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Parents urge pause as McKinney ISD facilities committee studies repurposing of three elementary schools
Summary
Community members, especially parents near Edens Elementary, pressed the McKinney ISD Board of Trustees to slow the Educational Facilities Alignment Committee (EFAC) process and increase public outreach as the committee evaluates repurposing three elementary campuses in the district's southwest quadrant.
The McKinney Independent School District Board of Trustees heard more than a dozen public comments Monday night urging the district to extend community engagement and slow a process that could repurpose three elementary campuses in the southwest part of the district.
The comments came during public comment and a staff presentation about the Educational Facilities Alignment Committee, a 44-member group convened to review a long-range planning recommendation to repurpose three elementary schools because that area’s enrollment and utilization have declined to about 75% of capacity.
District consultant Trey Laird of VLK outlined the committee’s process and schedule: seven small “table” groups working by consensus, two public feedback sessions (one scheduled for Oct. 21 and a second for Dec. 2), and a committee recommendation planned for the board on Dec. 15. Laird said the committee is using five primary evaluation indicators identified by the members: building design capacity, demographic trends, financial efficiency, building age and condition, and…
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