South San Antonio Independent School District (South San ISD, SSAISD) is a public school district based in San Antonio, Texas (USA). The district serves southern and southwestern portions of the city. For the 2022–2023 school year, the district served 7,872 students in 18 schools. This district was the 107th-largest by enrollment in the state of Texas.
History
From 2013 to 2018, total SSAISD enrollment declined by 1,400. The enrollment from the 2013–2014 school year until August 2019 decreased by 12%. From the beginning to the end of the 2017–2018 school year, the enrollment declined by over 550 students. From October 2018 until the end of the 2018–2019 school year the enrollment declined from 8,900 to 8,630.
In 2019, the board chose to re-open West Campus High, Kazen Middle, and Athens elementary, even though the superintendent and a large minority on the board opposed the decision. The enrollments did not reach the district's projections. More than $2.7 million, including $340,000 in cleaning costs, was spent on renovations of the three campuses.
Superintendent From 2014, the superintendent of South San Antonio Independent School District was Abelardo Saavedra, who was appointed in March 2014. He resigned from SSAISD, with his last day being Friday October 12, 2018. Saavedra's decision to resign, as well as the district's agreement regarding his departure, was approved by the SSAISD board on a 6-1 basis that day. The then-Palacios Independent School District (PISD) superintendent, Alexandro Flores, replaced him.
Krista Torralva stated that, after a change in the composition of the school board, the new leading bloc of board members did not support Flores. In September 2019 Flores, along with three board members, resigned. Chief academic officer Dolores Sendejo became the interim superintendent.
Schools +Secondary schools Name Grades Established Mascot Colors Additional information South San Antonio High School 9-12 1935 Bobcats Blue & White Dwight Middle School 6-8 1957 Bobcats Blue & White Former South San Antonio High School campus Alan B. Shepard Middle School 6-8 1970 Cougars Red, White, & Blue Former mascot was the Patriots until 2009 Robert C. Zamora Middle School 6-8 2003 Jaguars Baby Blue & Navy Blue +Primary schools Name Grades Established Mascot Colors Additional information Neil Armstrong Elementary School PK-5 1970 Astros Red, White, & Blue Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School PK-5 Patriots Red, White, & Blue Miguel Carrillo Jr. Elementary School PK-5 Wildcats Maroon & White Five Palms Elementary Elementary School PK-5 1970 Eagles Blue & White Hutchins Elementary School PK-5 1954 Vikings Purple & White Frank L. Madla Elementary School PK-5 1962 Alligators Red & White Renamed from Royalgate Elementary in 2006 Palo Alto Elementary School PK-5 Rams Red & Blue Price Elementary School PK-5 1952 Cobras Blue & Yellow + Former schoolsNameGradesEstablishedClosedMascotColorsAdditional informationWest Campus High School9-121976, 20192007, 2024CougarsRed & WhiteClosed due to a flood. Never reopened due to declining enrollments. Was converted to administrative space, then returned to Abraham Kazen Middle School6-8????, 20192017, 2023PanthersBlack & GoldAthens Elementary SchoolPK-5????, 20192017, 2023CowboysBlue & WhiteKindred Elementary SchoolPK-519232023TigersRed, White, & BlueAntonio Olivares Elementary SchoolPK-519742004
Distinctions South San Antonio ISD received a “No Improvement Required” status for the 2016 school year, and none of its schools received failing ratings. This was the second year in a row for the district. That same year, the district's STAAR results produced a total of 21 TEA distinctions that were awarded to 10 SSAISD campuses. This equates to two-thirds of the District's campuses earning at least one distinction, and made it the fourth highest percentage total for all Bexar County's independent school districts.
School board
South San Antonio Independent School District is overseen by a seven-member board. They serve four-year terms by specific geographic district without compensation. South San Antonio Board of TrusteesMemberPositionDistrict #Term endsAngelina OsteguinPresident12018Leticia GuerraVice president42018Linda LongoriaSecretary32020Louis Ybarra Jr.Trustee22020Connie PradoTrustee52020Helen Madla-PratherTrustee62018Elda L. FloresTrustee72020
School board elections Members of the South San Antonio Board of Trustees are elected to four-year terms. Four seats were up for election on November 4, 2014. The District 7 election was for an unexpired two-year term. Four seats were up for election on November 8, 2016.
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