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4 days ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
When Aaron Kingslien graduates from high school this May, he’ll do so with nearly two semesters worth of college credit hours under his belt. Kingslien pulled this off by taking several Advanced Placement (AP) classes, college-level courses taught in high school classroom coordinated through the CollegeBoard, a national nonprofit college entrance examination board whose mission is to expand access to higher educations.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
Before heading into work Friday morning, nearly 270 teachers in San Antonio who signed up on Donors Choose, a fundraising site where educators can list classroom and student needs and receive donations, saw their requests fully met.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
Nearly two months after finding the body of Mariadelis Labrador Siles, 28, in the far northwest side of San Antonio, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office ruled her death a suicide. Labrador Siles, a Cuban immigrant, was found March 12 in a wooded area near Helotes Creek with stab wounds to the chest. She had been reported missing March 10 by her boyfriend. On Tuesday, BCSO announced that Labrador Siles’ wounds were self-inflicted.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
While San Antonio has more supply of early childhood education programs than many other Texas communities, only 15% of preschool seats in the area are available on any given day. Only 3% of those seats are rated for quality by the state. And those slots can be very expensive, with the average cost of early child care in the city ranging from $10,000-$12,000 a year.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
After leaving the mayor’s office, Ron Nirenberg will return to Trinity University as a professor in practice in the communications department this fall. The Trinity alumnus served as the general manager of the school’s KFTU FM 91.7 radio station before starting his political career. Now term-limited after eight years as mayor, Nirenberg will be back on campus using his experience in office to teach a three-hour communications seminar to Trinity students.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
Harlandale Independent School District’s board of trustees will see no shake-ups this year as the two incumbents up for reelection May 3 kept their seats against familiar faces. District 2 and District 4 incumbents Erica Salazar and Norma Cavazos kept their seats after being challenged by previous Harlandale board members David Sosa and David Abundis. Harlandale ISD, serving about 11,500 students on the South Side, has been under the since 2020.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
After facing a heated school board race in San Antonio Independent School District, Mike Villarreal and Jacob Aaron Ramos knocked incumbents in districts 1 and 3 from their seats. San Antonio ISD, serving around 45,000 students in the heart of the city, faces a $51 million structural deficit, HVAC issues and possible state takeover after the Texas Education Agency’s 2023 accountability ratings showed several schools score a D or an F.
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1 week ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
Voters passed a $309 million bond proposal from East Central Independent School District for the construction of three new schools Saturday, with about 66% of the vote. This is after a slate of bond proposals, which would’ve resulted in a 13-cent property tax rate increase for homeowners in the district, was rejected last November. “We are very grateful for the generosity of our community.
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2 weeks ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
School vouchers will soon become a reality in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott says he will sign a $1 billion school voucher program, referred to as “education savings accounts,” into law during a special ceremony Saturday. Once the program goes into effect, education savings accounts (ESAs) would allow families to use state money to pay for private school tuition, transportation, therapy and other education-related items.
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2 weeks ago | 
sanantonioreport.org | Xochilt Garcia
When the Archdiocese of San Antonio announced the closure of St. Paul Catholic School last month, alumni and parents of the PreK-8 school went into action, calling for community support and pledging money to save the 72-year-old institution. “The closure of St. Paul Catholic School is a devastating loss for our community,” Sonya Cardenas, an alumnus of the school, wrote on Facebook.
