August 16th, 2008
Its August and in about another week its time for Spring Texas schools to start up again. If you are like me, you are thinking …… already? Where did the summer go? Its still HOT enough to be summer but the calendar says its time for the kids to go back to school.
The kids living in Spring Texas attend schools in either the Conroe School District, Klein School District, or Spring School District. All of these schools have web sites that are packed with the information you need including school hours, location and phone numbers, and bus schedules.
After that first time you wait in the horrendously long line to drop your kids off at school, you might all of sudden decide having your kids ride the bus to school sounds like a pretty good idea. No joke about the horrendously long lines. Maybe one of these days I will take a picture to share with you.
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August 6th, 2008
The release of the latest TEA (Texas Education Agency) school ratings have left some Spring Texas school teachers and principals beaming with joy and some down right crowing from their accomplishments. The TEA rates schools and districts primarily based upon the test results of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). A standardized test that is administered to students in grades 3 - 11.
The ratings given by the TEA to the schools and districts are (E) - Exemplary, (R) - Recognized, (A) - Academically Acceptable, and (U) - Unacceptable. The ratings are one of the ways parents evaluate Spring Texas schools in determining the quality of education provided to their children. Read More »
April 6th, 2008
One of the questions, we are asked the most has to be “How are the schools in Spring Texas?” Its a good question. The quality of schools not only impact the education received by our children but they also impact real estate prices. A quality school that is in demand will increase real estate prices and just the reverse occurs with a lesser quality school.
“How do you determine which schools are good?” One of the methods we use to assess the quality of education provided by our schools are the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) scores. The TAKS are standardized tests administered to students in grades 3 - 11. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) rates schools and districts based largely on the results from these scores. Read More »
March 25th, 2008
One of the bad things about growth is that sooner or later we are going to have to pay for its impact on our infrastructure. And pay we do, usually in the form of increased taxes. Over the last four years, our Klein school district has experienced growth. Growth of more than 16% or 6,000 students. Thus the need for another school bond election. If it passes, its projected to increase real estate taxes for Spring Texas homeowners by $0.20.
If you are like thinking, it wasn’t that long ago since Klein school district had their last bond election. You are right. Their last bond election was in 2004 for $224 million. It was projected to increase real estate taxes by $0.26 but luckily only reached $0.22. If you are not familiar with the components of our Texas property taxes, read Texas Property Taxes Why are they so HIGH?
What exactly is a school bond and why do we need it? Read More »
January 29th, 2008
Since the 2004 bond election, Klein, a fast growth school district in Spring Texas, has experienced 16% growth. And the district does not see the growth stopping. As they are projecting the growth to continue for the next 10 years at a rate of 4% a year. That means by 2016, Klein school district is expected to grow by over 17,600 students.
Where is all this growth coming from? Since the last bond election in 2004, approximately 98 new subdivisions and new sections in existing subdivisions have been built in the Klein school district. Since all of the previous bond funds have been spent or designated for current projects, the district has started exploring a new bond election. Read More »
December 28th, 2007
In a comparison with other school districts in the greater Houston Texas metropolitan area, Klein school district has the second lowest property tax rate. Klein school district is located in Spring Texas. The Klein school district property tax rate for 2007 is $1.26 per $100 valuation. Read More »
September 19th, 2007
The Klein school district in Spring TX is forming planning committees to analyze its needs for a bond referendum expected to be called in 2008. Klein school district currently has 43,000 students enrolled and the projections are for an additional Read More »
August 20th, 2007
Whether you have school age children or not, you are still going to want to know how Texas public schools are rated. The perceived quality of education that the children receive will impact housing demand and the correspondingly potential price appreciation that you can hope to gain on your Spring TX home. Read More »
August 18th, 2007
With school starting again, its time to figure out the bus schedule for your kid’s school. The school districts in Spring, Texas have excellent web sites that are loaded with all the information you need. Read More »
Its August and in about another week its time for Spring Texas schools to start up again. If you are like me, you are thinking …… already? Where did the summer go? Its still HOT enough to be summer but the calendar says its time for the kids to go back to school.
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