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Zonda Demographics guides Texas school districts on enrollment, budget

Zonda Demographics provides enrollment projections for roughly 100 school districts in Texas, according to data from the company. Rocky Gardiner, the company's director of school district consulting, said the company produces both short-term and long-term projections, up to 10 years. 

The details: Gardiner said district leaders use the short-term, one-year projections to guide staffing and budget planning, and long-term projections to plan when to open or close a school.

“We have the technology to help them see what it looks like if a school gets closed or a school gets added with how that impacts their enrollment going forward,” Gardiner said.

Zooming in: Predicting school enrollment has become more complicated since COVID-19 due to more school options such as virtual schools, homeschooling and charter schools, Gardiner said.

When Gardiner first started doing enrollment projections in 2006, the projections were primarily based on new housing, with the development patterns showing an average of about six new public school students per 10 new homes built, but that number has dropped, Gardiner said.

 
CI Business
30 North Texas RaceTrac stores set for an update

RaceTrac is spending nearly $20 million to remodel 30 stores in North Texas, according to a company news release.

The specifics: The remodeled stores began reopening in May and will continue to reopen through the end of the year. Remodels include the following updates:

  • A full grab-and-go pizza bar

  • A redesigned coffee area

  • A refreshed Swirl World frozen yogurt bar

  • Updated interior graphics, signage, paint and décor throughout

  • Reorganized shelving


Five locations in Plano, four in Frisco, two in Fort Worth and one each in Allen, Denton and McKinney are among the RaceTracs set for a remodel.
 

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Latest Education News
Texas Woman’s University to build $30M athletics facility

Texas Woman’s University will construct a $30 million brand-new athletics facility, the university announced.

What’s happening: The university received a $10 million donation from an alumna that will go toward the on-campus athletics facility, according to a news release. The venue is expected to break ground in 2027.

Dawn Chaney, who played three sports at TWU in the 1960s, made the donation to the project. The new facility will bear her name. 

The athletics complex will be 30,000-35,000 square feet and will support the university’s growing athletics program as well as the needs of student-athletes, the release states.

“I am excited to support this new athletics complex because it will provide student-athletes with the resources, facilities and opportunities they deserve to excel in competition, in the classroom and in life,” Chaney said.

 
Local Eats
Check out 6 new restaurants now open in the Dallas-Fort Worth area

Looking to get out of your neighborhood to try a new dining experience? Check out the following restaurant news from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, as recently reported by Community Impact.

1. The Salven Kitchen serves Nepali flavors in Roanoke: The restaurant offers charcoal- and wood-smoked meats and has craft beer on tap, according to a social media post from the restaurant. The menu also features cheesesteaks, Nashville hot chicken sliders, hot honey grilled cheese, flatbread pizzas, salads and desserts.

  • 206 N. Oak St., Ste. 150, Roanoke


2. Bread Zeppelin offers salad-stuffed baguettes in Frisco: The Dallas-born restaurant offers made-to-order salads that are served in a hollowed-out baguette known as a Zeppelin. Some of its menu items include Buffalo chicken, classic Caesar, Cobb and Southwest salads that all come in the baguette. It also offers salads and other bowls that do not come in the baguette.

  • 4331 Main St., Ste. 120, Frisco
 

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