Arlington voters approved the $663.1 million bond on May 10, 2014. Proceeds of the bond are being used to build new facilities, upgrade and renovate existing facilities, address safety and security districtwide, upgrade technology infrastructure and equipment, provide fine arts equipment and address transportation.

Bond News

Arlington ISD Board of Trustees Calls $966 Million Bond Election Upgrades slated for every campus

August 14, 2019
News Graphic

ARLINGTON, TEXAS, August 14, 2019 – The Arlington ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously yesterday to place a $966 million bond package on the Nov. 5 ballot. The proposed new bond program would not require an increase in the debt service tax rate. The proposed 2019 Bond will build on the District’s 2014 Bond program and…

Wood Elementary library addition framed

August 8, 2019
Wood Elementary library addition construction

August 8, 2019 – Signifiant progress in the construction of the new Wood Elementary library has been made over the summer. All the structural steel and metal framing is up, and the new library is scheduled to be completed in the late fall. Inside Wood Elementary, the old library has been gutted and is being…

Lamar High School band benefitting from summer construction Comprehensive renovations target facilities and instrument storage

August 2, 2019
Lamar band students

Summer 2019 – The band renovations underway at Lamar High School aren’t anything like the original plan crafted at the outset of the 2014 Bond program. They’re much better. While the previous plan provided some band hall improvements, the new plan is about comprehensively improving Lamar’s band program – which means improving music education for…

Watch construction of the Arlington ISD Fine Arts Center and Athletics Complex

July 26, 2019
Aerial photo of the Fine Arts Center and Athletics Complex

July 26, 2019 – Great progress is being made on the future Arlington ISD Fine Arts Center and Athletics Complex. Most of the concrete has been poured, and now structural steel and CMU walls are going up. Check out the two videos below to see for yourself. See what is going on this week in…