McKinney ISD approves $1.1 million for campus upgrades, track replacement
Trustees sent nearly $1.1 million in bond dollars to Bennett, Evans and McKinney High, where families will first see landscaping, fencing and a rebuilt track.
McKinney ISD trustees approved another round of bond-funded work that puts nearly $1.1 million into three campuses, with the most visible changes split between curb appeal and athletics.
At their April 20 meeting, trustees signed off on about $149,686 for a third phase of refreshes at Bennett Elementary School, 7760 Coronado Drive, and Evans Middle School, along with $950,450 to replace the track at McKinney High School, 1400 Wilson Creek Parkway. The district said the campus work will include landscaping and fencing at Bennett Elementary and landscaping at Evans Middle School, while earlier phases of the same refresh program had already been approved for Bennett, Evans and McKinney Boyd High School.
The new work is scheduled to start after the school year ends on May 21, giving crews a summer window to finish without disrupting classes. For parents and taxpayers, the projects show how the district is spending bond dollars on both what students see every day and the infrastructure that can fade behind the scenes until it starts causing problems.
The McKinney High project carries the larger price tag because it goes beyond a simple resurfacing. District documents list subsoil repairs, a retaining wall designed to help stop future soil movement toward the creek, a new asphalt subbase on the east straightaway, a new track mat on the east straightaway and new lane striping. McKinney High, the district’s original high school, first graduated a class in 1889 and now serves about 2,750 students in grades 9 through 12.
The spending fits into a broader facilities push in a district that serves more than 24,500 students across 20 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools, two alternative campuses and one early childhood school. McKinney ISD created a bond committee in 2025 to review future capital needs, and district leaders have said the last voter-approved bond package was the $275 million bond approved in 2021.
The April 20 meeting also included approval of pay raises for the 2026-2027 school year, underscoring the balancing act trustees face as enrollment pressures, facility wear and staff pay all compete for the same budget. McKinney ISD board meetings are typically held at 6 p.m. at the Community Event Center, 4201 S. Hardin Blvd. in McKinney, and speaker registration for the April 20 meeting was open from April 17 through noon that day.
With McKinney and Collin County continuing to grow, the district is using each new bond-funded project to answer the same question voters are likely watching closely: whether the money is going to the classroom experience, the condition of campuses and the facilities students use most.
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