The Brownsboro Independent School District Board of Trustees was receptive to a recommendation Monday night to build one new campus and reno- vate parts of three others if a tax election in November is successful, Assistant Superintendent Vicki York said.

“The board received the committee’s recommendation very favorably,” she said. “We’ll probably have another board meeting in July to call a bond election — if they are going to do that. Nothing was decided last night, because there are things they have to think about. When you call the bond, you have to know where your early polling sites will be and the times and all that.”

During a two-hour meeting, the Citizens Facilities Advisory Committee, as expected, recommended building a new Brownsboro Elementary School west of Brownsboro and expanding Chandler Elementary School a sixth time. Brownsboro Junior High School would be renovated to include classrooms at the current Brownsboro Elementary campus, and parts of Brownsboro High School would be renovated to address technology needs and better athletic space. A fieldhouse could also be built.

“And they have to figure out whether to do that on one proposition or two,” York said. “They’ve got to have a bit more discussion.”

Regardless of what trustees decide, York said the tax election must be called by August for the November ballot.

“The committee will not meet anymore. My understanding is once the board calls the bond, it will be a different kind of committee that will promote the bond in the community. The school district will have nothing to do with that. By law, the board and administration can only give facts.”

Chandler Elementary was built in 1969 and expanded five times between 1977 and 1995. Brownsboro Elementary was built in 1968, and it was expanded four times between 1972 and 1995.

Brownsboro High is the youngest campus of the group. Built in 1987, it has been expanded once. Brownsboro Junior High was built in 1981 and has never been expanded.

The committee’s choice varies slightly from administrators’ recommendation in April.

That report advised that new elementary schools should be built in Brownsboro and Chandler and that Brownsboro High should be renovated.

It also recommended:

•Renovating Brownsboro Elementary “to make it a part of” Brownsboro Junior High School.

•Closing Ingram Street during school hours and reroute parent drop-off to current bus drive.

•Renovating Brownsboro High to accommodate electrical and technology concerns and address athletic facilities.

•Using Chandler Elementary for ACES and/ or DAEP.

Brownsboro Elementary would be built on a 52-acre site 1.4 miles west of town. About 13,000 square feet would be added to Chandler Elementary.

Leon Johnson of Southwest Securities Group of Dallas advised the district not to seek more than $25 million in November — although the district has reportedly been approved for more than $42 million.

Southwest Securities Group estimates that a 30- year bond at $20 million would increase property taxes on a $100,000 house from $969 to $1,141.25. Comparatively, a 25-year bond at $20 million would increase property taxes on a $100,000 house from $969 to $1,157.52.

At $25 million, property taxes on a $100,000 house would increase from $969 to $1,203.22.

A 35-year bond at $20 million would increase property taxes on a $100,000 house from $969 to $1,130.18.