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Parents, students and teachers urge Leander ISD to protect programs and keep neighborhood schools open
Summary
At the Sept. 30 Leander ISD special board meeting, multiple public commenters urged the board to prioritize keeping low-enrollment neighborhood schools open and to preserve services such as dyslexia interventions, 504 supports and librarians, while asking for transparency and measurable timelines in any long-range facility planning.
Multiple parents, a student and other community members urged the Leander ISD Board of Trustees Sept. 30 to keep neighborhood schools open and to avoid cutting core services while the district examines long-term facility and budget options.
A fifth-grade student from Green Hills Elementary opened public comment by reminding the board that trustees are "the local government body responsible for serving the educational needs of all school children like me and my friends here in Leander Independent School District." Several parents then testified about programs they said were essential to their…
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