SAN MARCOS CISD
The impact of inflation has finally found its way into the classroom. At a special called meeting, the San Marcos CISD school board voted to approve a raise in tuition for their 2025-2026 prekindergarten program. This is the first raise in tuition since the program was founded.
The current enrollment cost for the Bonham pre-k program is $3,900 a year per student. The cost of expenditures to run the program is around $190,000. The increase requested would take the tuition rate to $6,500. The pre-k facilitator proposed to add a one time registration fee of $50. One of the reasons for the price increase is that it would make the program fully funded just by tuition in a time of uncertain funds for education on a state and federal level. The program usually has 30-35 tuition paying students enrolled and would need to have 35 students to meet the operations costs. SMCISD Board President Anne Halsey asked what the outreach plan was for enrollment since numbers have been down this year. The pre-k team explained they have a flyer plan, and Halsey asked that those flyers be shared with elementary school students and an e-blast to all students who might have younger siblings in need of prekindergarten education. The pre-k team is working on commissioning a video advertisement as well since enrollment opened on April 7. Some of the program’s perks they wish to advertise is that there is certified teachers, high quality instructional materials and a partnership with Texas State University.
