December 18, 2022
McKinney, Texas – When Kassie Halpin joined the staff at Bennett Elementary three and a half years ago as assistant principal, she already had over 10 years of instructional and...

December 16, 2022
McKinney, Texas – The excitement on Peggy Perret’s face was enough to drive away the gloomy weather last Friday when five construction students from McKinney High School wheeled...

December 15, 2022
McKinney, Texas – In September, McKinney ISD announced that Cockrill Middle School Principal Dr. Amber Epperson had been selected as the 2022 Region 10 Outstanding Principal of ...

December 5, 2022
McKinney, Texas – The advent of fall is accompanied each year not only by picturesque foliage, football and festive gatherings but also by the administration of the annual Preli...

December 2, 2022
Good Afternoon McKinney ISD Community, I’ve penned hundreds of letters during my career in public education but finding the appropriate words to convey my thoughts today has been...

November 15, 2022
McKinney, TX – Amy Holderman slapped a hard-hat on her head, maneuvered her way lightly through the mud and then turned back toward the camera, “You think this is a good spot?” “...

November 11, 2022
McKinney, TX — “I honestly believe what I’m doing is a calling. I believe that in my core, and I wanted to be a teacher from 7th grade on.” It’s been like a dream come true f...

November 9, 2022
McKinney, Texas – Conducting a meaningful conversation with a puppet on one’s hand seems…a bit odd, perhaps, to adults. But, not to kids. Counselors have long used various for...

November 4, 2022
Note: There is an expanded photo gallery at the end of this article! McKinney, Texas – After a virtual version of the tour in 2021, the McKinney ISD Senior Tour returned in p...
October 25, 2022
McKinney, Texas – McKinney ISD announced Tuesday night at its October board meeting that Eddins Elementary Assistant Principal Cari Owens has been chosen as the new principal of...
October 23, 2022
McKinney, Texas — Community Lifeline Center (CLC) and McKinney ISD have partnered to provide a Feeding Friends and Families food distribution event on October 26 from 3 p.m. – 5...

October 21, 2022
McKinney, Texas — “As long as I’m passionate about it and care about it and do my very best, then if McKinney keeps me, I’ll stay.” McKinney ISD has “kept” Nana Hill for 43 y...

October 18, 2022
McKinney, Texas – The Faubion Middle School choir department is on a roll. Last year, under the direction of Liz Turner, the school’s Cambiata Tenor-Bass Chorus earned the high...
October 13, 2022
The Fall Community Resource Night was held at the McKinney ISD Community Event Center on Thursday, Oct. 6, to help support the needs of MISD families by connecting them with com...
October 5, 2022
McKinney, Texas — McKinney ISD continues to offer its high school students a comparatively low-cost opportunity to prepare for college entrance exams with a ZAPS® PSAT/SAT one-d...

September 28, 2022
“I don’t remember a time when my mother was not an employee in McKinney ISD. My first memories are of her working at the administration building on Highway 5/McDonald St. for Mr....

September 21, 2022
McKinney, Texas — More than 40 volunteers from McKinney ISD and the local business community helped make the 2022 MISD Interdisciplinary Study and Mentorship (ISM) Business Symp...

September 19, 2022
McKinney, TX — Student participation in career and technical education, or CTE, courses at McKinney ISD is “strong,” officials said. As of the 2019-20 school year, which is the ...

September 13, 2022
McKinney, Texas – Many of today’s educators grew up knowing that they were destined for the classroom. They spent their early years teaching grammar and math lessons to their do...

September 6, 2022
McKinney, Texas – McKinney ISD has once again been named a Best Place to Work by the Dallas Business Journal (DBJ), making 2022 the fifth year that the district has been rec...