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Behind the Scenes at CISD Clifton Elementary School April 14, 2015.

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1 Behind the Scenes at CISD Clifton Elementary School April 14, 2015

2 May 2015 Bond Referendum  In February, the Clifton ISD Board of Trustees called for a $28 million bond proposal for the construction of replacement facilities for the 75 year-old Clifton Elementary School and 65 year-old Bettis Auditorium.  Replacement elementary school-$22.2 million  Replacement auditorium-$5.1 million  Property acquisition, road construction, parking improvements-$700,000

3 What’s Proposed  A building that meets current building standards of the Texas Education Agency  Pre-Kindergarten classrooms - TEA standard 800 sf (current size 651 sf)  Kindergarten classrooms-TEA standard 800 sf (current size 1021 sf)  First Grade classrooms-TEA standard 800 sf (current size 588 sf)  Second Grade classrooms-TEA standard 700 sf (current size 588 sf)

4 What’s Proposed  A building that meets current building standards of the Texas Education Agency  Library-TEA Standard 3000 sf (current size 2,112 sf)  40% increase in size of Library  Art is not required to be offered at the Elementary level  Art Room would be 1200 sf (current size 819 sf)  47% increase in size of Art Room  Current size of Music room is adequate at 1200 sf  Music room would be 1200 sf with appropriate acoustics

5 Art Teacher-Brenda Smith Current Art Program

6 Art is housed in the former Home Economics Room that was built in 1950.

7 Art Room – kiln and exhaust for kiln

8 Art Room –Over 3500 Art projects stored at the same time. Storage is at capacity.

9 Art Room – Insufficient wall space for mounting dry erase board.

10 Art Room-Floor space is often utilized for storage.

11 Librarian-Lori Kleibrink aka “Mrs. K” Current Library Services

12 Library – Mrs. K provides lessons to PK- Grade 5

13 Library – Library shelving is at capacity. Books are being shelved on top of bookcases.

14 Library – Books are being stored in rolling carts.

15 Library - Students stand to use computers because library items are stored below computer tables.

16 Teacher Professional Library has reached capacity.

17 Library – Books shelved on top of bookcases.

18 Music Program -Beth Fry Current Music Program

19 Music Room-Cinder block construction lacks acoustics.

20 Music Room – Exposed duct work

21 Music Room – Fan in the Music office

22 Music Room – Storage spaces for props, music stands, and equipment is at capacity.

23 Music 1 st place Choir Performance

24 Tax Impact  The homestead tax ceiling is the dollar amount limit on the school taxes paid by a person age 65 or older. The tax ceiling is the amount of tax a person age 65 or older pays in the year that person qualified for the age 65 or older exemption. The school taxes on the residence homestead of a person age 65 or older may not go above the amount of the tax ceiling.  However, if improvements such as an addition of a garage or family room are made after a tax ceiling has been established, the tax ceiling will be adjusted to a higher level to reflect the value of the addition to the residence homestead.

25 Tax Impact  The school taxes on the residence homestead of a person age 65 or older may currently be below the homestead tax ceiling amount because Clifton ISD’s tax rate decreased or stayed the same from 2008-2014. The school taxes on the residence homestead of a person age 65 or older may not go above the amount of the homestead tax ceiling.


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