McKinney | October 2025

Education

BY SHELBIE HAMILTON

Collegiate academy coming in 2026

said Javetta Jones Roberson, the district’s coordinator of Advanced Academics and Collegiate Partnerships. The creation of a collegiate academy within McKinney ISD was sparked when a district visioning committee was researching opportunities to create additional pathways to pro- mote college and career readiness. Diving in deeper The rst year of the Collegiate Academy of McKinney, or the CAM, will be open to rising ninth grade students, and will be expanded up one grade level each year until the 2029-30 school year when all grade levels are included. The CAM cohort will include 150 students per grade level, district ocials said. The application period for the 2026-27 school year will be open to rising ninth grade students beginning Dec. 8.

McKinney ISD ocials will launch a collegiate academy in the 2026-27 school year, which will give participating students the opportunity to graduate with college credit in addition to a diploma. Information on the program was presented at a Sept. 15 school board meeting. The program will be oered in partnership with Collin College. “This innovative program will give our students an outstanding opportunity to graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree,” McKinney ISD Superintendent Shawn Pratt said in an emailed statement. The specics A collegiate academy is a specialized high school program that enables students to earn a high school diploma and an associate degree, or at least 60 college credit hours, concurrently,

"We are committed to creating high-quality programs that expand opportunities for our students, and the collegiate academy is another example of our continued eorts to innovate and prepare them for a successful future." SHAWN PRATT, MCKINNEY ISD SUPERINTENDENT

Attendance zone changes planned

A committee of 39 McKinney ISD parents, along with district sta and campus administrators, will be charged with assessing the district’s attendance zones amid projected population growth. MISD trustees voted unani- mously to create an Educational Facilities Alignment Committee at a Sept. 15 meeting.

The gist After a series of meetings begin- ning in September, the group will present a recommendation in December that includes identify- ing three elementary campuses that could be repurposed for alternative district uses, as well as new attendance zone maps for all school levels.

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