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I've never met a Lysandra. It's a pretty name, and I like it (Lysander, too). I don't think it's dated at all.

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If you call her Lysandra and introduce her as Lysandra, the overwhelming majority of people you meet will also call her Lysandra. If a few people do shorten it to Sandy without permission, most of them will go back to Lysandra when corrected.

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I really think that if both you and your child are consistent in correcting people, there is no such thing as an unavoidable nickname. Consistency is the key, though, so if your daughter just doesn't care or decides she actually likes and wants to be called Sandy, there wouldn't be anything you could do about that.

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To be honest, I love Sandy as a nn for both girls and boys, and I think it's full of a kind of retro charm. Your daughter could easily feel the same and enjoy the way it stands out against all the Bellas, Lexis, and Maddys/Addies but, at the same time, is a little more mainstream than Lysandra. If you dislike it enough that it's not worth the risk, then I'd avoid Lysandra.