Education
BY SHELBIE HAMILTON & ALEX REECE
Prosper ISD to add 8th middle school in Celina Prosper ISD’s eighth middle school is on track to open in 2026 as Celina officials rezone a corner of city land to allow public school facilities. In a nutshell Celina City Council members rezoned 46 acres made up of both city and county land to allow community facilities, which includes schools, during an Aug. 13 meeting. The 46 acres is already owned by PISD and is made up of: • 11 acres from Celina’s extraterritorial jurisdiction • 35 acres inside Celina city limits zoned as agricultural district, or AG Land zoned as AG in Celina is restricted to single-family residential homes and ranching, according to Celina’s City Charter. Rezoning it under one use, community facilities, brings in all
Collin College to offer 4-year degree paths A new initiative from Collin College will allow students the opportunity to obtain a degree from a four-year university without leaving Collin County. Collin College is partnering with Texas State University and The University of Texas at Dallas to create the Collin College Academic Alliance. The details The program allows students to earn an associate degree and then continue to take courses at Collin College that will earn them a bachelor’s degree from either UT Dallas or Texas State University. Participants could see a savings of about $20,000 on educa- tional costs. The program will begin in the spring semester of 2025.
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46 acres as a single district. Under state law, PISD officials could have built the school on the land regardless of the city’s decision to rezone it, said Dusty McAfee, Celina’s director of development services. What they’re saying No residents chose to speak on the item but city staff did provide an update on traffic concerns. “Ultimately, our engineering department will require a traffic study of some sort when the plans come through,” Celina Planning Director Madhuri Mohan said.
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