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Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a quote from Head of School Christopher Lester.
BASIS Leander is scheduled to open to more than 1,400 students this fall.
The new Leander campus will be the fourth Austin-area charter school opened by BASIS Texas Charter Schools.
The overview
BASIS Leander Primary will serve kindergarten through fifth grade students while BASIS Leander will host sixth through eighth grade students. The secondary school will add an additional grade each school year until serving twelfth grade students.
Head of School Christopher Lester, who was previously Head of School at BASIS Mesa in Arizona, will lead the Leander campus, according to BASIS information.
"The building will be the largest BASIS-constructed building in our entire network," Lester said in an email to Community Impact.
The details
The 94,125-square-foot campus is slated to feature the following, according to the BASIS website:
"I am excited to bring the globally competitive BASIS Charter Schools program to the Leander community and welcome students, families, faculty and staff to our new campus this fall," Lester said.
The background
BASIS is a national network of tuition-free charter schools with campuses across Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and Washington D.C.
BASIS Cedar Park opened off North Lakeline Boulevard in 2023, according to previous Community Impact reporting.
