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Talking to parents about schools is one of my favorite things ever. Last week, the MOMS Club of San Antonio—NE hosted me at their monthly meeting at Windcrest United Methodist Church for a presentation about finding the right schools for your children. I looked at my...

Note from SA Charter Moms: We are proud to share guest posts from hallmonitor covering San Antonio's public schools. On Monday night, March 19, the board of San Antonio ISD passionately discussed—and ultimately voted to approve—a charter application and management...

Artículo previo en inglés—earlier post in English. Mil gracias a la traductora Rocío Guenther. LEEP Dual Language Academies, una nueva escuela chárter, se está preparando para abrir en agosto de 2018 en el lado oeste de San Antonio. En una sesión informativo que se...

Note from SA Charter Moms: We are proud to share guest posts from hallmonitor covering San Antonio's public schools. On March 19, the Texas Commission on Public School Finance listened to ten hours of public testimony on . . . everything. The State's school finance...

Note from SA Charter Moms: We are proud to share guest posts from hallmonitor covering San Antonio's public schools. The March 7 hearings before the Texas Commission on Public School Finance were basically the equivalent of me going to New York Fashion Week. A parade...

How do families learn more about school options? One way is to visit a school fair. On March 3, 2018, Families Empowered staged a South Side School Choice Fair on the campus of Compass Rose Academy at Brooks. In case you couldn't make it to the fair, here is a recap...

Note from SA Charter Moms: We are proud to share guest posts from hallmonitor covering San Antonio's public schools. When Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath was Dallas ISD Trustee Mike Morath, he championed a performance-based teacher salary system. Three years...

Note from SA Charter Moms: We are proud to share guest posts from hallmonitor covering San Antonio's public schools. Note from Hall Monitor: The Texas School Finance Commission meets for the third time on Thursday, February 22 to hear from more experts on how to to...

Lea en español aqui. LEEP Dual Language Academies, a new charter school, is preparing to open in August 2018 on the west side of San Antonio. At an information session on March 13 at Guerra Library, school leaders discussed the LEEP educational model and shared new...

Lea en español aqui. This morning, the Hoplite Council at Founders Classical Academy of Schertz hosted me for a session of Charters 101: Being a Charter School Parent Advocate. They asked such great questions and we had a really lively discussion. This blog post...

Children lose when school board elections are uncontested because it takes away an opportunity for public discussion about what the districts need to do to improve. But election day—May 5, 2018—will come and go with no school board elections in either Alamo Heights...

Seven candidates are competing in the March 6, 2018 primary election for Texas House District 121, the seat held by Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, who decided not to seek reelection. San Antonio Charter Moms readers want to know where these candidates stand on...