EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Leander ISD, Liberty Hill ISD, Georgetown ISD & Texas
HIGHLIGHTS LEANDER ISD Austin Public Health allocated $16,000 to the district to open a pre-K classroom for 3-year- olds. The funding was approved by Austin ocials May 18 and sends a total of $2 million toward workforce development, child care and early childhood education in Central Texas. GEORGETOWN ISD District ocials broke ground May 3 on Elementary School No. 11 in Liberty Hill’s Santa Rita Ranch development. Ocially named San Gabriel Elementary School, the funding for the $49.3 million school comes from a 2021 bond election. TEXAS In April, students across the state began standardized testing through a completely online format for the rst time after legislators called for a revamped test in 2019. The redesigned test features more question varieties and changes to written essay prompts. A TEA spokesperson said the changes aligned the assessment closer to the classroom experience. Leander ISD board of trustees will meet June 8 and 15 at 6:15 p.m. at 300 S. West Drive, Leander. 512-570-0000. www.leanderisd.org Liberty Hill ISD board of trustees will meet June 19 at 6 p.m. at 301 Forrest St., Liberty Hill. 512-260-5580. www.libertyhill.txed.net Austin Community College board of trustees will meet July 10 at 3 p.m. at 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin. 512-223-7000. www.austincc.edu MEETINGS WE COVER NUMBER TO KNOW The number of vehicles county ocials expect to travel through Liberty Hill on April 8, 2024, because of the solar eclipse 400K
District looks to defer construction, change zoning LEANDER ISD Administration rec- ommended new attendance zones for some middle school and high school BY GRANT CRAWFORD neighborhoods would fall under Running Brushy Middle School. What’s next: The board of trustees will decide whether to approve this rezoning recommendation at its June 8 meeting, after press time.
• Six neighborhoods would transfer from Four Points Middle School to Henry Middle School. • Six neighborhoods from Henry Middle School would move to Cedar Park Middle School. • Students from 13 neighborhoods within the Glenn High School jurisdiction would move to Leander High School. • Students in 13 neighborhoods from Leander High School and six neighborhoods from Vandegrift High School would move to Cedar Park High School. What else?: Middle school students going into eighth grade for the 2024-25 school year as well as juniors and seniors in high school—and these stu- dents’ siblings—would have the option to remain at their current campus.
Liberty Hill ISD gives students day o for 2024 solar eclipse • Ten neighborhoods zoned for Dan- ielson Middle School would move to Leander Middle School. • Seven neighborhoods would move from Danielson Middle School to Wiley Middle School. • Two Leander Middle School students May 11 as several schools are projected to run out of room in the coming years if attendance zones remain the same. The big picture: LISD passed a school bond May 6 to fund expansions to its facilities. However, rezoning 1,414 middle school students and 1,482 high school students for the 2024-25 school year will maximize the space at its campuses and defer construction of some new schools.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING “The goal of this rezoning is to push [construction of] High School [No.] 8 off the table entirely, which is [an estimated] $500 million. Then, to push out High School [No.] 7 as long as possible, hopefully until 2029. In order to do that, there are some
growing pains that we’re going to have
to go through. “ BRUCE GEARING, LEANDER ISD SUPERINTENDENT
LISD property value projected to increase
CALENDAR CHANGES Todd Washburn, LHISD’s assistant superintendent of schools, presented three updates about the 2023-24 academic calendar. 1 Professional development day moved from April 1, 2024, to April 8, 2024 2 Two professional development days moved from Oct. 16-17 to Oct. 9-10 3 Due to The University of Texas adjusting its spring break, now LHISD, Austin Community College and UT all observe the break March 11-15, 2024
BY GRANT CRAWFORD
LEANDER ISD Based on esti- mates by local appraisal districts, Leander ISD’s overall property value is projected to increase by 9.83%. The gist: The increase means the district will collect more tax revenue in 2023-24. However, it is expected to be oset by LISD’s recapture payment to the state increasing an additional $9.3 million for a total of $58.3 million.
BY CLAIRE SHOOP
LIBERTY HILL ISD Students will be o on April 8, 2024, the date NASA indicated a total solar eclipse will move across North America. Designating this day a profes- sional development day was one of two changes to the already-ap- proved 2023-24 academic calendar trustees made at its May 15 meeting.
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