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Trustees of San Antonio's fifth largest school district, Southwest ISD, approved a 2% raise for full-time employees and a $1,000 one-time retention payment on June 12. District leaders warned that big cuts are coming next year if state lawmakers don’t increase funding.
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Team advises SAISD to partner with city and county; survey neighborhoods for needs empty buildings can fulfill.
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When trustees vote on next school year’s budget in late June, part of the recommendation will be for $2.4 million in additional mental health support.
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Dorie Miller Elementary and 12 other SAISD campuses affected by the district’s decision to consolidate schools will permanently close on May 30.
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SAISD officials said HVAC systems are too complex to say January’s heater failures caused the current cooling challenges.
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The Texas Association of School Business Officials listed 10 reasons SAISD’s heaters failed, including 'inadequate leadership, ineffective crisis planning, poor departmental culture, lack of documented procedures and processes, continued reliance on outdated HVAC systems, and lack of maintenance and preventative maintenance of equipment.'
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SAISD leaders initially said a third-party review of January’s heater failures would “take a few weeks.” They now say a report will be out “later this spring.”
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Almost 5,000 San Antonio ISD students have to change schools because their school will no longer be in operation next year.
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A day after admitting human error contributed to heating problems, SAISD Superintendent Jaime Aquino accepted the resignation of key operations staff.
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Students enrolled in one of the 15 schools closing under the San Antonio Independent School District’s rightsizing plan will be given first priority in the lottery for the district’s choice schools next year.