Education
BY HANNAH JOHNSON
Frisco ISD to close Staley Middle School
Potential attendance zones With the closure of Staley Middle School, students will be rezoned for Trent, Griffin or Hunt middle schools for the 2026-27 school year.
earmarked $102.3 million to rebuild Staley Middle in Proposition B of the $1.08 billion bond, which 52.09% of voters denied during the election. The plan Staley Middle School students will be rezoned to Hunt, Trent and Griffin middle schools, which was approved during the meeting. The zoning changes will go into effect for the 2026-27 school year. These schools were selected because of their proximity to the Staley school zone and the cam- pus’s ability to accept the former Staley students, officials said. Receiving campuses will meet with the Teaching and Learning Department to review incoming student data and needs, said Christy Fiori, FISD’s chief academic officer. Looking ahead In honor of the campus, FISD officials plan to host legacy celebrations for current and former students. This could include a retirement
Frisco ISD’s Staley Middle School will close after the 2025-26 school year. The board moved to close the campus in a unanimous vote at an Oct. 20 board meeting. “We simply have more students going out of our buildings than coming in,” trustee Sherrie Salas said. “We would prefer [Frisco ISD] be immune to campus closures, but that is not the case. The landscape of public education is changing.” This decision was made after a motion to close the campus at the end of the 2024-25 school year was denied by the FISD board members in a 4-3 vote in April. After the failed vote, board members directed district staff to get additional demo- graphic information for further consideration regarding the closure, but no other solutions were found to keep the campus open. The need for the closure comes after a failed bond program, which voters denied in November 2024, and declining enrollment. District officials
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celebration, student and staff recognitions, a clos- ing ceremony and a last day of school final walk. An official event has not yet been determined.
Applications for 2025-2026 school year now open for K-12th
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