Ed Garza Archives - San Antonio Report

SAISD board votes to close 75-year-old Westside elementary school

by Xochilt Garcia January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

Carvajal Elementary in SAISD will close at the end of the 2025-26 school year.

Community members housing advocates and elected officials attend a forum outside of the Soap Factory Apartments on Sept. 9, 2024, drawing attention to an upcoming vote that would eventually relocate residents that live in the complex to make way for a downtown ballpark.

Business & Development

Why a San Antonio school district is joining the fight for affordable housing

by Andrea Drusch December 22, 2024December 23, 2024

School closures latest chapter in San Antonio’s evolving education landscape

by Isaac Windes November 24, 2023November 22, 2023

San Antonio Independent School District staff has released a list of 15 recommended schools to be closed as part of the "rightsizing" of the district. The schools recommended for closure are as follows (left to right from top) Doris Miller Elementary, Storm Elementary, Highland Park Elementary, Carroll Early Childhood, Forbes Elementary, Gates Elementary, Douglas Elementary, Nelson Early Childhood, Lamar Elementary, Huppertz Elementary, Foster Elementary, Knox Early Childhood, Tynan Early Childhood, Green Elementary and Baskin Elementary.

San Antonio ISD trustees to vote on 15 proposed school closures Monday instead of 19

by Isaac Windes November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Students sit in a classroom at Dorie Miller Elementary School on San Antonio's East Side.

How a pair of contentious bills would reshape education funding in Texas

by Andrea Drusch October 18, 2023October 18, 2023

SAISD data show that over the last few years more students left Lowell Middle School than currently attended it.

As SAISD weighs school closures, student transfers will help inform a decision

by Isaac Windes July 23, 2023July 22, 2023

The San Antonio Independent School District named Jaime Aquino as its lone finalist for superintendent.

Get to know Jaime Aquino, SAISD’s new superintendent

by Brooke Crum August 8, 2022August 9, 2022

A student runs through the hallways of Democracy Prep at Stewart Elementary.

The choice for SAISD voters: stay the course or backslide

by Robert Rivard April 4, 2021April 4, 2021

The SAISD school board of trustees meets to discuss the budget.

SAISD school board races see influx of campaign cash from union, PACs

by Brooke Crum April 2, 2021April 6, 2021

SAISD Board Trustee Ed Garza (D7). Photo by Scott Ball.

SAISD board incumbents face slate of candidates backed by teachers union

by Brooke Crum March 19, 2021August 11, 2021