Education
News Briefs (Aug. 20): Therapy dog arrives in Alamo Heights ISD; Tobin Hill hospital sees progress on murals; city OKs airport Terminal A/B project; H-E-B expansion receives tax break
By Edmond Ortiz This edition of News Briefs features the introduction of a trained counseling dog helping students at an Alamo Heights school, and the approval of key leaders for an upcoming San Antonio International Airport project. Also, local residents recently applied their creative skills toward a mural project at a Tobin Hill neighborhood hospital….
Contested races await Converse, Schertz, Windcrest, Edgewood ISD voters in November
By Edmond Ortiz Converse, Schertz, Windcrest and the Edgewood Independent School District will have full slates of contested races in the Nov. 3 elections. Aug. 17 was the deadline for local candidates to snag a Nov. 3 election ballot spot in one of the five San Antonio-area cities and school districts slated to hold an…
San Antonio ISD voters to consider bond, tax hike proposals
By Edmond Ortiz The San Antonio Independent School District board voted Aug. 17 to put a property tax increase and a new bond package on the local Nov. 3 ballot. But some school board members admit the election measures will be a hard sell to voters. What is happening San Antonio ISD is joining five…
SCUCISD to propose tax hike to voters in November
By Edmond Ortiz Voters in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District will for a second straight year consider a property tax increase. The SCUCISD school board voted Aug. 17 to call the special election Nov. 3. If approved by voters, the district would raise the maintenance and operations portion of its property tax rate 12…
Northside, East Central ISDs set tax elections for November; NISD to also propose bond vote
By Edmond Ortiz Two San Antonio-area school districts will ask their respective taxpayers this November for permission to raise their property tax rates in order to support pay raises, and address budget deficits. And one of those school districts will also propose its second bond issue in four years. Northside ISD schedules 2 elections Northside…
Campus Briefs: Southwest ISD leader resigns; Comal ISD calls bond election; Alamo Heights ISD finishes high school upgrades
By Edmond Ortiz The superintendent of a South Side school district is leaving her post, and one local school district is scheduling a critical election this fall. Plus, a Midtown school district is wrapping up major construction work at its lone high school in time for the start of a new academic year. Southwest ISD’s…
Judson ISD signals no-go on property tax hike election
By Edmond Ortiz The Judson Independent School District appears not to be going forward with another effort to propose a property tax increase in a November 2026 election. What you should know Sixty percent of Judson ISD voters took part in a special November 2025 election where they rejected a district proposal to raise the…
Alamo Colleges District gets $3M boost to support nursing students
Alamo Colleges District on July 28 announced a $3 million pledge from a San Antonio philanthropic organization, with funds being used to support scholarships for local nursing students. What is happening The three-year, $1 million annual investment from the Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation will support up to 334 nursing students across the Alamo Colleges District,…
San Antonio ISD taps Adrian Bustillos as permanent superintendent
By Edmond Ortiz The San Antonio Independent School District will begin its 2026-2027 academic year with a new permanent superintendent at the helm. What you should know SAISD trustees voted July 20 to confirm Adrian Bustillos as the district’s top appointed leader. Bustillos just finished a state-mandated 21-day period which began June 24 when the…
Northside ISD executive appointed interim superintendent
By Edmond Ortiz Jessica Palomares, assistant superintendent for elementary administration, will become Northside Independent School District’s interim superintendent Aug. 1. Northside ISD officials made the announcement July 20. Palomares will replace John Craft, the current superintendent who said in early June that he would be retiring later this year, ending an educational career that dates…