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Entries tagged with 'Plano school board'How would Plano ISD fund a magnet high school?Photo: Amy Conn-Gutierrez (Above: Plano ISD board talks boundaries)A lot of people on the blog have asked how Plano ISD would pay for a magnet high school at Williams if trustees approve such a plan. I spoke to board president... Maps of latest Plano school boundaries revealedMap: Courtesy/Plano ISDPlano ISD has unveiled the boundary proposals of the latest option -- one that would include converting Williams High School into a magnet school. See the maps here. Plano ISD has also posted the PowerPoint presentations of both... VOTE: Would a Plano ISD magnet school work?We know now that Plano ISD school leaders have embraced the idea of converting Williams High School into a magnet school, currently titled Williams Academy. Much of the school's details are undecided. But this much seems clear: Williams Academy would... LIVE: Plano ISD board meeting on boundariesUpdated at 9:02 p.m.: I've got to call it a night soon, but I wanted to recap the substantial developments out of tonight's school board meeting. Plano ISD leaders have embraced the idea of converting Williams High School into a... Cheat Sheet: Plano schools closer to reform voteWelcome to the Cheat Sheet, a bi-weekly notebook that previews items and reports on upcoming Plano ISD school board agendas. The Meeting: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Plano ISD's Sockwell Center. Leading Off: Folks, it looks like Plano ISD... Plano ISD talks boundaries, prepares for TuesdayA month ago, Plano ISD trustees created a subcommittee to study whether socioeconomics should be used in drawing school boundaries. After several subcommittee meetings, the trustees have partly directed their attention elsewhere. The questions about socioeconomic factors has now led... Plano ISD meeting: Magnets to take top billing?Some Plano ISD board members are set to meet Wednesday morning to discuss the looming school boundary changes. The subcommittee is billed to research whether socioeconomics should be used in drawing boundaries. But, if last week's meeting is any indication,... Two Plano ISD trustees vie for Collin County seatsI just returned from four days in Fort Hood and I'm now trying to get caught up on what I missed in Plano-area news. It looks like two Plano ISD trustees will challenge incumbent Collin County Republicans in a March... Plano ISD board set to talk socioeconomics againThe Plano ISD school board subcommittee tasked with studying whether socioeconomic factors should be used in school boundaries meets again tomorrow morning. The group -- made up of trustees Missy Bender, Duncan Webb and John Muns -- previously met last... Plano ISD trustees discuss issue of no-split feedersA Plano ISD school board subcommittee tasked with studying the idea of eliminating split feeder schools in the next boundary changes just wrapped up. The trustees didn't commit much news, other than they decided they needed to interview school principals,... Cheat Sheet: Plano ISD to unveil new coursesWelcome to the Cheat Sheet, a bi-weekly notebook that previews items and reports on upcoming Plano ISD school board agendas. The Meeting: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Plano ISD's headquarters. Leading Off: For once, the Plano ISD school board... Plano ISD trustees devise goals for school reformsI just returned from a Plano ISD school board subcommittee designed to possibily restructure the district's current guiding principles used to draw school boundaries. The first half of the meeting was open to the public despite that the meeting notice... Plano ISD trustees delay vote on school reformsAs you may know from the live blog, Plano school board members agreed last night not to vote on school boundaries changes Nov. 3, as it was originally planned. At the start of the meeting, board members voiced concern and... LIVE: Plano ISD school boundary discussionUPDATE: Skip Jenkins, the board president, has suggested delaying a vote on the district's proposed boundary changes. Trustees were expected to vote Nov. 3. Another update: Trustees agreed to postpone a vote until at least December. Before then, trustees said... Cheat Sheet: Plano board talks school boundariesWelcome to the Cheat Sheet, a bi-weekly notebook that previews items and reports on upcoming Plano ISD school board agendas. The Meeting: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Plano ISD's Sockwell Center. Leading Off: Tonight's meeting has one agenda item:... Central Plano school busing plan divides parentsPhoto: Matthew HaagA few hundred parents crammed into Plano Senior High School's cafeteria Wednesday night to voice their concerns over proposed boundary changes for the district's central and west school clusters. Jeff Duke walked to the lectern as one of... Cheat Sheet: Plano schools to OK new debtWelcome to the Cheat Sheet, a bi-weekly notebook that previews items and reports on upcoming Plano ISD school board agendas. The Meeting: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Plano ISD's headquarters. Leading Off: Plano ISD trustees are expected to authorize... Plano ISD defends choice to delay Obama speechtweetmeme_url = 'http://planoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/plano-isd-explains-decision-ab.html'; tweetmeme_source = 'Plano_News'; Superintendent Doug Otto and school board president Skip Jenkins have sent a joint letter to Plano ISD parents explaining how and why the district made its decision regarding President Barack Obama's speech to... |