by sachartermoms | Jun 18, 2013 | Latest News
A few weeks ago, the board of trustees of San Antonio ISD voted to name interim superintendent Sylvester Perez as the lone finalist (earlier post); last night, the board voted unanimously to give Perez a permanent contract. “Perez given permanent position...
by sachartermoms | Jun 18, 2013 | Latest News
The Banker (at Bankers Anonymous), a San Antonio ISD parent, recently blogged about SAISD Board President Ed Garza’s real estate deals. “A Review of SAISD President Ed Garza’s Real Estate Deals”, Bankers Anonymous, June 6, 2013; my earlier post....
by sachartermoms | Jun 15, 2013 | Latest News
Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy will be the first Hebrew language charter school in Texas when it opens in San Antonio in August 2013. (Learn about others in the U.S. in this earlier post.) The charter school will take over the space at the Harry and Jeannette...
by sachartermoms | Jun 14, 2013 | Latest News
They do things a little differently at Great Hearts Academies—for example, prom with a live band and ballroom dancing, as described in this earlier post—but it seems to work: Joel Malkin, a graduate of Veritas Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, just graduated as...
by sachartermoms | Jun 10, 2013 | Latest News
This afternoon, 30 students from IDEA Carver each received a $50 gift card from Academy Sports + Outdoors to go shopping with David Robinson for San Antonio Spurs gear. The Spurs and the Miami Heat are tied 1-1 in the NBA Finals; the next game starts at 8 p.m. on...