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Leander Independent School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Leander ISD trustees hear plan to move Mason Elementary community to Elementary 32 2:16:47

  • Trustees heard staff presentations on the New Hope High School design, the Early College High School location and elementary schools 31 and 32. 31:21
  • A staff member said administration plans to relocate the entire Mason community to Elementary 32, with a target opening of August of 2028, and said there was no action on the item. 2:15:41
Item by item (11)
  1. Opening and board norms 5:39
    • The meeting was called to order at 6:17 PM with a quorum present. 6:03
    • The board's norms for the Team of 8 were read aloud, including mutual respect, preparation and productive conflict resolution. 7:52
  2. Elementary school family engagement spotlight 9:37
    • Staff from Heisel Elementary presented on family engagement, including Hounds in the Hall, which lets families walk their students to class every Friday. 10:23
    • A teacher described the Walk in the Paws of a Heisel Hound event, which replaced a traditional curriculum night with student-led classroom visits. 12:24
  3. Citizen comments 20:24
    • A speaker at public comment raised concerns about district communication on relocating Leander ECHS to the Fabian campus. 24:04
    • Speakers at public comment asked for clear dates on when work would start and doors would open for an elementary school in Treviso, and raised concerns that new schools could lead to closing older schools. 26:35
    • A speaker at public comment asked to serve on a committee and asked the board to slow down the relocation. 30:50
  4. New Hope High School design update 31:21
    • A staff member described a phased renovation of former Fabian Elementary for New Hope High School, with the goal of moving the school in before next school year. 35:29
    • A presenter said the design is built for about 200 students and the school would aim for 140 next year, and described a possible hybrid option for 11th and 12th graders. 48:59
    • One speaker asked what the cost would be for Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3, given $37 million approved in bond funding, and another speaker said the project is projected to cost more than $37 million. 56:26
  5. Early College High School location 1:10:46
    • A staff member acknowledged a lapse in communication and said School Community Relations would launch a website for the process. 1:20:25
    • A staff member said that if Early College High School were co-located with New Hope High School, the opening would not be until August of 2029. 1:28:25
    • A staff member said the design would be for an enrollment of 500, compared with about 275 now. 1:51:09
  6. Elementary schools 31 and 32 1:51:57
    • A staff member said administration plans to relocate the entire Mason community to Elementary 32 and projected eliminating 3 bus routes for about $200,000 in potential savings. 2:15:41
    • A staff member said there was no action or approval on the item that night. 2:15:41
    • Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia said they understood the board's direction to cover design, not construction. 3:05:00
  7. Consent agenda 3:22:26
    • A motion was made to approve the consent agenda items as presented. 3:22:45
  8. Superintendent's report 3:22:50
    • The superintendent said 140 universities were represented at a district college fair and approximately 500 students attended. 3:23:31
    • The superintendent also described a Super Saturday event for middle school students and said another would be held on October 24th. 3:27:22
  9. Closed session and personnel action 3:36:05
    • The board met in closed session from 9:47 PM to 10:19 PM. 3:36:05
  10. Family engagement guardrail report 4:09:06
    • Staff introduced a Families as Partners framework with four pillars and said 188 family engagement experiences are planned for the fall and 139 for the spring. 4:12:20
    • A board member asked what dashboard-level evidence would show the board the guardrail is being met. 4:32:45
    • Nekosi Nelson asked what barriers exist to building system-level family engagement, including data collection. 4:41:16
  11. Completion of 2025 long-range planning resolution 4:51:51
    • The board discussed whether to approve the September 30th, 2025 resolution as complete at the October 15th regular meeting. 4:53:15
    • Trish Bode asked where governance oversight of long-range planning would go. 5:05:14
    • Anna Smith said they cross-referenced board memos and other sources showing where the information had been addressed. 5:05:56

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Video: posted by the district as “October 1, 2026 Meeting of the Leander ISD Board of Trustees”