EMS ISD Bond Progress
Safety and Security
- Playground surface improvements at 17 campuses
- BES, CRES, CSES, CCES, DES, EMES, EES, GES, GFES, HCES, LCES, LPES, NES, PES, RPES, SES, WCES
- This is to replace current wood chip flooring filler with a more sustainable, turf-like product.
- Currently it costs the district approximately $50,000 per year to replace/refill playground areas at elementary schools with new wood chips.
- A more sustainable product for ground coverings at playgrounds will provide an ongoing maintenance cost savings and provide a smoother flooring to better accommodate ADA access (wood chips are ADA compliant but still hard for wheelchairs and those with mobility challenges.)
- Security cameras at various locations across the district
- Secondary school vestibule buzz-in system
- Police equipment
- Sidewalks around schools
- Most campuses have already been upgraded with sidewalks on district property.
- This bond item would address any sidewalk maintenance needs on district property.
- Fencing
- High Schools – Boswell HS (primarily around wells) and Watson HS (perimeter)
