Trustees elected Dr. Lauren Tyra president and Nancy Humphrey vice president, approved paving Clark Stadium’s parking lot and authorized demolition contracts for four retired campuses; all motions passed unanimously, 7–0.
District leaders reported creation of more than 150 standard operating procedures designed to standardize processes, reduce audit risk and feed content for a new district website; rollout will be multi‑year and campus‑prioritized.
District leaders presented a draft Code of Civility aligned to Portrait of a Graduate and PBIS, outlining four character strands (trustworthiness, responsibility, caring, citizenship) and a multi‑year rollout that includes TEEX lessons, family outreach and program evaluation.
CFO Courtney Reeves presented the preliminary 2025–26 budget and the board authorized advertising the legally required notice for a June 24 public hearing; preliminary numbers show revenue of $685.1M and expenditures of $717.4M, producing a $32.3M projected deficit before legislative action.
District staff recommended an 'Option 2' compensation plan (minimum 3% raises, starting teacher pay $63,000/$65,000 with strategic decompression) and explained how pending House and Senate proposals (HB2/SB26 amendments) would layer on state funding; trustees discussed impacts and urged public advocacy to legislators.
The board approved consideration and approval of deputy superintendents, assistant superintendents, chief officers and directors’ contracts for the 2025–26 school year in a unanimous 7–0 vote.
CFO Courtney Reeves presented the district's annual peer staffing report using Forecast5 data, noting data lags, per‑student spending comparisons with DFW and statewide peers, and FTE differences across teacher, counselor, nurse and central admin categories.
District staff presented updated hazardous-roadway definitions and maps and recommended adopting the 2025 6 hazardous-route plan; implementation would discontinue some routes per TASBO guidelines while adding others for retirements and bilingual-program growth, producing a net need for drivers. Staff also proposed discontinuing or restructuring fare busing and said the district faces an estimated $18 million transportation funding gap.
At its Feb. 18 work session, the Plano ISD Board of Trustees voted 7 7 to approve consideration and approval of contracts for a range of senior administrators for the 2025 6 school year; the motion was made by Dr. Lauren Tyra and seconded by Angela Powell.
H‑E‑B and Central Market will provide a $50,000 grant from the H‑E‑B Tournament of Champions to help equip the new Plano ISD CTE center culinary kitchen with commercial equipment, district and foundation representatives said.