By the way on the Northwest Dallas County Flood Control District in yesterday’s newspaper. In the 1987-88 Texas crash with real estate, oil and banking all crashing, three master planned communities went bankrupt in the Coppell area. Valley Ranch, Vista Ridge and Riverchase (which extends into the far east side of Northlake Woodlands). The one with the most debt in the bankruptcy with little future aspects of commercial taxes was NWDCFCD. It sat bankrupt and empty for several years and finally a settlement was made and the stockholders would get less than 10 cents on the dollar. The Flood District was created to pay off the debt and stockholders, set at 30 cents per $100 for life. I am surprised and pleased that you reported it is dropping to 27.5 cents. That is great news. The homeowners get absolutely no value for living in the district in regard to pay that additional tax.
Thank you for the updated info. I’m worried about our public schools with our governor trying to defund public education and give private schools money. I’m truly worried about people bad mouthing public education. Public education was the engine that helped our country produce world leaders in all areas. It’s heartbreaking to hear the vitriol aimed at public schools and school boards!
Always enjoy your informative chronicle. I know you had touched on carports recently and living in Gibbs Station we wouldn’t be a candidate, but has there ever been discussion of retractable awnings in the alley driveway. My husband has put off some car repairs due to the excessive heat and it could also help out when we have those hailstorms. The fact that it would be retractable as apposed to a permanent awning makes it attractive to me. I have researched sizing and the most it could extend is 13ft. from the garage but it’s retractible, so couldn’t be considered a permanent structure. Could you possibly research and expand on this. TIA Stacey Lommen
Dan, can you get the student count for this new school year? Is the student population dropping with more graduating seniors than new enrolling kindergartners? Also, it seems that more families are moving from public to private schools. The 5 homes closest to me all have their kids in private this year. Reasons: crowding of classrooms, trans issue (is that still an issue?), religious training and the fear of Pinkerton closing (so lets go ahead and move our kid to private).
Thanks Dan. Appreciate the update.
By the way on the Northwest Dallas County Flood Control District in yesterday’s newspaper. In the 1987-88 Texas crash with real estate, oil and banking all crashing, three master planned communities went bankrupt in the Coppell area. Valley Ranch, Vista Ridge and Riverchase (which extends into the far east side of Northlake Woodlands). The one with the most debt in the bankruptcy with little future aspects of commercial taxes was NWDCFCD. It sat bankrupt and empty for several years and finally a settlement was made and the stockholders would get less than 10 cents on the dollar. The Flood District was created to pay off the debt and stockholders, set at 30 cents per $100 for life. I am surprised and pleased that you reported it is dropping to 27.5 cents. That is great news. The homeowners get absolutely no value for living in the district in regard to pay that additional tax.
Mark Wolfe
Thank you for the updated info. I’m worried about our public schools with our governor trying to defund public education and give private schools money. I’m truly worried about people bad mouthing public education. Public education was the engine that helped our country produce world leaders in all areas. It’s heartbreaking to hear the vitriol aimed at public schools and school boards!
Always enjoy your informative chronicle. I know you had touched on carports recently and living in Gibbs Station we wouldn’t be a candidate, but has there ever been discussion of retractable awnings in the alley driveway. My husband has put off some car repairs due to the excessive heat and it could also help out when we have those hailstorms. The fact that it would be retractable as apposed to a permanent awning makes it attractive to me. I have researched sizing and the most it could extend is 13ft. from the garage but it’s retractible, so couldn’t be considered a permanent structure. Could you possibly research and expand on this. TIA Stacey Lommen
Dan, can you get the student count for this new school year? Is the student population dropping with more graduating seniors than new enrolling kindergartners? Also, it seems that more families are moving from public to private schools. The 5 homes closest to me all have their kids in private this year. Reasons: crowding of classrooms, trans issue (is that still an issue?), religious training and the fear of Pinkerton closing (so lets go ahead and move our kid to private).
The latest forecast from demographer Bob Templeton of Zonda Education is that CISD's total student body will top out at 13,440 in the 2024-25 school year but drop below 13,000 by the 2030-31 school year: https://coppellchronicle.substack.com/p/coppell-chronicle-vol-3-no-16