McKinney | February 2025

Education

BY SAMANTHA DOUTY & HANNAH JOHNSON

The McKinney ISD board approved new start times for its campuses during a Jan. 21 meeting. The details MISD sta researched school start and end times in other districts and obtained feedback from MISD high school students, parents and sta, according to the board agenda. The new start times were made to meet the needs of students, sta, parents and transportation services, according to the agenda. Zooming out Two options were then brought to students and sta, said Shelly Spaulding, MISD’s assistant super- intendent of public relations and communications, during the Jan. 21 meeting. Most preferred option one, which was approved by the board. This option only required minor adjustments as opposed to option two, which overhauled the start times. The option approved by the board also added 10 minutes to the start day for high school students. This will allow students and sta to have early release days during McKinney ISD changes school start times

School times The schools times for the 2025-26 school year are now: • Elementary schools:

• Middle schools: • High schools: 7:20 a.m.-2:40 p.m. 8:50 a.m.-4 p.m. 8:10 a.m.-3:20 p.m.

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nal exams, Spaulding said. The survey, which supported the approval, showed: • 85.9% of the 2,894 students who responded preferred option 1 • 66% of the 5,505 parents who responded preferred option 1 • 63.5% of the 1,484 sta who responded preferred option 1 Option two, which was not selected, included: • Elementary school: 8:40 a.m.-4 p.m. • Middle school: 8:10 a.m.-3:20 p.m. • High school: 7:30 a.m.-2:40 p.m. Looking back The start times were previously: • Elementary school: 8 a.m.-3:10 p.m. • Middle school: 8:45 a.m.-3:55 p.m. • High school: 7:30 a.m.-2:40 p.m.

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McKinney ISD Superintendent Shawn Pratt’s contract has been extended for another year. The district’s board of trustees approved the extension through 2028 during a Jan. 21 meeting. Pratt was appointed superinten- dent in March 2023. What happened The board met in closed session

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