Three McKinney ISD Gifted and Talented 4th and 5th-grade teams—competing among 200 other groups—swept the podium in the Dallas Regional competition of the Stock Market Game. Those three teams also finished 7th, 9th, and 17th in the state, respectively, from among 1,350 other teams, across all competition grade levels.

When the 2021–2022 school year wraps up in just over a month, Dr. Ebonee King will begin the transition to a new campus and a new leadership role in McKinney ISD. On Tuesday night, at the April meeting of the MISD Board of Trustees, the district announced that King will be the new principal of Valley Creek Elementary.

McKinney ISD has partnered with the Society of Plastics Engineers and Manner Polymers to pilot a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Club at Faubion Middle School that will be the first ever cohort of its kind in the state of Texas.

After 4 years as the coordinator of professional development for McKinney ISD, Wendy Dutton will join the MISD Human Resources Department to serve as the district’s new director for recruitment and retention. Dutton brings 22 years of experience in education to her new role in human resources.

Today, TEPSA (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association) announced that Reuben Johnson Elementary Assistant Principal Rachel Corbin has been named the 2022 National Assistant Principal of the Year for Texas. But, Corbin won’t have much time to enjoy the award before her title changes from AP to principal. MISD has named Corbin the new principal of Press Elementary.

The topic of public-school library books has received a significant amount of attention during the past several months, both in Texas and across the country. The school library book debate has been largely fueled by political agendas, sensationalism, and exaggeration.

McKinney native and longtime MISD educator Dr. Jared Critchfield will move from his assistant principal position at McKinney High School to Central Administration where he will now serve as the district’s new director of fine arts. Critchfield brings 7 years of administrative experience and 14 years in education to his new position.

McKinney ISD announced today that beginning with its regular meeting of the Board of Trustees scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at the McKinney ISD Community Event Center (CEC), the public comment, or open forum, portion of board meetings will take place from 6 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

On Thursday, April 7, McKinney ISD officials, campus administrators, teachers, family and guests gathered at the MISD Community Event Center to honor the 2021–2022 MISD Campus Teachers of the Year and, from among them, to name the MISD Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the Year.

In the far-flung reaches of the northern Collin County countryside, the MISD “Battle of the Blues” Physics Olympics made its highly anticipated return on Tuesday, March 29, after a 2-year hiatus. At stake was another year’s worth of bragging rights with 19 teams from McKinney Boyd High School, McKinney High School and McKinney North High School vying for physics glory.

Among the challenges facing K-12 schools today are two leading issues: meeting a higher expectation of cleanliness while dealing with limited resources. The post-COVID era has heightened attention on school cleanliness and sanitation methods, while at the same time, employee recruitment continues to be a challenge. McKinney ISD found one solution that solves both problems: robotic floor cleaning machines.

After two years away from McKinney High School, current McKinney ISD Human Resources Director of Recruitment and Retention and former MHS Assistant Principal Shelly Spaulding returns to MHS to serve as principal of the district’s longest-tenured high school.