Voters approve two Dallas ISD bond propositions totaling nearly $3.5 billion to fund infrastructure and technology improvements

BY THE HUB 

Voters have approved the two major Dallas ISD bond propositions: Proposition A, which is $3.2 billion to fund repairs and upgrades to more than 200 of the district’s 230 campuses, and Proposition B, which is $270 million to cover the cost of purchasing and making updates to district technology.

Voters did not approve three of the bond propositions that together totaled $152.9 million and would have funded improvements and renovations to the district’s existing sports stadiums and athletic facilities, the construction of a districtwide performing arts facility, and improvements and renovations to the district’s existing competition swimming pools.

In addition the five Dallas ISD bond propositions on the ballot, two seats on Dallas ISD Board of Trustees were up for election on Nov. 3.

Joe Carreón won the seat for District 8, which covers Love Field, Northwest Dallas and Central Dallas. Carreón will replace Miguel Solis on the board, who did not run for reelection.

Meanwhile, the trustee seat for District 2, which covers North and Near East Dallas, is headed for a runoff after no candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote. Incumbent Trustee Dustin Marshall and Nancy Rodriguez are the candidates in the runoff election happening in December.

District 6 Trustee Joyce Foreman ran unopposed in May for her seat and started her new three-year term in the spring.