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nearly 12% when comparing 2018 to 2023, according to district data. When FISD’s board approved its more than $943 million budget June 20, it included $1.3 million speci- cally for new teaching positions as the district continues to grow. Setting aside money for new teachers is the “next big thing” behind raises in the district’s

budget, Chief Finance Ocer Kim- berly Smith said. Budget discussions also centered around retention, one of the board’s top priorities going into the new school year, as additional raises and benets were approved alongside the funds for the new teachers. “Those are all things that would CONTINUED ON 32

With Intermediate School and Wilkinson Middle School opening for the 2023-24 school year, Frisco ISD ocials said they knew having the right teachers was vital to continued success in navigating the district’s expansion. Wortham In the past ve years, FISD’s stu- dent population has increased by

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FROM SAMANTHA: August is here, and that means it’s time for back to school. As many students return to the classroom, we take a look at our local public schools with our annual Education Edition. Inside you will find a story by Reporter Alex Reece about how Frisco ISD continues to grow, and with that growth comes more staff and schools (Page 32). You can also read about Prosper ISD’s latest discussions on a bond proposal (Page 26). Samantha Douty, EDITOR

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NOW OPEN 1 Birdcall ocially opened its new Fris- co location at 5350 Preston Road on July 10, according to a news release from the Colorado-based brand. Diners can now enjoy sandwiches such as crispy chicken, grilled chicken, plant-based patties with cheese, pickles, hot sauce and other top- pings. Bualo chicken or Caesar salads, chicken tenders and nuggets, fries, tater tots, hand-spun milkshakes and breakfast chicken sandwiches are also available, according to Birdcall’s website. 325-229-5551. www.eatbirdcall.com 2 Natural Life celebrated the grand opening of its 7151 Preston Road, Ste. 111A, space July 8. The health and well- ness company oers customers a wide range of cannabidiol, or CBD, products for pain relief, relaxation, focus, clarity and energy, according to its website. The holistic options at Natural Life help people have an outlet to get away from “pharmaceutical life” toward a more nat- ural lifestyle, Manager Matthew Wilson said. Customers can also purchase CBD products for their dogs such as treats, peanut butter, tinctures and balms. Nat- ural Life also sells tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, products ranging from syrups to edibles and tablets. Mushroom-based foods and drinks and Kava drinks are also

nally opened in late April and oers early education services for children 6 weeks to 5 years old, according to its website. Chil- dren enrolled at The Learning Experience are taken through dierent enrichment programs and early education programs based on their age group. For example, in- fants are helped with motor skills such as leg movement and hand-eye coordination while kindergartners are taken through foreign language programs, manners and etiquette and physical tness, according to the center’s website. 972-292-9486. www.thelearningexperience.com/ center/frisco 4 Freaky Taco opened July 6 in Frisco and oers dine-in and carryout options. The restaurant, located at 6377 Custer Road, serves traditional tacos with a twist, according to a company spokes- person. Popular avors include Korean barbecue, tandoori chicken and Baja sh. In addition, Freaky Taco also oers vege- tarian and vegan options. 469-342-6389. www.freakytaco.com 5 Inspire Physical Therapy and Wellness opened its 6136 Frisco Square Blvd. Ste. 400, Frisco, space July 11. The physical therapy practice specializes in orthope- dic and pelvic oor physical therapy for both men and women, according to its website. Telehealth services, therapeutic Pilates and laser therapy are also available. Inspire Physical Therapy and Wellness patients can expect to receive holistic care as physical therapists work to get them back to living “pain free,” co-own- er Julie Henderson said. 817-912-1420. www.inspireptandwellness.com

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6 The Tutoring Center celebrated a soft opening of its new 8745 Gary Burns Drive, Ste. 120, space July 16. An ocial grand opening took place Aug. 1. The center oers after school tutoring for grades K-12 and help students with reading, math, writing and Advanced Placement courses. The “one-to-one” instruction at The Tutoring Center also oers instruction for students who are home-schooled, according to its website. 469-731-1004. www.tutoringcenter.com/ center/FriscoTX COMING SOON 7 X-Golf in Frisco is set to open in November, according to a company spokesperson. The entertainment venue, located at 5977 Preston Road, Building 1, Ste. 400, is a golf simulator with a full bar and restaurant. www.playxgolf.com 8 Wetzel’s Pretzels is coming to Frisco. The pretzel chain will open in a space at Stonebriar Centre at 2601 Preston Road. Mall shoppers can expect the restaurant to open in November, according to a com- pany representative. Wetzel’s Pretzels serves a variety of soft pretzels, dips, Wetzel Dogs and other snacks. www.wetzels.com FEATURED IMPACT NOW OPEN Basketball drills meet advanced technology in Sports City USA. Shoot 360 opened a Frisco location inside an existing FieldhouseUSA complex at 6155 Sports Village Road, Ste. 1100, on July 1. The new location replaces Shoot 360’s complex in Lewisville, which closed June 4. For a monthly fee, Shoot 360 members use programmed training sequences to work on skills that include ball handling, dribbling, passing and shooting, according to Shoot 360’s website. The customizable programs bring “the future of basketball” by

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CLOSINGS 9 Bubba’s Cooks Country closed its Frisco location July 17, according to the company’s social media. The restaurant, located at 4585 Preston Road, closed because it was unable to meet sales and protability goals. Bubba’s Cooks Coun- try served breakfast, lunch and dinner options and still has a location in High- land Park near the Southern Methodist campus. 214-373-6527 (Highland Park). www.bubbascookscountry.com 10 Ho’s Steaks and Steins closed in June. The restaurant was located at 5454 Main St., Ste. 123, and it rst opened in August 2021. It had a menu that blended German and Texas avors.

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AUGUST 12 ATTEND A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY Participate in Frisco’s Community Awareness Night by holding or visiting a block party with your neighbors. Community Awareness Night is an annual local version of National Night Out. All day. Free. 972-292-6144. www.friscotexas.gov/291/Frisco-CAN 12 GO STARGAZING Spend an evening at the monthly star party hosted by the Texas Astronomical Society. Telescopes are provided by the TAS. Star party begins 30 minutes after sunset. Free. Frisco Commons Park, 8000 McKinney Road, Frisco. 214-800-6000. www.visitfrisco.com/ event/frisco-starfest/62 12 RELAX AT BRUNCH Visit The Revel Patio Grill for a relaxing Saturday afternoon brunch with an acoustic performance from Tim George. 1-4 p.m. Free admission, moderately priced menu. The Revel Patio Grill, 9305 Preston Road, Frisco. 469-384-7700. www.revelpatiogrill.com

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Meet other fans of Genshin Impact at the Windblume fan celebration. Dress as your favorite characters, meet voice actors and other fans of the game, attend panels, and more. Doors open at 3 p.m. $25-$55. 7600 John Q Hammons Drive, Frisco. 972-712-7200. bit.ly/47gz1XJ (Courtesy Visit Frisco)

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CATCH AN FC DALLAS MATCH TOYOTA STADIUM

Head to Toyota Stadium to see a soccer game against Austin FC. Be sure to stick around after the game for a Star Wars night post-match drone show. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $30. Toyota Stadium, 9200 World Cup Way, Frisco. 214-705-6700. www.fcdallastickets.com (Courtesy FC Dallas)

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12 ROLL WITH THE COUNCIL Take a bike ride with members of the Frisco City Council and talk about the community while biking through parks and roads. 10 a.m. Free. Starwood Trail, 6551 Starwood Drive, Frisco. www.friscotexas.gov 18 CHECK OUT A NEW EXHIBIT Frisco Heritage Museum is celebrating the opening of its newest exhibit, Woven Together. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Frisco Heritage Museum, 6455 Page Street, Frisco. 972-292-5665. ht tps://bit.ly/3O Rlg 26 SPEND THE NIGHT LAUGHING “Aria Laughing?” is a comedy concert featuring music Mozart, Oenbach, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Broadway sung by the Dallas Classical Singers. 7:30 p.m. $15. Frisco Discovery Center, 8004 Dallas Parkway, Frisco. bit.ly/3OFc9Kw 26 BATTLE IT OUT AT NERF WAR Ninja Nation is hosting a Nerf War for all ages with games such as capture the ag, freeze tag, alien invasion, Nerf Quidditch and more. Coaches will lead the games, and Nerf guns will be provided. 6-8 p.m. $30. Ninja Nation, 7140 Dena Drive, Frisco. www.allevents.in/frisco/nerf-wars

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Disc golf is taking over the Frisco Rough Riders’ stadium. Discmania is presenting the event, featuring a 12- hole course, a competition area and accuracy competition. Cash prizes, backpacks and Ace Pins will be given to the winners. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. $15-$50. Riders Field, 7300 Rough Riders Trail, Frisco. 469-400-4125.

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Reach nirvana with two-legged friends and meet some new four-legged ones at a goat yoga class at Frisco Fresh Market. Goat yoga, also known as “goga,” is just like a typical yoga class but with goats. Bring your own yoga mat, and enjoy photo opportunities with the goats. 9 a.m. $20-$32. 9215 John W. Elliott Drive, Frisco. www.friscofreshmarket.com (Courtesy Goat Yoga DFW)

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• The timeline for building out the 16.5 acres of open space • The materials for fences installed near the townhomes Representatives from developer JVP Management and architecture rm Torti Gallas + Partners as well as city sta were able to work out the nal two items during the meeting. The background Plans for Wade Park ultimately fell through due to nancial issues, leav- ing behind empty space and a large hole where an underground parking garage was never nished. “One of the rst things people talk to me about when they hear I’m on the planning and zoning commission is they say, ‘What are you doing with the giant hole?’” Commissioner Jake Petras said. “This is the rst opportu- nity we’ve had to look at that.”

Frisco Planning and Zoning Commission members tabled plans for The Mix planned development during their July 25 meeting, stating there were still some details the project applicant needed to nish negotiating before commissioners could vote. The Mix is a 128.8-acre planned development designed to ocially replace Wade Park, a failed planned development approved for the space in 2015. The conditions A meeting presentation highlighted ve items in which the applicant’s proposals and sta recommendations did not align. • The timeline for building residen- tial, oce and retail space • The Class A oce building’s height • The designated Tollway District’s minimum building height

The Mix is a 128.8-acre planned development just east of the Dallas North Tollway designed to replace Wade Park. (Rendering courtesy city of Frisco)

The details The Wade Park development was approved in 2015, meaning the area’s existing ordinance does not include more recent city policies regarding the number of multifamily units. Plans for Wade Park included 2,800 residential units, while The Mix is proposing 3,299 units, Senior Planner Jonathan Hubbard said. Other features of The Mix include a Whole Foods, an underground parking garage, more than 16 acres of open space and

multiple oce buildings. The Mix will also include hotels with residential spaces available above the 15th oor. What happens next? The commission will discuss The Mix again at an Aug. 22 meeting. “We want this project to move for- ward,” commission Chair Jon Kendall said. “There’s not a lot of people that can put together a legitimate $1.5 [billion]-$2 billion project.”

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numbers or other sensitive informa- tion, according to the announcement. Instead, the list published only included the following information: • Patient name, city, state and ZIP code • Patient email, telephone number, date of birth and gender • Patient service date, location and next appointment date Current situation: HCA Healthcare is the parent company for hundreds of hospitals and physician clinics including all Medical City Healthcare locations, of which there are 16 across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There is a Medical City location in Frisco. HCA Healthcare is also the parent organization for Carenow, which also has multiple clinics in the DFW area. HCA Healthcare has disabled user access to the storage location used in the data theft, according to the announcement. An investigation is underway, and no other “malicious activity” to HCA Healthcare networks and systems has been found, accord- ing to the announcement.

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The parent company to hundreds of hospitals and clinics, HCA Health- care Inc., announced July 10 approx- imately 11 million of its patients may have been the victim of a data leak. What’s happening?: Names, ZIP codes, phone numbers, email addresses and appointment dates were among the information stolen. The patient information seems to have been taken from an external stor- age location used for formatting email messages and appointment remind- ers, according to the announcement. An “unknown and unauthorized party” then published a list of 27 million rows of information to an online forum. As its original purpose was for emails, the list did not include any clinical information, such as treatments, diagnoses, credit card

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demand we have and we’re staying that way because the construction [is] staying on the conservative side.” Zooming in Only 2021 and 2022 have seen lower construction totals since Weitzman began monitoring the market in 1990. In 2021, construction dropped below one million square feet for the first time in DFW since 1990. The construction climate differs from the 1980s and 1990s when lots of homes and retail spaces were built, Pierce said. On the other hand Despite this, construction is expected to increase in Celina, Anna, Princeton and Prosper over the next decade. Each community has a rapid growing population and major retailers like H-E-B and Costco have purchased land for potential new stores coming to these communities. The report highlighted several new retail projects expected to be delivered in 2023 or later including: • H-E-B McKinney, 8700 Eldorado Parkway

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• Target, corner of Hwy. 380 and Preston Road, Prosper • H-E-B Frisco (second store), corner of Hwy. 380 and FM 423 • Costco Prosper, corner of Hwy. 380 and FM 1385 • Costco Celina, corner of Ownsby Parkway and Preston Road Also of note Closures of Bed Bath & Beyond and Tuesday Morning locations across the area will open up more than 500,000 square feet of retail space. The space will represent less than 0.5% of the

market’s retail inventory and outlook for backfilling those spaces is high due to retail demand. “New tenancy for existing retail centers is occurring throughout DFW in 2023, far outpacing the closings and enabling the market to maintain its record-high occupancy,” the report stated. The report highlighted several new leases in existing space including: • Barnes & Noble, 6101 Long Prairie Road, Flower Mound • Meow Wolf, 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Ste. 253, Grapevine.

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Updated parking ordinance to hit downtown Frisco FRISCO The Original Town District will soon see new parking condi- tions to meet the area’s “intensive development,” officials said. Frisco City Council members approved an amendment to a city ordinance to adjust a mandated reduction in parking spaces for downtown businesses on Aug. 1. The mandated parking reduc- tion amendment drops the 50% reduction to 30% for any expanding or new retail spaces, according to meeting documents. It also excludes outdoor seating and restaurants from the reduction as city officials look to incentivize more outdoor spaces downtown. An incoming parking garage is expected to ease some parking concerns downtown, Mayor Jeff Cheney said. which is slightly lower than the current $0.446600 rate. Frisco residents will also see higher utility rates from the North Texas Municipal Water District, Woodard said. Frisco residents can attend the city’s public hearings for its fiscal year 2023-24 budget on Aug. 15 or Sept. 5 . Current tax rate: $0.4466 Proposed tax rate: $0.432205 SOURCE: CITY OF FRISCO/COMMUNITY IMPACT BUDGET DISCUSSION

HIGHLIGHTS FRISCO The Frisco Police Department is getting some new equipment. City Council members approved two contracts—one for video equipment, and one for annual computer software and records maintenance—for the police department during their Aug. 1 meeting totaling $789,178. The first contract was for three years and $600,000 of annual maintenance and support for the department’s various public safety systems. The second contract was for $189,178 to outfit the department’s new traffic, detention and animal services vehicles. The money comes from the department’s 2023 operating budget. “BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE IN A HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION.” COUNCIL MEMBER BILL WOODARD ON FRISCO’S BUDGET Frisco City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 and Sept. 5 at City Council Chambers, George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd., Frisco. www.friscotexas.gov Collin County Commissioners Court meets at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14, 21 and 28 at Jack Hatchell Collin County Administration Building, 2300 Bloomdale Road, Ste. 2302, McKinney. www.collincountytx.gov Denton County Commissioners Court meets at 9 a.m. Aug. 15, 22 and 29 and Sept. 5 at Administrative Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Drive, Denton. www.dentoncounty.gov MEETINGS WE COVER

FRISCO Site plans for the roughly $265 million project have been approved, putting the new Baylor Scott & White Health center on track to open in two years. Planning and Zoning Commission members approved a site plan for the center during their July 25 meeting. Site plan details include two hospital buildings, one parking garage and one central utility plant split between two lots located on a 37.1-acre northeast corner of Dallas Parkway and PGA Parkway, accord- ing to meeting documents. Baylor Scott & White Health officials said this region is one of the fastest growing in the country, and they have been exploring how to keep pace with the area’s explosive growth for a number of months. Frisco City Council to discuss 2023-24 budget at hearings FRISCO Residents are invited to participate in a discussion regarding the city’s finances Aug. 15 and Sept. 5. Frisco City Council members approved a resolution Aug. 1 sched- uling two public hearings about the 2023-24 fiscal year budget for their upcoming 6:30 p.m. meetings.

What we know: A request to rezone the land for a hospital first appeared on the commission’s agenda in June 2022 and was later approved by City Council at a July 5, 2022, meeting. “Any time we can get expansion of medical uses in this capacity, it is always a big win for the citizens of Frisco and the region,” Mayor Jeff Cheney said in 2022. Stay tuned: A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation listing estimates the new facility will be completed by mid-2025.

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What you need to know: The two public hearings will both take place in council’s regular meeting chambers at the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center. Public hearings will also be held for the Frisco Economic Development Corp. and the Frisco Community Development Corp. budgets, accord- ing to meeting documents. Keep in mind: The new budget is expected to lower the city’s prop- erty tax rate, Council Member Bill Woodard said. The proposed tax rate is $0.432205,

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