Complete the office gossip's email by choosing the correct verb phrase.

Did you hear? The boss has just announced that she ___ the company next month to start a llama farm!

The correct answer is is leaving.

When the reporting verb is in a present tense or present perfect tense (like "has announced"), we do not backshift the verbs in the reported speech. Because her departure is a future arrangement, the present continuous "is leaving" remains unchanged!