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McKinney ISD officials are requesting an exception for two missed school days due to inclement weather.
The McKinney ISD board of trustees approved asking the Texas Education Agency for an attendance waiver after four days of school and facility closures due to Winter Storm Fern at a Feb. 16 meeting.
The specifics
McKinney ISD was closed from Jan. 26-29 due to extreme cold and hazardous road conditions, according to district Facebook posts.
The district’s approved 2025-26 academic calendar includes two designated bad-weather make-up days April 6 and April 27. The district plans to use these two days to make up for Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 closures, district documents state. However, the district would still fall short of the number of instructional days required by TEA, and is required to submit a waiver, per TEA’s website.
If approved, the two missed days will not impact the district’s funding, which is based on average daily attendance, according to TEA’s website.
The district also approved a resolution authorizing payment to all non-exempt employees of the district who were unable to work on bad-weather days.
Also of note
Other dates to know for the remainder of the 2025-25 school year include:
