Garland ISD is pleased to announce that its taxpayer-approved 2014 Bond Program is at the finish line. Responsible for the district’s state-of-the-art Gilbreath-Reed Career & Technical Center and long-awaited natatorium, the $455.5 million program focused on...
Council work session, regular meeting: Sept. 4
Because Monday, Sept. 3 was a holiday, the Garland City Council held its work session and regular meeting Sept. 4. Home improvement incentive plan The council’s Development Services Committee, which includes Council Members David Gibbons, Robert Vera and...
Former administrator makes unauthorized bond changes, board discusses solutions
Garland ISD Interim Superintendent Deborah Cron called a special workshop of the board of trustees to discuss problems and potential solutions to the over-budget bond program. Board President Linda Griffin called the meeting to order and encouraged board...
Board discusses natatorium…again
After several lengthy discussions about the Garland ISD natatorium at September and October board meetings, trustees further deliberated the subject at a special 7 a.m., Oct. 31 meeting. Votes cast at the Sept. 13 meeting by board President Linda Griffin, along with...
Natatorium debate continues
The Sept. 27 and Oct. 10 Garland ISD board of trustees meetings were attended by students and parents who were unhappy with the board’s decision to move construction of the natatorium from the first phase of the bond package to phase 4. They expressed their opinions...
Letter to the editor: GISD natatorium decision
Voters, volunteers, and taxpayers in GISD are shocked that on Tuesday, 9/13, the Garland ISD Board of Trustees voted 4-3 to reject the natatorium that was promised in 2014 as part of the school bond package that passed with over 62% of the vote. After months of...
Natatorium construction pushed back
A bid for the Garland ISD natatorium that was approved in the 2014 bond package was submitted to the board of trustees in May. The amount of the bid was $30.1 million and was submitted by Hayden Construction Corporation. Hayden Construction provided the top ranked...
GISD natatorium, career tech center costs exceed bond program budget
Herschel Acosta, a representative from Jacobs, the company that is managing the bond program for Garland ISD, provided an update at the Sept. 21 Garland ISD Board of Trustees meeting. Jacobs has completed the programming phase for the natatorium and career technical...