{"id":221765,"date":"2026-03-26T18:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221765\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:01:14","slug":"richardson-isd-to-install-portable-building-at-canyon-creek-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221765\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson ISD to install portable building at Canyon Creek Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRichardson ISD will install a portable classroom building at <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/CanyonCreekES\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canyon Creek Elementary<\/a> in June after City Council unanimously approved a temporary use permit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cor.net\/home\/showpublisheddocument\/45743\/639096007952798920\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 23<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>City planner Aaron Zilz said the temporary building will serve as additional classroom space for sixth-grade students at Canyon Creek. The building, which will house two classrooms, is set to be in use from June 2026 to June 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The portable building will be located on the north side of the elementary campus, between the indoor gymnasium and outdoor playground. Zilz said RISD also plans to install a 6-foot chain link fence with security gates to create a secure area around the building, as well as an accessibility ramp.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next<\/p>\n<p>Renovations at <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/RichardsonNorthJH\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richardson North Junior High<\/a> are expected to be <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/education\/2025\/12\/09\/richardson-north-junior-high-on-track-for-expansion-into-middle-school\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">completed<\/a> in summer 2028, transforming the junior high into a <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/education\/2025\/12\/15\/richardson-isd-on-track-to-transition-all-6-junior-highs-to-middle-schools-by-2028\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">middle school<\/a> for sixth through eighth grade. At that time, Canyon Creek\u2019s sixth graders will transfer over to Richardson North, freeing up classroom space at the elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richardson ISD will install a portable classroom building at Canyon Creek Elementary in June after City Council unanimously&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[86296,4519,83160,160,162,161,86297,5810,5809,86298],"class_list":["post-221765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-canyon-creek-elementary","tag-city-council","tag-classrooms","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-portable-building","tag-richardson-isd","tag-risd","tag-temporary-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}