by Jordin Tate | May 23, 2024 | Achievement, Announcement, Announcements, home-featured, Learn-Featured, Pulse-Featured
Celebrating the Leadership McKinney Class of 2024 Graduation The Leadership McKinney Class of 2024 marked a significant milestone as they celebrated their graduation in a ceremony filled with pride, reflection, and anticipation for the future. This year’s cohort...
by Jordin Tate | May 22, 2024 | Announcement, Announcements, Development Updates, home-featured, Informative Articles, Learn-Featured, Pulse, Pulse-Featured
The preferred alignment for a high-speed rail linking Fort Worth to Dallas will be examined in the coming months after the project entered the environmental review phase in March. What’s happening? During environmental review, known as the National...
by Jordin Tate | May 16, 2024 | Announcements, home-featured, Learn, Pulse-Featured
McKinney City Council members are looking to extend the city’s sponsorship agreement for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson golf tournament by eight years, according to a May 7 work session meeting. The details The sponsorship agreement with the city ends...
by Jordin Tate | May 10, 2024 | Announcements, Education, home-featured, Learn, Learn-Featured, Pulse-Featured
The McKinney Education Foundation awarded $825,150 in scholarships to McKinney ISD 2024 graduating seniors—the largest amount in the foundation’s history. The scholarships were awarded to 380 students and celebrated during the foundation’s Scholarship...
by Jordin Tate | May 3, 2024 | Announcements, Education, home-featured, Informative Articles, Learn, Learn-Featured, Pulse, Pulse-Featured
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Education Agency on April 29 to ignore new Title IX rules aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination. The Biden administration expanded Title IX—a 1972 nondiscrimination law—to prevent discrimination based on...
by Jordin Tate | Apr 12, 2024 | Announcement, Announcements, home-featured, Pulse-Featured
On May 4, voters in Texas’ 50 largest counties will have the chance to elect three people to their local property appraisal district boards. The elections are mandated under Senate Bill 2, the sweeping property tax relief legislation passed in July. Voters...