{"id":9482,"date":"2022-10-23T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=9482"},"modified":"2022-10-21T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:47:41","slug":"superintendent-message-to-staff-early-voting-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/superintendent-message-to-staff-early-voting-begins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Superintendent Message to Staff\u00a0 | EARLY VOTING Begins Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-B0QszQyvzU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1285\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-760x427.jpg 760w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-518x291.jpg 518w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/votinglocations-550x309.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1285px) 100vw, 1285px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-B0QszQyvzU\"><strong>Click to view video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>EARLY VOTING Begins TODAY!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for hanging in there with me as I share details about BISD\u2019s 2022 Bond election each week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week I shared with you about the ballot language and the state-mandated statement required on each proposition. Once again, this is not true for Birdville ISD.&nbsp; The efficient management of BISD\u2019s existing bond debt over the last ten years has allowed the District to refinance more than $142.2 million of its outstanding bonds at a lower interest rate, saving taxpayers $18.4 million in future interest costs. In addition, the District has also prepaid approximately $29 million of its bonds prior to scheduled maturity, saving an additional&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$20.2 million in future interest payments for taxpayers. This is how the District is able to present the $359.8 million bond plan to voters with no tax rate increase.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, the District is presenting the bond proposal as a package and asks voters to cast a vote on <strong><em>each<\/em><\/strong> of the <strong><em>three<\/em> <em>propositions<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"9486\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-518x291.jpg 518w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ABC123-550x309.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to remind you that every vote counts. YOUR vote counts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is Early Voting and Election Day voting Information. Additional details can be found on the Tarrant County Elections website at Tarrant county.com<s>.<\/s>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarrantcounty.com\/content\/dam\/main\/elections\/2022\/1122\/locations\/1122_EV_Sched.pdf\">Click to view Early Voting Schedule and Locations<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarrantcounty.com\/content\/dam\/main\/elections\/2022\/1122\/locations\/1122_Vote_Center_Locations.pdf\">Click to view Election Day Voting Center Locations (in zip code order)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early Voting Dates and Times<\/strong>:\u00a0<br>Oct. 24\u201328:\u00a0 8 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.\u00a0<br>Oct. 29: 7 a.m. \u20137 p.m.\u00a0<br>Oct. 30: 10 a.m. -\u2013 4 p.m.\u00a0<br>Oct. 31 \u2013 Nov. 4: 7 a.m. \u2013 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Locations within the BISD Community<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Haltom City Senior Center\u00a0<br>3201 Friendly Lane\u00a0<br>Haltom City, 76117\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northeast Courthouse\u00a0<br>645 Grapevine Hwy.\u202f\u00a0<br>Hurst, 76054\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarrant County Northeast Campus\u00a0<br>Galley NSTU 1506\u202f\u00a0<br>828 W. Harwood Road\u202f\u00a0<br>Hurst, 76054\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Bursey Road Senior Adult Center\u00a0<br>7301 Bursey Road\u202f<br>N. Richland Hills, 76182\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Paul Presbyterian Church\u00a0<br>4517 Rufe Snow Drive\u00a0<br>N. Richland Hills, 76180\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u202f<strong>Election Day<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 7 a.m. \u2013 7 p.m.\u00a0<br>(Tarrant County allows early and election day voting at any location within the county.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next week, we recap the 2022 Bond proposal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to view video EARLY VOTING Begins TODAY!\u00a0 Thank you for hanging in there with me as I share details about BISD\u2019s 2022 Bond election each week.&nbsp; Last week I shared with you about the ballot language and the state-mandated statement required on each proposition. Once again, this is not true for Birdville ISD.&nbsp; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p76FL9-2sW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9491,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9482\/revisions\/9491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}