Plano for Your Future: district reports first CTE/academy expo, ongoing outreach and career fairs
November 05, 2025 | PLANO ISD, School Districts, Texas
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Edney said the first-ever Expo on Oct. 22 at Academy High School hosted more than 200 signing eighth-grade students and an estimated 600'700 attendees. The event used all three floors of the building; CTE housed 14 cluster program tables on the third floor (examples included culinary arts, health sciences, robotics and visual arts) while academy and advanced-academics sessions ran concurrently. The Expo included student ambassadors from current programs, counselors, and a counselor corner with middle-school representation.
Edney told trustees the district produced new one-page program brochures, social-media reels, program tours and counselor visits for middle-school counselors and families. She described a Find Your Future career fair for seventh-graders that uses a pre-event career-interest inventory to assign students to two career-panel sessions and said the district is expanding program marketing to community groups and partners.
Trustees asked about attendance and scheduling; Edney said the Expo's size fit Academy High School (about 600'700 attendees estimated) and the district plans to scale the event in future years when senior-high construction is complete. She encouraged families to apply to academy programs; applications remain open and are processed as transfers and enrollments occur.
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