Raymond Community Park is now partially open after more than a year of construction and rising costs.

What you need to know: Once fully built out, Raymond Community Park will include tennis and pickleball courts, baseball fields, batting cages, multipurpose fields, a playground and a community garden. The project has faced delays and cost increases due to inflation, construction timing and field sod issues, Parks and Recreation Director Dan Baker said.

The big picture: Mayor David Bristol said Raymond will be the last park to come online for at least the next three years because of the failure of Prosper’s $24 million parks and recreation bond proposition in the 2025 election. Baker said future park expansion will likely require a new bond program and alternative funding strategies.

Looking ahead: Baker said the playground and trails opened in late February, and the lighted multipurpose fields and baseball fields are expected to open this summer.

D-BAT’s new Celina facility is close to opening, according to a company representative.

The details: D-BAT is a baseball and softball training facility and offers training opportunities, professional coaching and sports camps. The new facility is expected to open inside Celina Business Park in late April or early May, the representative said. 

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A zoning change could convert 37 acres to an apartment community in McKinney. Meanwhile, 15 North Texas spring festivals are happening soon.

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The Mix, a $3 billion mixed-use development in Frisco, has been under construction for over a year.

Zooming in: Tim Campbell, head of development for The Mix, said construction crews have made progress on infrastructure, retail buildings and residential space, and plans for office buildings and an underground parking garage are in the works. Retail tenants could even start interior work later this summer.

One more thing: A previous developer left behind a pit that was dug out to accommodate an underground parking garage, which became known to many Frisco residents as “the hole on the toll.” The design process is underway for Phase 2, which includes finishing the hole’s intended underground parking garage with over 3,000 spaces.

Dozens of Texans shared their feedback Feb. 25 on the current phase of a lengthy revision of the state’s social studies curriculum standards. Parents, educators and students urged the State Board of Education to slow the revision process down and give those drafting the new curriculum more time to work.

The overview: The state is currently overhauling the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for social studies, which are the standards dictating what public school students should learn at each grade level. The board is expected to adopt the new standards this summer before they are rolled out to classrooms in 2030.

“We have one opportunity to get this right for an entire generation of students,” said Meghan Dougherty, an Austin-area social studies specialist involved in the revision process.

Zooming in: Several educators involved in drafting the new curriculum plan said current proposals included "too much content" with a heavy emphasis on Texas history, while some appointed content advisers and SBOE members argued schools should teach lessons focused on "American exceptionalism [and] Texan exceptionalism."