02-08-2024 (WISD & City Council Subcommittee) MinutesCity School Partnership Meeting
February 8, 2024
I.Welcome
II.School District Reports
A.Youth Recreational Activities
1.Endorsement Standards
2.Costs
3.Oversight
B.Public Usage of District Facilities
C.Traffic Issues & Planning
III.Municipal Reports
A.City of Wylie
B.City of Sachse
C.City of Murphy
D.City of Lavon
E.City of St. Paul
IV.Upcoming Meeting Dates
A.May 16, 2024
V.Adjournment
Attendees:
●Wylie ISD: Dr. Jacob Day, Board President; Virdie Montgomery, Board Member; Matt
Atkins, Board Member; Dr. David Vinson, Superintendent; Dr. Kim Spicer, Deputy
Superintendent; Scott Roderick, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations;
Scott Winn, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services; Casey Whittle, Assistant
Superintendent of HR; Dr. Jessica Branch, Chief of Staff; April Cunningham, Executive
Director of Communication; Ian Halperin, Executive Director of Community Relations;
Brian Kelly, Director of Safety & Security
●City of Wylie: Matthew Porter, Mayor; Gino Mulliqi, Councilmember; Tommy Walters,
Assistant Chief of Police; Trey Cotton, Scott Williams, Donald English, Renee Ollie
●City of Murphy: Chris Chandler, Chief of Police; Laura Deel, Council Member; Aaron
McCarty, Sergeant PD; Kandi Jackson, City Secretary; Jeff Gibson, Chief of Police;
●City of Sachse: Jeff Bickerstaff, Mayor; Gina Nash, City Manager; Lauren Rose, Asst. City
Manager; Lindsay Buhler, Councilmember; Steven Baxter
●City of Lavon: Vicki Samson, Mayor
Meeting Minutes
●Dr. Day welcomed members.
●Dr. Vinson established the purpose of the collaboration -- to get and give input for
decisions impacting the community.
●Dr. Vinson discussed youth recreational activities. No city feedback or concerns.
●Dr. Vinson discussed the use of the tennis courts at Wylie HS and how they are
overcrowded. Dr. Spicer shared a badge-in system used for an extracurricular program in
Royse City. Renee Ollie mentioned that this would be similar to another Wylie program.
Mayor Porter discussed creating a QR code for entry.
●Dr. Vinson introduced traffic issues and planning.
○Mayor Bickerstaff - phase 2 of Sachse Road expansion approved; Merritt Road is a
joint project (Dallas Co, Collin Co, etc). Pickleball courts coming to Jackson Park.
●Mayor Porter gave the Wylie update.
○Country Club & 544 - Feb. 16-18 closed
○McMillen S Curve - to be complete in 2025
○544 South - dirt start moving; allen east & 544 light coming
○Stone Road - will start this year
○Park Loop extension to be starting by Collin County
○Eubanks (north of 78) - railroad will close the road for railwork
○Park Road - summer 2024 start
●Dr. Vinson discussed talking with Sheriff Skinner regarding parent traffic sitting on county
roads near WEHS.
●Asst. Chief of Police Walters discussed a fence along Bennett Road to deter students
crossing over to Bennett Road.
●Walters discussed the need to be brought into traffic stacking planning for Kreymer
Elementary. Scott Williams mentioned that he could be brought in to the planning process
on the city side when Fire is brought in.
●Walters said that he will not have the two new SROs available next school year, due to
staffing crunch. (Draper and backfill of Wilkins at High) He said his first priority is to cover
the streets, then the schools.
●Mayor Samson
○78 & 205 TX DOT Project
○Working on getting rid of asphalt and replacing with concrete
○8000 population
○Starbucks, Scrubby’s Car Wash and Specs have all broken ground
○ICS Conference brought many interested
●City Manager Aretha Adams introduced herself--day 4 on the job! She also introduced Jeff
Gibson, new Chief of Police
●Mayor Bickerstaff
○Medical City Sachse opened!
●Dr. Vinson discussed the impact of fentanyl in the community. He shared that we will be
pushing more of our education on fentanyl in the next month. We covered it in the fall--as
required by law. The district met with the Asst Attorney General Jay Combs to learn about
the One Pill Can Kill program and they intend to bring it to both high schools.
●Matt Atkins thanked the cities for the partnerships and ended the meeting.