Frisco | February 2023

EDUCATION BRIEFS

News from Frisco ISD, Lewisville ISD, The University of North Texas & Collin College

HIGHLIGHTS COLLIN COLLEGE The college is oering a FastTrack session this spring, which allows students to start classes during several dates in February and March, according to a news release. In this program, students can select classes ranging from art to speech while receiving a spring break in March. Students will be granted access to all regular services. Information about the program can be found at www.collin.edu/academics/fasttrack. LEWISVILLE ISD The district’s board of trustees approved a new career and technology education course for high school students Jan. 9. The Introduction to Film Interpretation of Weldments course will be added to the district’s welding programs in the 2023-24 school year. It will be combined with Introduction to Welding and will replace Welding I to give students the opportunity to complete the program, according to the agenda item. Frisco ISD board of trustees meets March 6 at 6:30 p.m. 5515 Ohio Drive, Frisco 469-633-6000. www.friscoisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER

District trustees approve academic calendar for 202324

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BY MIRANDA JAIMES

Filling hearts with hope for over 20 years. Expert, caring, and fun ABA therapy is our labor of love for children with autism and their families. Thanksgiving break will still be a week long during Nov. 20-24. Frisco ISD will start its winter break Dec. 22, and classes will resume Jan. 9. FRISCO ISD The district’s board of trustees approved the academic calendar for the 2023-24 school year at its Jan. 17 meeting after oering an opportunity for community feedback in December. The survey was a new tool added to this year’s calendar-planning process, joining a collaboration initiative Frisco ISD sta started earlier in the 2022-23 school year. For the 2023-24 school year, the rst day of classes is set to be Aug. 9, and the last day of classes will be May 17. There will be 170 instructional days in the school year with 87 in the rst semester and 83 in the second semes- ter. The district will excuse absences for all religious holidays.

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University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk cuts the ribbon to open the new Frisco Landing campus. (Alex Reece/Community Impact)

UNT ocials unveil Frisco Landing campus

BY ALEX REECE

very long time,” Frisco Mayor Je Cheney said at the event. The four-story building holds 29 classrooms and 69 “huddle rooms,” or smaller meeting rooms for students, according to UNT sta. “I just want to congratulate everyone that had a part in today, from the leadership team, certainly for the UNT team for believing in our community as a place that you put your roots down,” Cheney told attendees. “And we’re just getting started.”

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS The Frisco campus of the University of North Texas is now hosting classes. UNT ocials invited university and city leadership to the Frisco Landing campus Jan. 12 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony before more than 2,000 students began classes Jan. 17. “Having a university like UNT Frisco in our community has been a dream of this community for a

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