Chief
Cook, along with Humble ISD Sr. Officer S. Sharp, Sgt. J. Hall
and Officer E. Blanco are pictured here with Harris
County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson as the DA presents
the Humble ISD Police Department with a check for $50,805.00. Harris
County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson and his Asset
Forfeiture Fund of the Harris County DA's Office has awarded
the funds to the Humble ISD Police Department for mobile
radios, mobile computer systems and bullet-proof vests.
With overwhelming support, voters in the Humble Independent School District backed a $245 million schoolhouse bond.
Votes for the bond totaled 3,417 (71.64 percent), while 1,353 votes came in against the bond.
“We’re pleased with the bond being passed,” board President Dave Martin, who also won his Position 6 seat unopposed on the ballot. “We need those campuses in the district.”
Three new schools highlighted the $244.92 million bond with $96.4 million to go towards two new elementary schools, a middle school and acquiring land for four new schools. The three scheduled schools will all be in the south end of the district to address the growth from new subdivisions.
More than $52 million will go into improving current campuses by replacing major items like chillers, roofs, roofs, paint, carpet and air conditioning units.
This figure also includes new security cameras for the elementary schools.
Another $72.9 million dollars will be allotted for upgrading support facilities and programs such as sprucing up Turner Stadium as well as a new police station.
Purchasing new computers and updating technology like classroom projectors will account for $23.6 million of the bond package.
The tax rate for home owners will jump 8 cents for every
$100 of value. The total rate in the district will rise to
$1.39.
