On Oct. 29, Leander ISD administration told the LISD Board of Trustees the construction contracts for two new elementary schools would come Nov. 19, the first meeting for three newly elected trustees. That same night, trustees looked at the district’s falling enrollment numbers and asked to pause. The board president said she was “very very nervous” board members would start “getting cold feet.”

Eight days later, three days after the election, the vote moved up a week. Thursday night, the outgoing board decides $129.5 million.

Parents are asking for one thing: let the new board vote Nov. 19, as administration first planned. If it’s a good plan, why can’t it wait a week?

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.