Frisco | January 2024

Education

BY HANNAH JOHNSON

Arts center to start moving dirt in March

The backstory

In 2021, the district, the city of Frisco and developer Hall Group entered into a partnership to build a joint performing arts center at the Hall Park oce park. However, in August 2022 the city and the school district announced they were parting ways and canceling the joint project plans. The school board awarded architectural and engineering services to Corgan Architects in November 2022. At FISD, tens of thousands students participate in ne arts, according to district data.

All elementary students receive instruction in music and visual art

51% of high school students participate in ne arts programs

Frisco ISD ocials have previewed the rst renderings of a new visual and performing arts center for the district, which will start construction in March. The district’s board of trustees were presented the project details during a Dec. 11 board meeting by representatives of Corgan Architects. “This facility is a legacy of support that will forever remain in the hearts and minds of ne arts students and teachers in this district,” Fine Arts’ Managing Director Preston Hazzard said in the meeting. District voters approved a $691 million bond package in November 2018, with $43 million of that designated for a ne arts facility that includes an auditorium and gallery space.

78% of middle school students are involved in ne arts instruction

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The details

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Bobby Lajoie, a representative with Corgan, said the center will feature about 1,200 seats with upper balcony seating, two multipurpose labs, ne arts oce suites, art exhibit gallery and back of house support spaces.

Construction on the project is expected to begin in March 2024 with the facility opening in the rst quarter of 2026, the presentation states. The facility will be located at the corner of Legendary Drive and Stockard Drive near Hunt Middle School, said Nathan Huette, a representative from Corgan. “I look forward to having ... a larger space where we don’t have to sell out [shows] so quickly and more people have the opportunity to see the amazing things happening in Frisco ISD’s ne arts,” board President Dynette Davis said.

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