The Beaumont School District may not be growing as fast as previously estimated... leaving some to wonder whether a bond proposal should be scaled back.

For the first time in four months... a community advisory bond committee met to review a $443 million dollar proposal they left incomplete in March.

The proposal's price tag is one of the few things that remained untouched over the past four months, but plans for South Park Middle School, a possible lack of future growth and how to package the proposal for trustees are all new issues the committee will have to think about over the next week.

Consultants told the district more about the stability of the structure of South Park Middle School and again recommended to replace the school rather than renovate it. Another report presented to the committee shows less future growth in the district than previously planned for when piecing together the bond proposal... raising questions as to whether the plans in place would be over building.

Several members then started expressing concern about presenting the proposal as a 'whole' to voters rather than presenting it in 'pieces'. But others say the committee has always planned to propose a full package ... and to do otherwise could prevent the projects from being completed on time. Still many members say they're optimistic about having plans ready in time for November.

Consultant to the committee, Arnold Oates said, "There's a lot of new things happening in Beaumont and it's exciting and what Beaumont needs to do is step up as a district and provide the housing and the schools that will accommodate moving to Beaumont."

Committee member Paul Jones said, "I think the big issue here to me is getting out into the community and educating the community about what the needs area and what this committee is recommending."

The community advisory bond committee will meet again next Monday, hoping to finalize a bond proposal for trustees to consider putting on the November ballot.