Lightning Highlights - Vol. 15
Week of 11/07/2022
Principal Post:
Also on Thursday will be our Make-up Picture Day. If your child was not here for picture day, they will be having their picture taken on Thursday. Pictures can be ordered on the Photo Texas website. If your child's picture was already taken and you were not happy with the picture, you can have their picture retaken, but you will need to turn in the original picture to Photo Texas.
On Wednesday will we be having our first Spirit Night at Sabino's. More information below.
Don't forget to vote tomorrow if you did not vote early!
Have a great week!
Tuesday is Election Day!
You may have heard that there will be two prepositions on the November ballot that will greatly impact LISD. Here is some information that explains Props A & B. Please take a moment to read it and if you have any questions visit LeanderISD.org/elections for more information.
The ballot for this November’s federal, state, and local elections will include two propositions related to Leander ISD.
Proposition A is an Attendance Credit Election. Due to an increase in the level of property values per student in Leander ISD, the state is removing about $31.2 million from our district through the process known as recapture, or Robin Hood. If LISD voters approve Proposition A, the district will make its required recapture payment to the state. If Proposition A fails, the state will look for other ways to remove revenue from LISD. For example, the state could force some taxpayers in our district to start paying taxes to a different district instead of LISD.
Proposition B is a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election. By approving Proposition B, voters would ratify the tax rate set by the LISD Board of Trustees — a rate that is 6.24 cents lower than last year’s rate. Due to rising property values, the average tax payment would be about $38 per month higher than the average payment last year under Proposition B. Passage of Proposition B would generate an additional $32 million for academics in LISD, including teacher pay and the continuity of programs.
For much more information about these propositions, please visit LeanderISD.org/elections. You can also sign up for informational text-message updates by texting @LISDMoney to 81010. You can also text-message your questions to 512-399-0068.
Today is the last day to order from Art to Remember
Thanksgiving Lunch and our Veteran's Day Assembly is This Thursday
Thanksgiving Lunch will have an amended schedule to accommodate more people. Here is the amended lunch schedule:
EC/PreK - 10:05-10:35
Kinder - 10:30-11:00
1st Gr. - 11:05-11:35
2nd Gr. - 12:15-12:45
3rd Gr. - 11:40-12:10
4th and 5th Gr. - 12:50-1:20
Here is the schedule for The Veterans Day Assemblies:
Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and 4th Grade will take place at 9:15 AM.
1st Grade, 3rd Grade, and 5th Grade will take place at 1:15 PM.
COMING SOON! Larkspur's 4th Annual Career & College Parade
You can help your student create a shoebox float for our indoor parade this year! See an example from last year below.
Turkey Trot Update
Due to shipping delays, Turkey Trot shirts will be delivered on November 15. Students should get their shirts on the 16th or 17th. Sorry for the delay and thanks for your patience. We have a few extra shirts that will be sold on a first come first serve basis. These shirts can be purchased from any of the PE teachers for $12 cash. Please do not send cash until the shirts arrive.
Turkey Trot Schedule
7:45 - 8:15 Pre K
8:20 - 9:10 5th grade
9:15 - 10:05 4th grade
10:05 - 10:55 3rd grade
11:05 -11:55 2nd grade
12:25 - 1:15 Kindergarten
1:15 - 2:05 1st grade
Volunteers are needed for the race!!! You have to be a registered volunteer with the district in order to help out. Here is the link to the volunteer registration.
Please sign up here to volunteer for the Turkey Trot:
https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/566985332456108071/true#/invitation
APEX is coming!!
PTA NEWS
Upcoming Events
The 22-23 LISD School calendar can be found here.
November Holidays:
11/8 - Staff Dev. Day, Student Holiday
11/21-11/25 - Thanksgiving Break - Staff and Student Holiday
Mental Health Minute
Week of November 7th:
Topic: I Statements, continued
Google Drive: English, Spanish
Scripts: English & Spanish
Daily Schedule
Tardy Bell - 7:30 Tardy Bell
Attendance - 8:30 attendance is taken
Dismissal - 2:45
Transportation
512-570-8100
The cutoff time for making a transportation change is 1:00.
If you need to pick your student up early for any reason, please pick them up no later than 1:45-2:00.
Thank you!!
Forgotten Items
Deliveries are made to the classroom at 10:00, so please have the item here by that time.
CNS Reminder!!
Click here to go to the CNS page on the LISD website for menus and more information.
Information:
Stay Connected
Website: larkspur.leanderisd.org
Location: 424 Rusk Bluff Avenue, Leander, TX, USA
Phone: 512-570-8100
Facebook: facebook.com/LarkspurElementarySchool
Twitter: @LarkspurES