Questions
1)  Who do we contact to place advertising on the school district's buses?
2)  What has gone into each classroom?
3)  Who decided on the specifics of the bond program?
4)  How does this impact our community?
5)  Will the bond increase my taxes if I am 65 or older?
 
Answers
1)  Q Who do we contact to place advertising on the school district's buses?
A
Advertising on SFISD' s scholbuses does generate some income for the school district. Here is the contact information for Alpha Media regarding placing advertisements on the sides of SFISD schoolbuses.

Michael T. Beauchamp
Alpha Media
P.O. Box 541507
Houston, TX 77254
Ph: 832.644.8850
Cell: 502.330.9331
www.SchoolBusAdvertising.net
2)  Q What has gone into each classroom?
A
At Wollam and Kubacak, the classrooms have interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and at Cowan, Barnett, the junior high and the high school each teacher will receive an interactive whitepad (IWP) for classroom instruction. All classrooms also have a projector with Wollam, Kubacak, the junior high and the high school receiving ceiling mounted projectors.
3)  Q Who decided on the specifics of the bond program?
A
A citizen-based Facilities Committee (comprised of more than 60 SFISD community members) was charged with assessing the District's facility needs, determining the best, most cost-effective solutions, pioritizing a list of facilities projects, and providing a report and recommendation to the District.
4)  Q How does this impact our community?
A
Supporting a bond proposal is a community commitment to the education of our youth in preparing them for success and future endeavors in post secondary education and in the workplace as members of a 21st century global economy.
5)  Q Will the bond increase my taxes if I am 65 or older?
A
No. Taxes are frozen for all citizens age 65 and older who have filed for exemption and taxpayers with disability exemption.