San Antonio Independent School District Archives - San Antonio Report https://sanantonioreport.org/tag/san-antonio-independent-school-district/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:44:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg San Antonio Independent School District Archives - San Antonio Report https://sanantonioreport.org/tag/san-antonio-independent-school-district/ 32 32 172243930 ‘It really is like leaving home’: Families, teachers say goodbye to closing SAISD schools https://sanantonioreport.org/school-closures-saisd-dorie-miller-elementary-school-east-side/ Thu, 30 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370214 Parents and alumni reminisced at Dorie Miller Elementary School and others like it that are closing for good this summer in San Antonio.
‘It really is like leaving home’: Families, teachers say goodbye to closing SAISD schools was first posted on May 30, 2024 at 6:00 am.
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San Antonio’s Week in Photos, May 12-18 https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-report-week-in-photos-may-12-18/ Mon, 20 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5369139 The 42nd annual Tejano Conjunto Festival kicks off with a Seniors Dance at VFW Post 9186.Images of conjunto-loving seniors, the final build-out at VelocityTX, theater artist Georgette María Messa and more make up the past week's top photos.
San Antonio’s Week in Photos, May 12-18 was first posted on May 20, 2024 at 6:00 am.
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Mariachi program spared, jobs promised as SAISD begins budget process https://sanantonioreport.org/poe-middle-school-los-tigres-mariachi-program-spared-jobs-promised-as-saisd-begins-budget-process/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5362732 Poe Middle School mariachi teacher Augustine Ortiz leads students to play a D major scale.Augustine Ortiz paused before sharing the news with a class of beginner mariachi students on a bright Wednesday afternoon at Poe Middle School. “I know you all heard of what was going to happen with the program being shut down,” he said as students shuffled in their seats. “But I learned yesterday that is no longer going to happen.” […]
Mariachi program spared, jobs promised as SAISD begins budget process was first posted on March 21, 2024 at 6:00 am.
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Most SAISD students to transfer to their top-choice campuses after school closures https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-isd-school-closures-students/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5361007 Highland Park Elementary School is one of the campuses in San Antonio Independent School District slated for closure at the end of this school year.With 15 schools slated for closure, San Antonio ISD said 99% of affected students were matched to one of their top three requested schools for 2024-25.
Most SAISD students to transfer to their top-choice campuses after school closures was first posted on March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am.
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SAISD to overhaul curriculum to raise scores after school closures https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-isd-curriculum-overhaul-scores-school-closures/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5351387 Officials plan to address low scores with a district-wide alignment of curriculum for math and reading, which currently vary from campus to campus.
SAISD to overhaul curriculum to raise scores after school closures was first posted on December 6, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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San Antonio’s Week in Photos, Nov. 26-Dec. 2 https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-report-week-in-photos-nov-26-dec-2/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5351250 The San Antonio Zoo celebrates the opening of the new front entrance on Friday.Images of the new San Antonio Zoo entrance, "The Nutcracker" dancers, charitable giving machines and more make up the past week's top photos.
San Antonio’s Week in Photos, Nov. 26-Dec. 2 was first posted on December 4, 2023 at 6:00 am.
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A second life for closed schools: SAISD and community to consider the future https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-isd-repurposing-closed-schools/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5351060 Children arrive to Beacon Hill Academy, one of the 15 schools selected to be closed by the SAISD board of trustees.The San Antonio Independent School District is forming a facility repurposing panel to discuss what to do with the 15 schools set for closure.
A second life for closed schools: SAISD and community to consider the future was first posted on December 3, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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San Antonio ISD trustees to vote on 15 proposed school closures Monday instead of 19 https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-isd-to-vote-on-15-proposed-school-closures-monday-instead-of-19/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5349231 San Antonio Independent School District staff has released a list of 15 recommended schools to be closed as part of the "rightsizing" of the district. The schools recommended for closure are as follows (left to right from top) Doris Miller Elementary, Storm Elementary, Highland Park Elementary, Carroll Early Childhood, Forbes Elementary, Gates Elementary, Douglas Elementary, Nelson Early Childhood, Lamar Elementary, Huppertz Elementary, Foster Elementary, Knox Early Childhood, Tynan Early Childhood, Green Elementary and Baskin Elementary.Four SAISD schools were removed from the initial list of closures and other recommendations were modified, the district announced Friday.
San Antonio ISD trustees to vote on 15 proposed school closures Monday instead of 19 was first posted on November 10, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
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Charter school circles students as closures near https://sanantonioreport.org/charter-school-recruitment-students-school-closures/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:13:51 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5347347 A school official said plans are in place to recruit students currently attending schools planned for closure.
Charter school circles students as closures near was first posted on October 26, 2023 at 6:13 pm.
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Panel OKs improvements for historic Jefferson High School https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-isd-jefferson-high-school-improvements-approved/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:21:22 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5346376 A back-lit sign spelling out Thomas Jefferson High School is planned for school property along Donaldson Avenue as part of the 2020 bond project in the San Antonio Independent District.Modifications to landscape, hardscape and signage at the 91-year-old school in Monticello Park are the first of many supported by the 2020 bond.
Panel OKs improvements for historic Jefferson High School was first posted on October 18, 2023 at 5:21 pm.
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