Public commenters urge tracking student movement if Fabian is closed; trustees ask staff to model closure impacts

Two members of the public used the allotted citizen‑comment time to press trustees on near‑term budget decisions.

An unidentified speaker asked the board to track “the number of Fabian students who leave Leander ISD after you close their school” and estimated that 400 Fabian students represent about $2.5 million per year in student allotment revenue at current values; the speaker said that if 25 percent of those students left after a closure, the district could lose more than $600,000 per year at current allotment values and up to $1,000,000 per year under a higher future allotment assumption.

A second commenter urged higher SPED funding and better teacher pay and told students to stay in school and to seek help if they faced bullying; that speaker connected state funding shortfalls to local decisions about potential school repurposing.

Trustees and administration later referenced Fabian when discussing consolidation levers and asked staff to return with modeling that estimates student migration, revenue loss, and program impacts if campus consolidations are pursued as part of balancing the budget.