McKinney | April 2024

Education

BY HANNAH JOHNSON

Fast growth in housing devel- opments within McKinney ISD has caused ocials to adjust attendance zones for the 2024-25 school year. The district’s board of trustees approved the adjustments March 25. The aected zones include moving students from: • Frazier Elementary School to Press Elementary School • Johnson Middle School to Cockrill Middle School • McKinney Boyd High School to McKinney North High School How we got here Within MISD, there are 35 subdivisions being actively built and 25 future subdivisions, said Assistant Superintendent Dennis Womack. Other development within the district includes: • 3,100 lots available to build on • 3,900 lots with groundwork underway • 4,000 multifamily units under construction The district is forecast to reach about 27,600 students in the next 10 years, according to district data. MISD adjusts school zones for future growth

"We’re really looking at those future homes and the next set of enrollments that will come in."

DENNIS WOMACK, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT

OF BUSINESS, OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

Diving in deeper If attendance boundaries stayed the same, then Frazier Elemen- tary would have 978 students in the 2024-25 school year. Johnson Middle would reach over 1,500 students in the next ve years if the zones were not adjusted, according to the presentation. What parents should know MISD is allowing students in the rezoning area to have a grandfather option to stay at their current campus as a transfer student. Younger siblings may also be grandfathered at the school if the sibling is attending during the same school year, then remain grandfathered until a new rezoning is implemented or the family vacates the residence. Parents and guardians of a student that utilizes the grand- father option are responsible for providing transportation to and from campus.

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District ocials amend vaping policy days in the district’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program after direction from a Texas bill. The cause Under the state law, placements

Consequences for students who have their rst oense of e-ciga- rette use will now be made on a case-by-base basis, according to a March 1 special meeting. This will only apply to e-cigarette oenses that did not involve THC or other controlled substances. McKinney ISD’s policy previ- ously required all students caught with a vaping device to spend 15

in the district’s DAEP for e-cig- arette oenses have increased 1,075% from the 2022-23 school year to 2023-24, according to district data.

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