Shun Thomas was sworn in as Plano City Council’s newest member Feb. 9.

What you need to know: Council unanimously voted to canvass election results from the Jan. 31 special election, in which Thomas defeated Colleen Aguilar-Epstein in a race for the Place 7 council seat.

Thomas replaces former Place 7 council member Julie Holmer, who announced her resignation last November to pursue a seat on the Collin County Commissioners Court.

QuickAid Urgent Care is now seeing patients, co-founder Dr. Rohan Datta confirmed.

The specifics: The clinic treats minor injuries and illnesses and offers physical exams, diagnostic testing, vaccines and X-rays.

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Frisco ISD officials have filed a waiver with the Texas Education Agency to retain its state funding in spite of missed days during the winter storm in late January.

What happened: The waiver would allow the district to not hold classes during the bad-weather makeup days scheduled in the district's 2025-26 academic calendar. The district's board of trustees approved filing for waivers in a 6-1 vote during a Feb. 9 meeting

A Missed Day waiver from the TEA would give FISD full average daily attendance funding for the missed days, per district documents. State funding for a school district is based on the average number of students attending school daily, rather than overall enrollment.

In case you missed it: FISD officials closed district schools Jan. 26-29 due to the winter weather and persisting poor road conditions. For Jan. 26-27, the district will not need to utilize bad-weather makeup days or apply for a waiver, as the district had enough banked minutes to still meet state requirements for instructional time.

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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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