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Allen ISD board to vote on 2026-27 school year budget in June

Allen ISD’s board of trustees will consider adopting the 2026-27 school year budget at an upcoming meeting in June.

In a nutshell: District officials discussed the budget again during a May 26 meeting. It will be the last time board members discuss the budget before considering adoption in June, Superintendent Robin Bullock said.

Kyle Penn, assistant superintendent of Business and Technology, presented a look at raw numbers for the district’s upcoming school year budget. District officials do not expect a “massive” shift between the numbers presented in May and what will be considered in June, Penn said.

The details: The budget is broken down into three separate funds. 

  • General fund
  • Student nutrition fund
  • Debt service

The student nutrition and debt services funds are projected to balance expenses and revenues. District officials are currently projecting a shortfall of $3.8 million between revenues and expenses in the general fund. 

Looking ahead: District officials will finalize line items within the budget during June, Penn said. Board members will consider adoption of the budget at a June 15 meeting.

 
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Lucky Dog Mobile Groomers launches pet grooming service in North Texas

Lucky Dog Mobile Groomers is now operational and offering services in parts of North Texas, a news release states.

The specifics: The franchise, led by local owner Amy Morrison, offers service in Allen, Denton, Frisco, McKinney, Plano and more. The professional grooming service offers one-on-one dog grooming in fully equipped mobile units. 

"Mobile grooming offers a more convenient option while also creating a calmer, one-on-one experience for dogs,” Morrison said in the release.

 

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Plano sandwich shop Sourdough Bread Deli offers a homemade menu that uses fresh ingredients from its bread to its meats.

Sourdough Bread Deli owner Veronika Prishutov-Wells said she and her teammate, Sviatlana Filistovich, take roughly two hours each morning to bake the restaurant’s bread from scratch.

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ERCOT forecasts record electric demand this summer amid data center boom; says grid will hold up

Texans are on track to use more electricity this summer than ever before, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced during a board meeting this week.

The details: ERCOT, which operates the power grid for the majority of Texas, is forecasting high temperatures and moderate rainfall this summer. Coupled with the proliferation of data centers and other large projects, demand on the grid could surpass 92 gigawatts, officials estimated June 2.

This would break ERCOT’s current demand record of 85.5 gigawatts, which was set during an August 2023 heat wave.

What it means: However, ERCOT officials said a grid emergency or blackout is unlikely this summer. State officials have said this is due to:

  • The addition of nearly 11 gigawatts of power capacity to the grid in the last few months
  • A state law authorizing ERCOT to require large facilities to reduce their energy use in tight times

Zooming in: There is a 0.09% chance of a grid emergency this June and a 0.21% chance of an emergency in July, ERCOT found in recent reports.

 

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