Oktoberfest will be celebrated at McKinney Main Street in Historic Downtown McKinney TX on Friday, Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24. Thousands of residents and visitors are expected to participate in the celebration.
Oktoberfest family-friendly fun includes a petting zoo, Weenie Dog and want-to-be Weenie Races, Oktoberfest arts & crafts and the Main Street Magic & Fun Company's German Train. Live entertainment will be provided on two stages throughout the event.
The highlight of Oktoberfest celebration is authentic German beer and food. German Beer will be provided by McKinney’s own Franconia Brewery and also from Warsteiner Beer. Wine, food and non-alcoholic beverage throughout will be provided by many vendors.
Festivities start at 4 p.m. on Friday with the traditional Oktoberfest March, followed by the Tapping of the Keg at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Stage. The official tap of the first keg of Franconia will be done by hammering a bronze spout into a 200 year-old keg with a wooden mallet.
Admission is free to the event and free parking is available in the public lots surrounding downtown.
Plano Balloon Festival....Up, Up & Away!
For family fun it's hard to beat the annual Plano Balloon Festival, one of the city’s largest celebrations for children and families - complete with fireworks, balloon rides, fun and excitement.
As the largest balloon event in Texas, the Plano Balloon Festival has also evolved into an important fundraiser for local non-profit organizations, with 42 non-profit and corporate.
Specific festival events vary from year to year but typically include five hot air balloon launches, a large Kids Fun Zone, two stages showcasing local community talent, live bands, sky divers, fireworks, food and nighttime balloon glows. A balloon glow occurs after dusk when the many balloon pilots conduct synchronized firings of their balloon’s burners.
This year is the 32nd year for the Plano Balloon Festival, and is expected to attract over 90,000 people during the three day weekend.
Plano Balloon Festival
September 16, 17 & 18, 2011
Oak Point Park
2801 E. Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75074
For more details visit the Plano Balloon Festival official website: http://www.planoballoonfest.org/
Don't miss this family fun - Plano Balloon Festival...up, up & away!
Dallas/Fort Worth foreclosure postings are down 12% year-to-date compared to 2010.
The third quarter deadline has passed for the September foreclosure postings, which marks the end of the third quarter. This translates into an 11 Quarter LOW, according to reports by Foreclosure Listings Service, Inc.
Dallas County is down 15%, Collin County down 13% and Denton County down 10% year-to-date compared to 2010.
We're lucky to have the exhaustive data gathering services of George Roddy and his team at FLSOnline to provide us with every statistic known to man for the DFW area. Thanks George!
School ratings for McKinney Tx 2011 have just been released and once again the McKinney Independent School District earned a RECOGNIZED Rating under the 2011 Texas Education Agency accountability rating system. Congratulations McKinney ISD.
Ten individual McKinney ISD campuses were rated Exemplary, six were Recognized and fifteen were rated Acceptable. See individual school ratings below.
EXEMPLARY
RECOGNIZED
ACCEPTABLE
HOW RATINGS ARE DETERMINED
The ratings are based on high school completion rates, dropout rates and passing rates on the state test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Increasing standards and the elimination of the Texas Projection Measure (TPM) resulted in fewer schools and districts earning an Exemplary accountability rating in 2011.
EXEMPLARY: 90% passing in each TAKS subject with a high school completion rate of 95%.
RECOGNIZED: 80% passing in each TAKS subject with a high school completion rate of 85%.
ACCEPTABLE: 70% passing in reading, writing and social studies; 65% in math and 60% in sciencewith a high school completion rate of 75%.
This is the last year of the TAKS-based accountability system, and there are a number of changes that have increased its impacted ratings in preparation for the new rating system that will begin in 2013, according to the Texas Education Agency.
For more information about the School Ratings for McKinney TX 2011,
or the districts high academic standards, contact McKinney real estate professional
Marian Porter 214-577-7766 marian@come2dallas.com
School ratings for Frisco Tx 2011 have just been released and once again the Frisco Independent School District is top rated. And this just in time for back-to-school excitement.
Overall Frisco ISD earned a EXEMPLARY Rating, which is the highest possible rating under the 2011 Texas Education Agency accountability rating system. Congratulations Frisco ISD!
Thirty-four (34 no kidding!) individual Frisco ISD campuses were rated Exemplary and 12 were Recognized. See individual school ratings below.
EXEMPLARY
RECOGNIZED
HOW RATINGS ARE DETERMINED
The ratings are based on high school completion rates, dropout rates and passing rates on the state test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Increasing standards and the elimination of the Texas Projection Measure (TPM) resulted in fewer schools and districts earning an Exemplary accountability rating in 2011.
EXEMPLARY: 90% passing in each TAKS subject with a high school completion rate of 95%.
RECOGNIZED: 80% passing in each TAKS subject with a high school completion rate of 85%.
ACCEPTABLE: 70% passing in reading, writing and social studies; 65% in math and 60% in
science with a high school completion rate of 75%.
For more information about the School Ratings for Frisco TX 2011,
or the districts high academic standards, contact Frisco real estate professional
Marian Porter 214-577-7766 marian@come2dallas.com
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