Plano ISD adopts 2025–26 hazardous roadways plan, updates bus-eligibility maps
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Summary
The board adopted the district’s 2025–26 hazardous roadways plan and a resolution that maps hazardous conditions by campus attendance boundary under TEA guidelines; staff will publish maps and notify affected families.
The Plano ISD Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a resolution on March 25 approving the district’s 2025–26 hazardous roadways plan and associated maps and guidelines, which apply the Texas Education Agency’s definition of hazardous traffic conditions to Plano attendance boundaries.
District staff said the work follows a 2023 transportation audit by the Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO) and a board-approved set of local guidelines adopted in September 2024. Johnny Hill, deputy superintendent for business and employee services, told trustees the district has reviewed road and sidewalk changes and updated maps showing which students live in areas considered hazardous under TEA rules — for example, certain four- or six-lane arterials with speed limits over 45 mph, major thoroughfares such as U.S. 75 (Central Expressway), the Dallas North Tollway, the President George Bush Turnpike and Preston Road, crossings near active railroad tracks, and areas without safe sidewalks or paths.
Hill and staff described a multi-part communications plan: the district will publish a dedicated transportation webpage with campus maps and presentations, send individualized emails to families whose students qualify for transportation under the hazardous-roadway designation, and launch an address-look-up app for families. The district also formed a transportation safety committee to coordinate with municipalities on infrastructure and crossing-guard needs. The plan requires the board to adopt the guidelines annually; trustees read the resolution into the record and then voted to adopt it. Trustee Jerry Chambers moved the resolution; Trustee Catherine Goodwin seconded it. The motion passed 7–0.
Board members acknowledged the district’s approximately $18 million transportation funding gap and said the updated hazardous-roadway maps will change routings and eligibility in some attendance zones. Trustees and staff emphasized safety and transparency: maps, descriptions by campus, and presentation materials will be posted on the transportation department site and the district will mail targeted letters to families whose bus service status changes. Staff said additional route changes connected to the district’s long-range facility plan will require operational adjustments, such as adding routes where campus relocations create new transportation needs.
The resolution and campus maps will be posted on the district website; staff said families eligible for transportation under the hazardous-roadway definition will be notified immediately.
