San Antonio ISD will hold public meetings over the next two weeks to offer updates on its repurposing of recently closed campuses and seek public input on how to best reuse them. The first of seven meetings will take place at 6 p.m.
The SAISD Board of Trustees in a 5-2 vote in May opted to close 15 schools and merge three others as part of a controversial"rightsizing plan."
During the meetings, district officials will provide timetables and updates on the repurposing process. Members of the public also will be invited to provide input on what they'd like to see happen to the shuttered campuses.Aug. 27 – 6 p.m.: Edison High SchoolSept. 3 – 6 p.m.: Brackenridge High Schooland merge three others as part of what the district called a"rightsizing plan.
Under a resolution adopted last year by SAISD's Board of Trustees, Green, Foster, Miller, Highland Park, Douglass, Forbes, Huppertz, Lamar, and Storm elementary schools closed at the end of the last school year. Knox, Nelson and Tynnan Early Childhood Centers also shut down.
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