Leander ISD has put a bond up for election in May. In this bond, they have incorporated their long range plan and did not solicit any feedback or involvement from the schools in the south (aka Four Points). As a result, they are planning to close one of our elementary schools in the next two years and convert it to a professional learning center and giving the taxpayers a $37M bill to do so. This is in the name of fiscal responsibility.

The fact is they are making this decision based on flawed data. Per the superintendent, their own data company does not take into account regeneration (aka older families moving out and downsizing and younger families moving in). From 2019 to 2021, we had an increase of 42% in the under 5 demographics. In other words, in just two years, we increased the number of “soon to be” school aged children by 42%. Yet, the district isn’t factoring this in.

Nor are they listening to their own CFO who has stated that they lost 2000 kids to Covid who haven’t come back. This is the first year post Covid and families needed some time to see how LISD would move forward before considering returning to the district. He said to expect a 2-3 year lull.

Furthermore, we have as many as 1800 new housing units being developed in the area.

If they close a school, we will never get it back and will be looking at portables on our campuses in just a few years.

We NEED to send the district a strong message that WE NEED TO BE A PART OF THE DECISION and THEY need to give the community some time to normalize post-Covid (across the board).

This is NOT what residents moved to Steiner Ranch for… Most of us came FOR the schools specifically. The schools are the fiber of our community and the connective tissue that unites us.