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Parents, students and community leaders urge trustees to suspend school closure plans
Summary
Dozens of speakers at Leander ISD’s meeting urged trustees not to close neighborhood elementary schools, pressed for open‑enrollment alternatives and submitted petitions and letters opposing consolidation.
Dozens of parents, students and community leaders urged the Leander Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday to abandon proposed school consolidations and pursue alternatives such as open enrollment and new revenue streams.
Speakers cited the potential impact on walkability, campus culture and staff retention, and asked trustees to delay irreversible actions while the district explores other options.
The public comment period opened with instructions from the presiding officer that 47 individuals had signed up to speak and that each speaker’s time was reduced to 60 seconds because of the large number of commenters. Students, parents and community organizers used their minutes to press trustees on specific campuses and to present petitions and letters in…
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