Six meetings are scheduled for Tuesday. Officials will also be on call to make presentations to private and civic groups. The 15,000-student district is growing at an annual rate of 10 percent, twice as fast as the 5 percent growth rate in 1995. PTA members agreed the new high school, middle school, intermediate school and five elementary schools are necessary. Howard Middle School PTA President Rita Parson, who moved to the Mansfield district in 1994 after several bond election defeats, said she hopes the district's more recent, positive election history will continue.
Growth is here.
Although PTA members were unanimous in their support, two other audience members associated with the Constitution Party opposed the program. Larry Kilgore, who said he was North Texas regional chairman of the political party, suggested the district encourage parents to consider home schooling to thin the enrollment. We want government school ended. I can teach my kids more effectively than government school can. But now they estimate the increase will be about 11.4 cents over three years.