Education
BY HANNAH JOHNSON
Frisco ISD to open enrollment to out-of-district students
Frisco ISD is opening up some of its campuses for students who live outside the district—an ini- tiative that could generate about $6.75 million in revenue. Access Frisco will allow kindergarten through seventh grade students from surrounding areas to attend Frisco ISD schools starting in the 2025-26 school year. Opening campuses up for outside enrollment will help fill classrooms with low enrollment. The district has about 900 open seats available across all the campuses in the kindergarten through seventh grade window, said Albert Leal, FISD’s managing director of student services. Open campuses were selected based on
Application deadline Frisco ISD will have two application windows for the program. Applications received by the priority deadline will be entered into a lottery pool.
Dec. 16 Jan. 10 Priority applications Jan. 24 Regular applications Jan. 14
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About the project The center will open with 90,000 square feet built out and 30,000 square feet reserved for future program expansion. Established health science programs—including RN nursing, diagnostic medical sonography and physical therapy assis- tance—will be expanded in the new facility. The facility will also create spaces for new programs, said Mark Smith, provost of the Collin College McKinney campus. expanding the grade levels for the program in future years. Opening enrollment is a growing trend, Leal said, with 12 neighboring districts offering open enrollment in some way, including Plano, Dallas, Coppell and Lewisville ISDs. The new students will fill spaces in schools that are under capacity. The program is designed to use the staffing that is in place and not require additional staff, said Esther Kolni, FISD’s general counsel. The district will consider expanding the grade levels for the program in future years, Leal said.
their capacity. The approach
A new 120,000-square-foot health sciences center will open at Collin College’s Frisco campus. The project is estimated to cost approximately $70 million and is expected to open in spring 2027. Collin College to expand health science program Students in the program will be required to reapply every year. This allows the district to determine if they are still eligible for the program and meet the dis- trict’s academic, behavioral and attendance standards. Students can be removed from the program if they do not meet the eligibility requirements. The district will consider
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