District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Paint Creek ISD is a single PK-12 school near Haskell with about 100 students. A seven-member elected Board of Trustees sets the budget and tax rate and hires the superintendent, Kevin White. Like other Texas districts it is funded by local property taxes plus state aid, and it pays the state for attendance credits (recapture) when local property wealth is high. Taxable value rose from about $276 million to $574 million for 2026, mostly from new property.
$0.8128 per $100 for 2026-27: $0.6128 operations plus $0.20 debt, down from $0.8692.
$8.43 million outstanding; the board taxes for debt at twice the required rate to pay it off faster.
Estimated $4.05 million operating fund balance and $0.96 million debt fund balance.
Trustees Dana Pendergraft (president), Sherrie Raughton (vice president), J.D. Harrell (secretary), Heather Waters, Keith Medford, Jerry Scheets and Summer Reel.
The overall tax rate went down, and nearly every vote in the year was unanimous.
The board approved bids for a new septic system and an ag truck and trailer in November 2025 and allowed unspent Series 2025 bond money to be used for other purposes. Superintendent reports since then cover housing construction and bond funds.
Series 2025 bonds (amounts not posted)
October 2026 agenda item to buy about 10 acres at $5,000 an acre plus fees, with a resolution of intent to reimburse spending.
Not stated (estimate: 10 acres x $5,000)
Paint Creek ISD
The board called a November 3, 2026 trustee election in June, then cancelled it on August 24 because all candidates were unopposed. Declared elected: Sherrie Raughton and Summer Reel (2-year terms); Mary Medford, James (J.D.) Harrell, Dana Pendergraft and Jerry Scheets (4-year terms).
Official source · verified Oct 29, 2026
Built from Paint Creek ISD Board of Trustees agendas, minutes and election and tax notices from November 2025 to October 2026, posted on paintcreek.esc14.net.
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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