Isaac Windes, Author at San Antonio Report https://sanantonioreport.org/author/isaac-windes/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg Isaac Windes, Author at San Antonio Report https://sanantonioreport.org/author/isaac-windes/ 32 32 172243930 TEA appoints conservator to oversee Great Hearts Texas https://sanantonioreport.org/tea-appoints-conservator-to-oversee-great-hearts-texas/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:29:49 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5371183 Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath speaks with students, teachers and faculty at Brackenridge High School on Tuesday during a listening tour of the state's school districts.The appointment comes at the invitation of the embattled charter network's board after several mishaps in recent months.
TEA appoints conservator to oversee Great Hearts Texas was first posted on June 5, 2024 at 12:29 pm.
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]]> 5371183 SAISD relocates final graduations indoors due to excessive heat warning https://sanantonioreport.org/saisd-relocates-final-graduations-indoors-due-to-excessive-heat-warning/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:46:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370808 Some of the last graduation ceremonies in the San Antonio region are being moved indoors due to possible triple-digit temperatures.
SAISD relocates final graduations indoors due to excessive heat warning was first posted on June 4, 2024 at 10:46 am.
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]]> 5370808 ‘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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]]> 5370214 SAISD cancels classes at two schools due to HVAC failures https://sanantonioreport.org/saisd-cancels-classes-bonham-academy-mark-twain-dual-language-academy-hvac-issues/ Tue, 28 May 2024 18:43:55 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370188 Bonham AcademyClasses at Bonham Academy and Mark Twain Dual Language Academy are expected to reopen Wednesday, according to letters sent to parents.
SAISD cancels classes at two schools due to HVAC failures was first posted on May 28, 2024 at 1:43 pm.
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]]> 5370188 San Antonio-area schools issued hundreds of suspensions to homeless students — likely breaking state law https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-school-district-suspensions-homeless-students-state-law/ Sun, 26 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5369940 The TEA is conducting a review and local districts are strengthening training to ensure that they comply with the 2019 law.
San Antonio-area schools issued hundreds of suspensions to homeless students — likely breaking state law was first posted on May 26, 2024 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5369940 Incoming North East ISD board to grapple with budget shortfall, book bans https://sanantonioreport.org/neisd-board-trustees-swearing-in-to-grapple-with-library-books-sex-ed/ Sun, 19 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5368962 Five trustees, including four new faces, were sworn into office for the North East Independent School District Board of Trustees this week — a changing of the guard for the seven-member panel, which conservative education groups targeted in all five electoral races earlier this month but were shut out. The politics of the district were […]
Incoming North East ISD board to grapple with budget shortfall, book bans was first posted on May 19, 2024 at 6:00 am.
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]]> 5368962 Students with disabilities get leg up with TAMU-SA program https://sanantonioreport.org/tamu-sa-program-tu-casa-students-with-disabilities/ Thu, 16 May 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5368729 Daniel Lawler presents what he learned during his time as a Tu Casa student Friday. Tu Casa is a program at Texas A&M San Antonio that allows students with intellectual disabilities to gain life skills while attending college classes.Tu Casa students will go on to work at local businesses after completing a certificate at the college and taking various courses.
Students with disabilities get leg up with TAMU-SA program was first posted on May 16, 2024 at 8:30 am.
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]]> 5368729 How SAISD got caught off-guard by widespread HVAC failures in January meltdown https://sanantonioreport.org/saisd-hvac-failures-upgrades/ Mon, 13 May 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5368494 A temporary cooling system helps to regulate the temperature inside one of the classrooms at Sidney Lanier High School Friday.A committee spent months studying how to avoid issues like January's HVAC failure, including revisiting SAISD's school closure discussions.
How SAISD got caught off-guard by widespread HVAC failures in January meltdown was first posted on May 13, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
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]]> 5368494 AlamoU allows students to get four-year degrees from local community colleges https://sanantonioreport.org/alamou-alamo-colleges-district-community-colleges-bachelors-degrees/ Thu, 09 May 2024 19:59:03 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5368068 San Antonio College has received over $30 million in federal coronavirus relief funding that will aid students impacted by COVID-19.The Alamo Colleges District formalized its long-planned system-wide expansion to offer bachelor’s degrees at a ceremony Thursday.
AlamoU allows students to get four-year degrees from local community colleges was first posted on May 9, 2024 at 2:59 pm.
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]]> 5368068 Layoffs hit School of Science and Technology as budget tightens https://sanantonioreport.org/layoffs-school-of-science-and-technology-san-antonio/ Tue, 07 May 2024 01:39:56 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5367725 A classroom pairs lunch with learning at the School of Science and Technology.The cuts come as pandemic-era funds expire and San Antonio's districts and charter schools grapple with the lack of additional state funding.
Layoffs hit School of Science and Technology as budget tightens was first posted on May 6, 2024 at 8:39 pm.
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