The Alamo Heights Independent School District is on track to avoid any shakeups after Tuesday night’s school board election.
Early voting results show Incumbents Ty Edwards and Hunter Kingman in the Place 3 and Place 4 seats, respectively, holding onto their seats after being challenged by two AHISD moms who had the backing of local Democrats.
In the Place 3 race, Edwards was taking 67.96% of the vote after early voting and Kingman was taking 70.11% in the Place 4 seat.
Their challengers, Lindsey Saldana in Place 3 and Bianca Cerqueira in Place 4, took 32.04% of the vote and 29.89% respectively.
The raw vote totals were higher than in other races in Saturday’s low-turnout election, with more than 2,000 early votes cast in each race.
Alamo Heights ISD doesn’t frequently have contested races for its school board positions, but this year two incumbents on the Board of Trustees drew challengers amid consternation with its handling of a new “parents’ rights” law.
In January, the district cancelled an author visit after two parents complained that one of the writer’s books mentioned the LGBTQ+ community.
It was a cautious decision, district officials said, in the face of Senate Bill 12, a recently passed law that limits classroom discussion of gender ideology, race, sexual orientation and other topics. It was only one of several laws framed as “parent choice” bills passed during the 2025 legislative session.
Upset parents rallied around the author issue and informally picked two moms, Lindsey Saldana and Bianca Cerqueira, to run against the two incumbents up for reelection this year. In an area where school board races are usually quiet, both challengers got backing from local Democrats who want school boards to push back against the state more.
Alamo Heights ISD is one of the smallest and wealthiest districts in the San Antonio area, located in a small enclave that includes the cities of Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Live Oak and a sliver of San Antonio’s North Side.
Unlike neighboring districts, AHISD is not facing declining enrollment, but is feeling tighter purse strings amidst inflation and little increase to base public school funding from the state. Located in a property-rich area, the district had to pay the state back millions last year under what’s known as the “Robin Hood” program.
At the same time, the district is undergoing major bond project renovations and trying to keep up with a diversifying pool of students.
