In the fall of 2016, district officials hired third-party firms to conduct a condition assessment of all district-owned facilities and property, as well as assessments of its technology, furniture, and food service assets. Using the findings from these assessments as a baseline, coupled with the Demographic Update provided by Population and Survey Analysts (PASA), district officials formed a bond advisory committee in the spring of 2017 to start the planning for a potential bond issue in November 2017.

Comprised of 28 members representing each elementary and secondary school attendance zone, as well as the greater Lake Travis community, the committee met over the course of seven meetings between January and May. Members received a list of district requests totaling approximately $392 million. Upon separating those requests into three categories based on priority, the committee was tasked with the creation a bond issue that would keep the district’s tax rate at the current level while still addressing the district’s highest needs.

Members of the 2018 Bond Advisory Committee included: