The district shut down 15 campuses in the summer of 2024 as its answers to declining enrollment.
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Independent School District is taking its first steps toward deciding the future of the 15 campuses it closed at the end of 2023-2024 school year.
In a statement to KENS 5, the district said it is working with architectural firm PBK to develop a district master plan—described as a “foundational step” in long-term planning and the facilities repurposing process.
The plan will incorporate a facility condition assessment, educational adequacy index, safety review, city overlays and demographic data. It will also feature feasibility studies for each closed campus to help identify potential new uses.
SAISD leaders said they are also exploring the possibility of transforming some former schools into affordable workforce housing, in response to community feedback about housing needs.
The master plan is expected to be complete by the end of the summer. SAISD anticipates opening the first phase of repurposing proposals by early fall.
Until then, the district is encouraging interested organizations or individuals to reach out through its website at saisd.net/strategy, by email at strategy@saisd.net or by phone at (210) 354-9410.
The closures, which mostly impacted elementary schools, were the result of a so-called “rightsizing” plan approved by the SAISD board in November 2023. It was created in the wake of ongoing decreasing enrollment at San Antonio’s third-biggest school district and a simultaneous lack of facility reduction.
An earlier version of the proposal called for shutting down 19 schools.