Members of McKinney City Council and the McKinney ISD board of trustees discussed the McKinney National Airport, district demographics and more at a February joint meeting.

The specifics: McKinney City Council and the McKinney ISD board of trustees met Feb. 9 for their annual joint meeting. Here’s what you need to know.

1. McKinney ISD students presented automated external defibrillator brackets they designed with 3D printers as part of a project with the McKinney Fire Department.

• AED brackets from the manufacturer cost around $100 each, Battalion Chief Ben Jones said.
• Students used a program called Tinkercad to design the brackets and the next step is bringing the project to the city, MISD teacher Daniel Buhrow said.

• The commercial service terminal project is on track to begin passenger service this November, Carley said.
• Since 2014, the airport has generated $22.3 million in tax revenue for McKinney ISD.

Renovations are continuing at one of the Clubs of Stonebridge Ranch’s golf courses as the project enters its final phase in 2026.

The gist: Officials from Invited Clubs announced in February that the final phase of renovation had started at The Hills Golf Course. This is the third and final phase of renovations planned at the course and will focus on Holes 1-9, according to the course website. The project aims to “reimagine” the course while improving the fairways and updating its irrigation system.

Renovations are being led by World Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins and golf course designer Kurt Bowman. The course will be closed during renovations though members will have access to other courses offered at Clubs, a media representative said. Officials are expecting to reopen the course in the fourth quarter of 2026.  

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The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport board approved an increase for a contract to add the replacement of the flyover bridge into Terminal E.

During the Feb. 5 meeting, Phase 2 of the International Parkway Bridges was approved for an additional $136.1 million for the flyover replacement. It is part of the ongoing $12 billion DFW Forward capital plan, which is expanding and modernizing the airport that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024.

What's happening: Replacement of the existing left-hand exit flyover bridges into terminals A and B occurred in 2025, and work is currently ongoing for Terminal C flyover bridge replacement. Those three terminals along with Terminal E are the four original buildings and roadways that opened in 1974.

The Terminal E flyover bridge is at the end of life, and the location conflicts with the planned Terminal F ticketing and parking garage.

What else? A contract with Passur Aerospace of Orlando, Florida, was increased by $221,377 to $2.51 million and extended to March 4, 2027.