McKinney Bond Package Faces Early Defeat
Unofficial Collin County tallies show all five school district proposals trailing after early voting, with one item receiving nearly 70% of negative votes.
By Layla Richardson ·
33,755 voters in McKinney cast ballots against a $2.55 million proposal to replace turf and track at district stadiums, according to unofficial early election results from Collin County. The measure, designated Proposition E, trailed with 69% of votes cast in opposition. Only 15,099 voters, or 30% of the total, supported the item. The high opposition rate marks the strongest negative showing among the five measures on the ballot.
All other proposals in the McKinney Independent School District package also lagged in the initial tallies. Proposition D, which sought $4.5 million for repairs to the district's existing training pool, faced 30,785 votes against it. That figure represented 62.98% of votes cast, while 18,096 voters, or 37%, voted in favor. The district also put Proposition C to voters, a $62 million request to fund instructional technology equipment. That item drew 28,926 votes against, or 59.24%, and 19,900 votes for, or 40.74%.
Proposition B proposed funding for two new elementary school campuses in north McKinney. Early data showed 27,755 votes cast against the measure, accounting for 56.53% of the total. The 21,347 votes in favor represented 43.47% of the count. Proposition A, a voter-approval tax rate election, also trailed in the initial results. The item received 28,675 votes against, or 58.95%, and 19,970 votes for, or 41.05%.
The district’s bond package totaled $500 million. If approved, Proposition A would have generated an additional $4.1 million in revenue for teacher compensation and student programs. The bond measures aimed to address specific infrastructure needs, including enrollment growth in the northern part of the district and aging facilities.
Voters had the opportunity to cast ballots during the early voting period from Oct. 19 to 30. Collin County records indicate that 374,250 ballots were cast by personal appearance during that window. That volume represented approximately 46.8% of the county’s eligible registered voters for the Nov. 3 election. An additional 9,938 voters cast ballots by mail as of Nov. 2.
Polls remained open until 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, or until voters in line had cast their ballots. Election day voting totals had not yet been released at the time of the initial report. All results remain unofficial until the county completes its canvass process.
