Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens said as long as the board determines that the stadium repairs are necessary on the following bond cycle, it’s his “job to make sure it happens.” (Valeria Escobar/Community Impact)
Coming off November’s $1.95 billion bond approval, Lamar CISD officials are framing the vote as a sign of community trust and a signal of the challenges ahead with a two- to three-year bond cycle expected to accommodate the “hypergrowth” of roughly 2,000 students annually.
Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens acknowledged public hesitations about continued bond spending, but pointed to academic programming initiatives—including the upcoming Career and Technical Education center—and bond accountability as examples of the work fueling public confidence in the administration’s efforts to build what he calls an “elite school system.”…