Wylie ISD Community News

Superintendent Dr. David Vinson provides you an update on district projects and happenings going on this week.

The Districtwide Educational Improvement Council, or DWEIC, will meet three times this year to review and provide feedback on various topics including, but not limited to, strategic planning, programs, and district goals. The council is composed of classroom teachers, campus administrators, district administrators, parents, community members and local business members. Members serve a two-year term.

For the 2024-25 school year, we need 2 business members and 2 community members. If you would be interested in serving on this council, please fill out the form below.

For more information, please contact Dr. Jessica Branch at jessica.branch@wylieisd.net.

TxDOT plans to close Parker Road between Cove View Lane and Drain Drive overnight from 9 tonight Monday, Aug. 19, through 5 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. Parker Road will also be closed between Vista Oaks Lane to Silver Maple Drive from 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 through 5 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Wylie ISD is consolidating communications into one platform, Wylie ISD Connect (powered by ParentSquare). Download Wylie ISD Connect on your Apple or Android, or log into the platform on your desktop computer at parentsquare.com/signin. Your login for Wylie ISD Connect is the email you provided to your school in Skyward. Visit wylieisd.net/parentsquare for more information.

Tips for parents in English and Spanish can be found below.

Wylie East High School freshman Marco Hunter-Lopez plans to one day run for Congress; he’s already made connections and built relationships to pave his way to the White House. Visiting with his grandmother about politics is what started Hunter-Lopez’s political journey.

“I feel called to it,” Hunter-Lopez said. “I try to follow what God gives me. What he tells me to do is His will -- not my will. Whether it’s through politics or not, I try to help people.”

And helping people is what he has done -- securing brand new flags for Burnett Junior High.

Read more about Marco's legacy by visiting our website.

Wylie ISD has received a preliminary "A" from the Texas Education Agency on School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) for the 2023-2024 school year. School FIRST reports public school district financial accountability ratings.

Since TEA began rating the financial management of districts over 20 years ago, during the 2002-03 school year, Wylie ISD has achieved an A every year -- the highest rating possible!

Read the full story on our website.