McKinney ISD board approves formation of educational facilities alignment committee

The McKinney Independent School District board of trustees on Monday approved a resolution to form an Educational Facilities Alignment Committee to study attendance boundaries and recommend repurposing up to three elementary campuses.

The committee will include parents or guardians who live in and have students at district campuses — one representative per elementary campus, two per middle school and three per high school — for a minimum of 39 parent members, according to Assistant Superintendent for Business Operations Dennis Swamick. The board approved the resolution by voice vote after a motion and second by trustees.

Swamick told trustees the committee is part of the district’s strategic-plan strategy 6.3 to “create a long range facilities planning committee to look at the utilization of our current and future facilities and to maximize them.” He said the committee will use demographic and capacity data to propose tenant-zone adjustments that address growth in the district’s northwest and northeast areas and underutilization in parts of the southwest.

Swamick said the administration will invite nominations from each campus principal and map nominees to avoid overrepresentation from single neighborhoods. He said committee members must live in the zone they represent and have a student at that campus. The district will contract a third-party facilitator — retired superintendents were discussed — to run the committee meetings; administration staff will attend for informational support but will not direct committee decisions.

Planned community engagement includes at least two public sessions, one scheduled for December 2 and another in October (date to be posted), and multiple online information channels. Swamick said the committee aims to provide a recommendation to the board by the December board meeting so implementation planning could begin in January 2026 for the 2026–27 school year.

The board and Swamick acknowledged the process will be emotional and complex. Swamick said demographic projections show some elementary attendance zones growing rapidly — notably around Frasier and Webb elementary attendance areas — and others declining. He said the district’s projected elementary capacity will require either new construction in growth areas or temporary relocations such as portables if a new school cannot open before demand peaks.

The board’s resolution instructs the committee to: weigh districtwide priorities rather than only campus interests, use facts and data to make informed recommendations, solicit community input, and identify three elementary campuses for repurposing if recommended.

Trustee motion and vote: The motion to approve the resolution was made by Trustee Jaggers and seconded by Trustee Ussery; the transcript records a voice vote in favor and the board president declared the motion approved. The record does not list individual vote counts.