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Frisco ISD may not get the school upgrades or tax rate increase for teacher raises that district officials have asked to approve on this year’s ballot, according to unofficial early voting results.

The Frisco and Allen school districts have proposed nearly $1.5 billion in bonds for this year’s election. Allen may have more success, with two of his bond proposals on track for approval, according to the filings.

Since September 2000, Frisco ISD voters have overwhelmingly supported the district’s previous five bond packages.

But now the district is seeking support when heated politics have made it difficult to pass such bonds and after the Legislature mandated that districts include the language “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE,” even though districts don’t have to change tax rates for an issue of bonds. Frisco school bonds would not result in a tax increase.

Collin County voters were mixed in their support for school bonds.

McKinney resident Susan Gaston, 76, and her daughter Shannon Hammonds, 37, voted at the John and Judy Gay Library on the first day of early voting.

Hammond and Gaston said they support Frisco ISD’s tax rate increase and bond proposals, saying public schools are not adequately funded by the state.

Gaston, however, said he did not vote for the new tennis center that Frisco ISD school officials said would allow the district to host major tournaments.

“We voted for technology and we voted for everything else,” Gaston said.

Husband and wife Richard and Anne Durham, who also voted at the library during early voting, said they have different opinions on the Allen school bond proposals.

Anne Durham supported the $447.5 million Allen ISD bond package, which included various renovations, safety improvements and new technology. She said public schools should be better funded.

However, Richard said he doesn’t understand some of the costs associated with Proposition A, which includes vehicle maintenance, HVAC and electrical repairs and foundation work.

“I’ve never heard of a school system that had to do a bond referendum for what’s considered routine maintenance or facility maintenance,” Richard Durham said.

Early voters did not want to raise Frisco ISD’s maintenance and operations tax rate by $0.0294, which would bring the total rate to $1.0569 per $100 of assessed property valuation.

When calculated with average property assessments in the Central Collin Appraisal District, an analysis by The Dallas Morning News shows the annual increase for a homeowner would be about $155. The average homeowner in Denton County would pay about $145 more in property taxes each year.

Frisco Schools Superintendent Mike Waldrip said the district is facing rising costs amid inflation as the district’s student population has grown. The tax rate increase was “the only thing that’s available” to the district to generate additional revenue, Waldrip said.

Most of the taxes would generate about $11 million to fund competitive teacher salaries, school officials said. Earlier this year, Frisco school administrators passed a $30.8 million deficit budget to fund 3 percent pay raises for teachers.

“We, like every other school district in the state, are struggling to stay competitive with our peers in terms of teacher pay,” Waldrip said in October.

Early voters in Frisco ISD rejected three bond proposals, the largest of which — Proposition B — was a $986 million request for district-wide campus upgrades, including a replacement campus for Staley Middle School. Officials want to repurpose the current building for special education programs.

Most of Proposition B would be spent on upgrades to 20 campuses that are at least 25 years old, as well as HVAC and plumbing improvements in the district.

School officials sought $11.2 million to fund a new tennis center. According to early voting results, that bond measure received the least support of the proposals.

Texas voters have been more reluctant in recent years to approve millions for non-academic proposals such as athletic facilities.

Allen School officials asked voters to approve bond proposals for school and athletic improvements, as well as major repairs to foundations, roofs and more. The bonds will not result in a tax increase, according to the district.

The package includes $419 million for improvements to two middle school campuses, four elementary schools and one toddler school campus.

Unofficial early voting results showed Collin County voters supported campus improvements and about $23 million in technology improvements.

However, money for athletics — including a new indoor practice space for students as well as new running tracks at Curtis Middle School and the Lowery Freshman Center — was behind, according to early voting numbers.