LTISD Update: In November 2022 and 2023, LTISD voters were persuaded to approve $758M in bonds partially based on the narrative that we were a high growth district.
In January 2024, the PASA demographers confessed they were very wrong about the data. Major modifications are being made on how to spend all the bond money, including a major reduction to the second high school. The voters approved $50M to build Elementary #8. As of the October board meeting, the District is asking the Board to approve a $27M overspend….a 65% increase.
Since 2020, an average of 1,000 students leave LTISD every school year. No campus is over capacity except the High School and only by 67 students. If $27 million dollars seems like a lot of money to you, please come to this Board meeting and/or reach out to the Board at ltisdschools.org.
As taxpayers, we should be asking hard questions and requiring documented data and comparisons before the District is allowed to spend ANY money over budget. How about a bond oversight committee made up of community members that does not include District staff?