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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.
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The Edgewood Independent School District trustees approved a district recommendation to close two schools Tuesday evening in a 5 to 1 vote. Winston Elementary and Wrenn Middle School will cease operations at the end of the school year.
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After two hours of passionate, angry and sometimes tearful pleas to keep schools open — and a three-hour discussion between district administrators and trustees — the SAISD board approved the final consolidation package as recommended by district leaders in a 5 to 2 vote Monday.
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A group of Edgewood parents and staff tasked with finding ways to consolidate schools is recommending the district close two schools.
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San Antonio ISD leaders removed four elementary schools from its final school closure recommendation.
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San Antonio ISD’s historically Black East Side neighborhoods have more schools on SAISD’s proposed closure list than any other part of the district.
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Edgewood is the fourth San Antonio school district to consider school closures in 2023. Declining enrollment and tight finances are pushing the districts to downsize.
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The district is planning to find other uses for those buildings, but some trustees are concerned those plans will fall through.
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San Antonio ISD officials say their recommendation to close nearly 20 % of the district’s schools is needed to ensure resources are distributed equitably. But critics of the plan question whether closing schools will truly improve equity.
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To make it easier to absorb SAISD's school consolidation proposal, TPR has listed the changes all in one location, school by school.