South San ISD

The Texas Education Agency is working to identify community members in the South San Antonio Independent School District who could serve on a state-appointed board of managers.

The South San Antonio Independent School District’s board of trustees narrowly approved the superintendent’s recommendation to close its second high school Wednesday evening in a 3 to 1 vote.

Trustees for the South San Antonio Independent School District have reached an agreement with the Texas Education Agency that resolves multiple investigations into the district.

South San's Athens Elementary, Kindred Elementary and Kazen Middle School will close at the end of the school year.

The superintendent of the South San Antonio Independent School District recommended trustees approve the closure of four schools Wednesday evening in order to avoid emptying out the district's savings. Trustees voted 5 to 2 to reject his recommendation.

The board of trustees for the South San Antonio Independent School District voted 3-2 to terminate Marc Puig’s superintendent contract Wednesday. Longtime board trustee Connie Prado also announced Wednesday that she would be resigning from the board June 30.

According to TEA investigators, the South San board violated the Texas Education Code by failing to “adequately collaborate with the Superintendent.” Investigators also found that individual trustees went beyond the scope of their authority by independently contacting district staff and outside consultants.

School board officers are typically elected once a year, immediately after newly elected trustees are sworn in. South San’s last board election was in November, but trustees Connie Prado and Ernesto Arrellano called a special meeting to elect Arrellano as board president.

The six community agencies that banded together last year to provide mental health services to the South San Antonio Independent School District are expanding into Harlandale and Edgewood.

Three former trustees of the South San Antonio Independent School District have joined the board of a proposed charter school that would recruit students…