Leander ISD

You can show your appreciation for the excellent work and dedication of our LISD educators and staff this May by participating in the LEEF Teacher Recognition Campaign by Friday, April 27.

I believe this is the greatest generation of students in my 30 years as an educator.

Board Briefs: Trustees move on 2017 Bond projects, renew inter-local agreements for School Resource Officers

Student transfers have been processed, and notifications have been sent to campuses. Parents will receive notification by Monday at 5 p.m.

Families of children who will attend kindergarten in Leander ISD next fall, as well as families with children who qualify for the district’s free prekindergarten program, are encouraged to register their children for school on April 18 and 19.

Leander ISD schools will open on April 23, 2018, as a weather makeup day for the Jan. 16 cancellation day due to inclement weather.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) affirmed Leander ISD’s high-quality bond rating in preparation for upcoming new money sales resulting from the 2017 bond election approved by the LISD community.

Graduations for the Class of 2018 will be held once again at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.

The Board of Trustees discussed future academic calendar parameters and approved the district’s hazardous routes report for the 2018–2019 school year at its April 5 meeting.

Leander ISD has revised and updated the Off Campus PE program. Off campus PE is an optional program utilized by students grades 6-12 who wish to apply to receive their PE credit through an outside, privately funded, pre-approved organization.

Applications for 2018-19 kindergarten two-way Dual Language Services are now available.

Board Briefs: Trustees Finalize Zoning for ES 27, Superintendent Performance Goals

Please see your campus website and/or newsletters for information on upcoming Austin LifeGuard (ALG) Human Sexuality Curriculum Parent Workshops and Student Presentations. More information, including option-out letters, can be found on the district's Human Sexuality Curriculum page.

The community is invited to attend the upcoming "Coffee with the Board" events, hosted by the Leander ISD Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees discussed the zoning change for Elementary School #27, which the Board will consider at its March 22 meeting. The District will also consider a waiver to obtain more flexibility on its Title 1 funding to better serve schools with high economically disadvantaged student populations.

All LISD schools and offices will be closed Monday, March 12 through Friday, March 16, 2018 for Spring Break. We will look forward to welcoming students back on Monday, March 19 to finish off a great school year!

Superintendent Dan Troxell, Ph.D., will deliver the 2018 State of the District address on Wednesday, March 21. Please join us as Dr. Troxell reviews the growth in our district and communities, celebrates the successes of our students, and discusses what the district can expect in the coming years.

LISD is currently in the process of identifying volunteers who will serve to support INCubatoredu at Vandegrift High School. These people should have a passion for entrepreneurship or business as well as a desire and ability to give back to education with their time and efforts for this program.

In order to receive feedback from the community on the proposed Scenario B, district administration will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 in the Glenn High School Lecture Hall at 1320 Collaborative Way in Leander.

Thank you to LISD staff for kicking off the #SR4A Book Drive in spectacular fashion! During Monday's Staff Development Day, district staff brought in a whopping 4,258 books. What a great start!

Due to projected enrollment size for the 2018-2019 school year, this campus has been closed to new transfers, except consideration will be given to siblings of students who currently attend and who will attend next year.

Voluntary student transfers will be permitted to transfer to other elementary campuses within the district on a space and staffing available basis. Children who currently attend the campus as a fourth-grader, either as a zoned student or as a transfer student, will be permitted to attend the current campus as a transfer in the next school year, and siblings will be permitted to transfer in on a space- and staff-available basis.

Due to projected enrollment size for the 2018-2019 school year, this campus has been closed to NEW transfers, except for siblings of students who currently attend and who will attend this campus next year. Please be aware that if your student is not zoned to this campus or does not already attend this campus on an approved transfer, this campus is closed and will not be accepting any NEW transfer requests.

Voluntary transfers will be permitted to transfer to other open middle school campuses within the district on a space and staffing available basis.