The Leander Independent School District is facing an $18 million budget shortfall for the 2026-2027 school year, and is considering closing or consolidating several schools, as well as making ...

In light of ongoing budget struggles, the two thresholds will identify campuses with fewer than 400 or 500 students and the next steps that will be taken.

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) – In perhaps a modern-day “Footloose,” around a half dozen students danced in front of the Leander ISD board Thursday night to protest a district policy change. For years, ...

The school district called a special session on Wednesday to hear from the community and consider options before taking up a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As school districts across Central Texas begin drafting budgets for the upcoming year, parents in Leander ISD worry about the possibility of school closures. The idea surfaced during ...

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Leander ISD will create its own police department to comply with a new state law. The district’s board of trustees approved the decision Thursday. The initial department will ...

The Leander ISD board has decided not to close under-enrolled Faubion and Steiner Ranch elementaries. The board has asked the ...

Editor’s Note: A video originally attached to this article has been removed because it misstated political affiliation in a graphic. We regret the error. AUSTIN ...

LEANDER, Texas - Leander ISD approved a plan to close Faubion Elementary for the 2026-27 school year. The LISD board of ...

The closure of Faubion Elementary is expected to take place before the 2026-27 school year. The school was projected to fall to 26% capacity next school year.

The Leander school board will vote Dec. 17 on closing Steiner Ranch and Faubion elementary schools. Officials said that would ...

A Leander school district bus veered off a curved section of Nameless Road and rolled over Wednesday afternoon, injuring 15 elementary school students and one adult on the first day of the new school ...