The North East Independent School District board has approved a cost-cutting plan to close three neighborhood schools amid a record budget deficit.
Standing on the sidewalk beside his older sister, five-year-old Kassius Reyes held up a sign displaying his classmates’ colorful handprints and four words. “Keep our school open!” the handmade poster read. But later Monday night, at a crowded board meeting, the North East Independent School District board voted 7-0 to close Driscoll Middle School , Wilshire Elementary School and Clear Spring Elementary School to cope with an enrollment loss of 12,000 students over the past decade.
the fifth San Antonio school district to take the painful step of closing schools due to shrinking enrollment, revenue losses and heightened expenses in recent years. Superintendent Sean Maika acknowledged the emotional toll school closures take on families. He said his recommendation has kept him awake 'night after night' and that school closures are not 'the difference I wanted to make in anybody's life' when he went into education.
’s buying power by $1,340 per student since 2020. Most of the district’s funding comes from daily attendance, which has taken a severe hit since the pandemic. Blaming a declining birth rate and lack of new residential development, district officials said 70% of the teacher battles with district after being assaulted by second grader
administrative building Monday afternoon were greeted by around 30 community members waving flags, holding signs and chanting phrases like, “Closures harm us all, hear our call.” The rally was organized by
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