Tax Rate Election

EARLY VOTING STARTED YESTERDAY in the Humble ISD Tax Rate Election. Please vote FOR a tax rate of $1.52. If approved, the tax rate will provide the school district with about $17 million to keep staff and programming in place. If not approved, district leaders say $17 million more cuts will need to be made. $17 million in cuts could include:
-Elimination all high school sophomore athletic teams
-Remove athletics from the school day
-Reduce middle and high school visual arts, choir, orchestra, and theater courses, and extracurricular activities
-Reduce number of middle and high school band classes and extracurricular activities -Eliminate elementary honor choir
-Eliminate elementary art
-Reduce elementary counselors, librarians and nurses
-Secondary teaching schedules move to 6 of 7 rather than 5 of 7 classes
-Reduce central support and administrative staff.

http://www.humble.k12.tx.us/pdf/taxelectionbrochure.pdf