Richardson ISD will not make up the four school days missed due to Winter Storm Fern, instead using extra instructional minutes and a waiver with the Texas Education Agency to account for the missed days. The RISD school board unanimously approved the request for the TEA waiver Feb. 19.

The overview: RISD was closed from Jan. 26-29 due to the winter storm. Superintendent Tabitha Branum said the district can use accrued student instructional minutes to account for the first two missed days. For the remaining two days, Branum said TEA is providing a waiver form to districts that will account for Jan. 28-29 and RISD will not have to use any additional bad weather days.

Cloud Naan is now open in Richardson, serving up handcrafted stuffed naans and traditional karak chai.

The details: The restaurant started in Pakistan and has since expanded to several locations in Canada. This is Cloud Naan's first U.S. location. It opened in a soft launch on Feb. 13, with a grand opening planned for the future. Cloud Naan offers a range of both traditional and fusion flavors of stuffed naans, from creamy tikka to Philly cheesesteak.

• 888 S. Greenville Ave., Ste. 224, Richardson

After months of negotiations, Plano residents may no longer vote on withdrawing from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency this May.

What’s happening?: Plano officials will discuss several transit-related items at a Feb. 23 meeting, including a resolution that, if approved, would cancel the city’s May withdrawal election from DART. 

Some context: At its Feb. 10 meeting, DART officials voted to approve initial proposals for a new funding and governance model for the agency. On Feb. 11, Dallas City Council voted to reduce the city’s voting share on the DART board to 45% and give up its majority control. Additionally, regional transportation leaders approved Feb. 12 dedicating nearly $180 million toward regional transit agencies, including about $75 million to help fund DART’s new proposed funding model. 

Plano Mayor John Muns said Feb. 13 that while several steps still require approval from the state Legislature, these recent decisions represent a "good compromise."

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The overview: Dallas-Fort Worth residents can expect to see mixed-use developments continue to drive residential and commercial growth across the region, local real estate leaders say.

Community Impact Founder and CEO John Garrett sat down with local real estate experts for a panel discussion Feb. 17 for the company’s first InCIder Hour event in Dallas-Fort Worth.

The panel included Michael Ortiz from Pogue Construction, Laura Blackstock from The Cheney Group and Jay Nelson from Rimosa Real Estate Services.

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