Richardson City Council meets Feb. 28 and March 7, 14 and 21 at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 411 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson. www.cor.net. Richardson ISD board of trustees meets March 7 at 6 p.m. at the RISD Administration Building, 400 S. Greenville Ave., Richardson. www.risd.org Plano ISD board of trustees meets at 6 p.m. March 1 and 22 at the PISD Administration Center, 2700 W. 15th St., Plano. 469-752-8100. www.pisd.edu MEETINGSWE COVER HIGHLIGHTS RICHARDSON City Council voted unanimously Jan. 24 to rezone 16.4 acres of undeveloped land from industrial to planned development to allow for the construction of a 590-unit mixed- residential community. The plan will include townhomes, live- work units, independent living facilities and apartments on the northeast corner of North Glenville Drive and East Lookout Drive. RICHARDSON Tickets for the city’s Wild ower Arts & Music Festival went on sale Feb. 15. The Wild ower Festival is scheduled for May 20-22 at Galatyn Park Urban Center, which is located just north of Galatyn Parkway on the east side of US 75. This year will be the rst Wild ower Festival held in-person since 2019 after the city held virtual concerts in 2020 and 2021. RiCHARDSON ISD The district’s board of trustees reviewed community feedback on two draft calendar options for the 2022-23 school year during its Feb. 15 meeting. Interim Superintendent Tabitha Branum said the district was thrilled with the response from the community. The district received more than 4,200 community responses, she said. RISD expects to adopt a calendar during the board’s March 7 meeting.
Cityproposes amending senior taxexemption
BY JACKSON KING
RICHARDSON Sta proposed amending Richardson’s senior tax exemption during a City Council work session Jan. 31. The exemption for people who are over age 65 and/or disabled is used by the city to alleviate some of the property tax burden by o ering a tax break of about 30% of the average value of a senior’s home in the city. Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker said he prefers the city’s use of tax bene ts to aid seniors over the tax freeze option used by other cities. City Manager Dan Johnson said the exemption allows the city to be exible in case it is needed. The potential increase in the exemption must be approved before July 1, 2022, to be e ective for scal year 2022-23. • It is set to be discussed by council at its Feb. 28 meeting. • It proposes $31 would be cut from participants’ tax bills. SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION CURRENT EXEMPTION PROPOSED EXEMPTION
The Plano ISD board of trustees accepted a letter of retirement from Superintendent Sara Bonser, center, on Jan. 27. (William C. Wadsack/Community Impact Newspaper)
Plano ISD to do internal search for next school district superintendent
BY WILLIAM C. WADSACK
The board then voted to post the position of superintendent for an internal search for candidates. PISD’s district leadership team also includes Theresa Williams, the deputy superintendent and chief operating o cer, and ve assistant superintendents. “I’m proud that I served alongside the most hardworking, brilliant and committed sta in this state, region [and] country,” Bonser said.
PLANO ISD The board of trustees unanimously voted to accept Superintendent Sara Bonser’s letter of retirement and begin an inter- nal search of the district for her replacement Jan. 27. Several board members said Bon- ser’s retirement was being accepted “with great reluctance,” but understood her decision. Bonser said her older sister was diagnosed with liver cancer last year.
Richardson ISDanalyzes reading curriculum RICHARDSON ISD The board of trustees analyzed the district’s reading curriculum at the Feb. 15 meeting. BY JACKSON KING districtwide. These updates were adopted to better re ect standards established by the state.
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Lindsay Mikulas, RISD’s director of reading and language arts, said the major goal of the district is to develop all students into accom- plished readers and writers.
Over the past two years, RISD has updated its teaching standards and focus for reading and language arts
SOURCE: CITY OF RICHARDSON COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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