Education
BY DANIEL SCHWALM & BROOKE SJOBERG
LISD repurposed Faubion Elementary renamed Leander ISD’s early childhood center will be named the Ada Mae Faubion School for Early Childhood. The big picture The name was approved by the board of trust- ees March 12, noting that the building will carry on the legacy of Faubion Elementary School, which is slated to close at the end of the 2025- 2026 school year as part of consolidation due to low enrollment. Ada Mae Faubion was a member of one of the founding families of the Leander and Cedar Park
ACC integrates AI in higher education Austin Community College announced a new partnership with the Round Rock-based Trellis Foundation to create an articial intel- ligence-driven system connecting students to support services, personalizing interventions and preparing students for an economy featuring AI in day-to-day life. March 11, ACC Chancellor Russell Low- ery-Hart said this initiative, spearheaded by the community college and Trellis Founda- tion, will “lean in” to the AI-driven changes in the economy, seeking to meet the moment similar to that of previous large-scale changes such as the Industrial Revolution or the introduction of computers. The platform will pull together students’ real-time data, proactively connecting them to advising oces, tutoring, nancial aid, mental health and wraparound services.
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Soon-to-be-repurposed Faubion Elementary School will be named after city founding member Ada Mae Faubion
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prekindergarten and early childhood special education who are currently zoned to Bagdad, Larkspur, North, Plain and Tarvin elementary schools.
The Ada Mae Faubion School for Early Child- hood is scheduled to open in fall 2026. The school will serve 3- and 4-year-old students in
Chris Clark identi ed as LISD’s next superintendent The Leander ISD board of trustees named Chris Clark the lone nalist March 12 to serve as the district’s next superintendent. The overview
a teacher, assistant principal and principal. "Leander ISD, like districts across Texas, is navigating a lot of change right now, but I feel condent knowing the direction we're heading under your leadership," said board President Anna Smith.
make Clark the lone nalist at its March 12 meeting. Clark will lead more than 42,000 students across 49 schools, a news release from the district states. Clark previously served as deputy superinten- dent of learning and innovation. Before joining Leander ISD, he held leadership roles in Frisco ISD, McKinney ISD and Tulsa Public Schools, according to a news release. In addition to his district-level experience, Clark has experience as
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Clark has served as acting superintendent since the retirement of the previous superintendent, Bruce Gearing, in December 2025. The board of trustees voted unanimously to
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