Carroll ISD trustees voted to approve pay for salaried and nonsalaried employees on the days schools were closed due to inclement weather during the Feb. 2 meeting.

Schools in the district were closed Jan. 26-28.

What you need to know: The board approved submitting a request to the Texas Education Agency to waive the need for any makeup days because of the closures Jan. 26-28. The waiver is pending approval from the TEA, and CISD staff and students will not be required to make up the three missed work days, if granted.

If the waiver were to be denied, students and staff would have to come in March 13 and/or April 6.

BungeeONE in Colleyville celebrated its grand opening Jan. 31 and now offers bungee fitness classes.

The studio offers low-impact, high-intensity cardio classes and strength training with dumbbells, said owner Lisa Anderson. The studio also plans on adding bounce classes, which is a miniature trampoline workout.

Anderson was previously an instructor at the old BungeeONE location on SH 26 before it closed down in July.

• 3930 Glade Road, Ste. 117, Colleyville

A portion of East Wall Street will be widened after the Grapevine City Council approved a contract at the Jan. 20 meeting.

East Wall Street, west of Dooley Street to Austin Street, will have storm drainage installed to eliminate a ditch. Once the drainage improvements are complete, the city will have a contractor construct a 31-foot-wide curb and gutter with sidewalks from Dooley Street to Austin Street. The current street width is 25 feet, according to city documents.

The cost: The city received three bids and Wright Construction Co. was awarded the contract for $82,995.50. With a contingency cost of 15%, the total bid approved was $95,444.82, but was rounded up to $95,500, according to city documents.

A hotel garage at Firefly Park in Frisco is one of the latest developments filed recently with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. Firefly Park hotel garage: A new parking garage for Firefly Park in Frisco with four levels will be constructed starting later this year, according to a TDLR filing. Firefly Park is a mixed-use planned development that will have residences, a hotel, retail and dining space, and a park with lakes, trails, an art walk and playground, according to previous Community Impact reporting. Construction is estimated to take a little over a year.

2. Westport 12: A new 1,219,000-square-foot shell industrial facility will be constructed at AllianceTexas, according to a TDLR filing. Construction is estimated to take a little over a year.

Texas families can soon apply to receive state funds for private education or homeschooling under the state’s new education savings account program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts.

What's happening: The application opens at 9 a.m. Feb. 4 and is designed to be completed in about 15 minutes, according to the state comptroller’s office. Families can apply through 11:59 p.m. March 17.

Parents must submit information about their family's residency, household income, their children's educational history and each child's special education status, if applicable.

The details: To be eligible for the program, students must:

• Reside in Texas
• Be U.S. citizens or lawful residents
• Be eligible to attend a Texas public school, open-enrollment charter school or pre-K program