Letter to the Editor: LISD Community Deserves Transparency on Elementary School Decisions

A special Leander ISD board meeting was posted for November 12 to vote on the budget for elementary schools 31 and 32, which will close Mason ES and under-enroll other campuses without talking about that consequence, according to Sarah Trawick, a Steiner Ranch mother of two Steiner Ranch Elementary students. She shared a Letter ot the Editor about this quickly added meeting.

A portion of the agenda for the Nov. 12 Specal Board Meeting.
Full agenda: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/795?meeting=773627
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Lackey launches children’s book “Side by Side, We Shine” and reads to kids in the rain at the launch

Kristina Lackey celebrated the launch of her new children’s book, “Side by Side, We Shine,” with a community event at the University of Texas Golf Club on Nov. 8. Despite the rainy weather, she read her book to children as part of the event’s grand finale. “It’s raining, but we’re going to do this anyway,” she said with a smile.
Photo by Lynette Haaland, Four Points News
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