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hould Highland Park ISD rebuild for the future or adhere to the past? The answer will be provided by voters on Nov. 3, when the district’s ambitious $361 million bond proposal is on the ballot. And the solution, as they say, might lie somewhere in the middle. The district has spent several months putting together a plan to raze and rebuild three of its four elementary schools — Bradfield, Hyer, and University Park — during the next several years. The idea comes in response to unprecedented enrollment growth that has seen existing schools become overcrowded
and, in some cases, obsolete. The new campuses would be joined by a new elementary school adjacent to Northway Christian Church and a renovated Armstrong campus. There would also be extensive projects slated for the district’s two secondary campuses, as well, but the ambitious concept for rebuilding the elementary schools — each of which have been around since at least 1949 — has drawn the most skepticism and interest from taxpayers. Past bond proposals in the district — including the most recent in 2008, for which HPISD is still repaying the debt — have focused on renovations and expansions of
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