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Leander Independent School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

5 h 53 min · 3 public speakers

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Leander ISD board approves improvement plan objectives and budget amendment 4:40:20

  • The board voted 7 ayes on a motion to approve the consent agenda items as presented. 28:53
  • The board also heard reports on global languages, mathematics board goals and campus visits. 45:53
  • The board heard a budget update in which a finance staff member said the adopted $9.9 million deficit was now projected at $30 million, citing lower enrollment and healthcare costs. 4:41:35
Item by item (14)
  1. Opening and board norms 5:39
    • The meeting was called to order at 6:16 PM with a quorum present. 5:39
    • Students led the pledges, and the board showed its board norms video. 5:39
  2. Campus spotlight on math instruction 9:18
    • The Wiley Middle School principal described use of vertical whiteboards to have students work together on math problems. 9:46
    • A teacher described randomized student groups and norms for sharing a single marker. 12:10
    • The presenter said Wiley has continued to raise math scores over the past 4 years and is now an A campus with a distinction for student growth. 18:32
  3. Citizen comments 21:55
    • A speaker at public comment said over 170 parents and community members signed a petition against moving the school and asked the board to pause a plan to spend $80 million on a replacement campus. 23:37
    • Another speaker cited a $10 million budget deficit and asked the board to halt the relocation plan and reassess. 27:08
  4. Consent agenda 28:38
    • A motion was made and seconded to approve the consent agenda items as presented. 28:53
    • The consent agenda passed with 7 ayes. 29:00
  5. Superintendent's report 29:00
    • The superintendent described a PLC room at Vista Ridge High School that can house up to 4 teams at a time. 29:00
    • The superintendent described a Parent University night at Wiley with breakout sessions for parents. 35:03
    • The presiding officer said trustees attended TASA TASB this week and were invited, with about 30 other trustees, to meet with the commissioner. 45:53
  6. Global languages and culture update 45:53
    • A presenter said the district has over 7,000 emergent bilingual and monitored students and more than 70 languages among those students and families. 48:04
    • A presenter said 591 students met reclassification criteria during the 25⁠-⁠26 school year and the number of multilingual adult educators grew from 3 to 12. 53:19
    • A speaker asked what the retention rate looks like for ESL staff, and another speaker said they would work to see if they could come up with a way to measure that. 1:00:16
  7. Mathematics board goals report 1:06:14
    • A presenter said 3rd grade students landed at 50% at the meets level against a goal of 54%, and economically disadvantaged 3rd graders went down to 21%. 1:08:16
    • The presenter said 6th grade met its goal of 60% and Algebra 1 rose to 62%, exceeding its goal. 1:25:05
    • The presenter said the district plans to expand its K-5 math resource to all of K-5 next year and is piloting 6th grade math and Algebra 1 resources. 1:30:41
  8. Board learning from campus visits 2:12:25
    • A staff member asked board members to reflect on how classroom observations connected to the math data. 2:12:53
    • A board member described visiting classrooms using the math curriculum and hearing teachers talk about their experience with it. 2:18:44
  9. Closed session 2:21:38
    • The board went into closed session at 8:33 PM and returned to open session at 10:17 PM, with the presiding officer stating no action would be taken in closed session. 2:21:38
  10. District and campus improvement plans 2:21:38
    • A presenter said every campus plan has expected objectives on attendance, professional learning communities and student performance. 4:11:10
    • A presenter said 8 campuses are required to develop a local improvement plan, and 3 campuses requiring targeted improvement plans will be presented at the October 29th board meeting. 4:14:29
  11. Budget and healthcare update 4:40:37
    • A finance staff member said K-5 enrollment was 620 below projections and the healthcare reserve fund has been depleted. 4:49:20
    • The staff member listed cost containment steps including reducing 27 vacant teacher positions and asking departments to cut general fund budgets by 5% where feasible. 4:54:47
    • The staff member said the adopted $9.9 million deficit was now at $30 million without additional revenue. 4:59:39
  12. Consideration of budget amendment 5:44:40
    • A motion was made and seconded to approve FY '27 budget amendment number 3 as presented. 5:45:06
    • The budget amendment passed with 7 ayes. 5:45:14
  13. Purchase of attendance credit 5:45:14
    • A staff member said the item is done every year because the district is a recapture district. 5:45:27
  14. Continuing education announcement and adjournment 5:46:45
    • The presiding officer said item 7B3 would be moved to the next meeting. 5:46:45
    • The presiding officer read the annual announcement of board members' completion of and deficiencies in required continuing education. 5:47:03
    • The meeting adjourned at 12:04 AM. 5:50:56

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Video: posted by the district as “October 15, 2026 Meeting of the Leander ISD Board of Trustees”