The San Antonio Independent School District is gathering community feedback on what to do with the empty campuses vacated as part of the district’s “right sizing” process last year.
The short survey is available in English or Spanish at saisd.net/frpsurvey.
Several community meetings have been held in recent weeks to explain the process, which could take years to complete after community engagement is finished.
The district is reaching out to the public online and in person at outreach events, including district athletic events, to gather community members’ priorities for available buildings, according to a press release.
The survey allows community members to select from potential uses that came up in previous outreach efforts such as early childhood education or those with special needs, to affordable housing, community or senior centers, parks and playgrounds, or physical and mental health resources, according to the district.
Some schools are already being used as back up campuses in the event that air conditioning fails.
SAISD closed 13 campuses and approved plans to merge others this summer after an analysis found that the district was maintaining almost 100 campuses, years after enrollment had fallen by tens of thousands of students, creating both logistical and financial hurdles that were becoming too much to afford.
