Frisco | May 2025

Education

BY HANNAH JOHNSON

FISD pauses on closing Staley Middle School The future of Frisco ISD’s Staley Middle School is unknown as district leaders seek a second opinion from demographers. The district’s board of trustees discussed the campus closure April 14 during a regular board meeting. The board is expected to reconsider the school’s closure again in June. The outlook The demographer report is anticipated to cost $55,000, which would be covered under contingency funds for unexpected expenses, said Kimberly Smith, FISD’s chief nance and strategy o cer. District ocials have outlined two potential timelines for closing the middle school campus. If closed after the 2024-25 school year, then all Staley Middle School students will be moved to surrounding schools—Hunt, Trent and Grin

Frisco ISD receives ‘A’ accountability rating Frisco ISD received an “A” rating for accountability from the Texas Education Agency for the 2022-23 school year. The ratings were released April 24 after a two-year delay from a lawsuit involving more than 50 districts, including Frisco ISD as well as local districts Prosper and McKinney ISDs. “Accountability is important, we want to ensure our students are learning and growing, and we take that responsibility seriously,” FISD Superintendent Mike Waldrip said in a district news release. “But our district and campuses are more than a letter grade.” In FISD, all campuses received an “A” or “B” campuses except for three, which received a “C” designation—Christie, Rogers and Shawnee Trail elementary schools.

"In a budget crunch time, when we’re looking for funds and everything counts, are we open to spending an additional $55,000 to be told the same information that we already know?"

KEITH MADDOX, BOARD MEMBER

middle schools. Another option would be closing the school after the 2025-26 school year. Incoming sixth grade students will attend Hunt, Trent and Grin middle schools. Current sixth and seventh graders will remain at Staley Middle in the 2025-26 school year for their seventh and eighth grade years, respectively. About half of Staley’s teachers have announced their intentions to transfer to another FISD campus or leave the district at the end of the 2024-25 school year, requiring the district to hire nearly half of the school’s sta.

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