wing.
Crowley’s bond, if passed, will also cover new track and field facilities, an inclusive outdoor learning center that would be built near the CISD Multi-Purpose Stadium and a performing arts center on Peach Street. The performing arts center will include a performance hall, dance studio, art studio, history museum and art gallery, seven classrooms and one engineering lab.
Crowley schools have grown from 15,000 students to 17,000 students in six years. By 2020, the district is anticipated to have 20,000 students.
The package will not increase taxes for voters, according to school district officials.
