Plano | May 2026

Government

BY PATRICIA ORTIZ

Plano commission OKs AT&T antenna

Plano Rides transit service launches Plano residents will now have access to the city’s latest transportation service, Via. The service will be free until June 4. The gist Via will provide an initial six-month service to operate up to a 1.5-mile buer past city boundaries, according to city documents. One Via program will be for residents 65 and older, while the second program will have xed routes within Legacy West. The 65+ program launched May 4 with operations from 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. , Plano Director of Neighborhood Services Curtis Howard said. The Legacy West program will have two routes circulating The Shops at Legacy, Legacy West and nearby corporate campuses. Howard said it does not have a start date yet.

Police training center rebuild advances Plano City Council approved a $5.6 million design contract with Dallas based Brinkley Sargent and Wiginton Architects, Inc. for a police training center rebuild at a meeting May 11. The gist The city is interested in adding additional space to the center and the rebuild will include an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, or EVOC concrete pad, EVOC class- room, tactical training facility and an indoor 25-lane ring range per city documents. Plano voters approved a rebuild for the city’s police training during the May 2025 bond election, per previous reporting. Plano’s Planning and Zoning commission unani- mously approved setbacks and property boundaries for a new 280-foot antenna sculpture for the AT&T headquarters coming to Plano at a meeting May 4. The details The new sculpture will be at the southeast corner of Parkwood Boulevard and Legacy Drive with the possibility of a stealth commercial antenna at any height within the structure, per city documents, as part of a public plaza with hike and bike trails. Plano Senior Planner John Kim said ashing, strobing, rotating and chasing light eects from the tower will be prohibited between 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Plano City Council approved two economic development agreements Feb. 23 to provide $20 million in nancial incentives for AT&T to establish the company’s global headquarters in the Legacy District.

The antenna sculpture along Parkwood Boulevard and Legacy Drive is estimated to be up to 280 feet tall.

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Summer school zones, new school zones established

sessions for Plano ISD and Frisco ISD schools within city limits can vary each year, according to city documents. City sta also found unmarked pedestrian crossings used by Otto and Fowler Middle School students, per city documents. The crossings have seen an increase in student usage after attendance boundary and bus service changes from Plano and Frisco ISDs.

Plano ocials unanimously approved new school zones for 2026 summer school sessions and two new permanent school zones impacting Otto and Fowler middle schools. The new zones were approved at an April 13 City Council meeting. The gist School zones for the summer change from year to year because the locations of summer school

Elementary schools 1 Riddle May 27-June 24 from 7:15-8 a.m. and 3-3:45 p.m. 2 Christie 3 Meadows June 1-25: 8-8:45 a.m. and 2:55-3:40 p.m. Summer school zones

Middle schools 7 Hendrick 8 Rice 9 Robinson June 1-18 from 8-8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.-12 p.m. 10 Bowman July 6-17 from 8:30-9:15 a.m. and 3:30-4:15 p.m. High schools 11 Clark June 1-23 from 7:15-8 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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4 Da ron 5 Jackson 6 Mendenhall July 6-17 from 7:15-8 a.m. and 2:15-3 p.m.

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