San Antonio Independent School District

San Antonio Independent School District is a school district based in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA.^[1]

San Antonio ISD is one of 15 school districts serving San Antonio. San Antonio ISD serves the Downtown, Midtown, and inner city areas of San Antonio. San Antonio ISD also serves a small portion of the city of Balcones Heights. With over 55,000 students (as of 2010),^[2] the district is the third largest school district in the Bexar County area.^[3]

Though the district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency in 2009,^[4] it was downgraded to "academically unacceptable" in 2010.^[5]

History

The district was involved in the San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez case.

School uniforms

All San Antonio ISD students are required to wear school uniforms. Students are required to wear white collared shirts and khaki bottoms. They are also permitted wear polo shirts with their schools' colors.^[6] The Texas Education Agency specifies that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.^[7]

Schools

High Schools

• Burbank
• Highlands
• Brackenridge
  • Brackenridge won the 1947 UIL state football championship, the last title before the UIL divided schools into classifications based on enrollment.^[8]
• Sam Houston
• Edison
• Jefferson
• Lanier
• Travis
• Fox Tech
  • National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000 ^[9]

Middle Schools

• Connell
• Davis
• Longfellow
• Page
• Poe
• Rhodes
• Rogers
• Tafolla
• Twain
• Wheatley

Middle School Academies

• Joel C. Harris Academy
• Irving Academy
• Lowell Academy
• John Greenleaf Whittier Academy

Middle School Academies M.V.P's

• Harris M.V.P Aaron Perez,

Basketball, High Jump record 5'10

• Irving M.V.P Jesus Garcia Jr. Basketball 09-10 Season
• Lowell M.V.P Clarissa Rodriguez, Cross Country,Soccer 09-10 Season
• Mann M.V.P Rachel Garza, Basketball,Soccer 09-10 Season
• Whittier M.V.P Venus Hernadez, Basketball,Volleyball 09-10 Season
• Young Women's Leadership Academy M.V.P Carla Romo, Volleyball,Soccer 09-10 Season
• Rhodes M.V.P Micheal Flores Basketball, Cross Country 09-10 Season

Middle School/High School Academies

• Young Women's Leadership Academy
  • YWLA Middle School was ranked #1 in Texas (2012-2013)^[10]
  • "The school, currently also ranked as exemplary by the Texas Education Agency, has a college readiness focus with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math."^[11]

Elementary Schools

• Arnold
• Ball
• Beacon Hill
• Bowden
• James Bowie
  • 2003 National Blue Ribbon School ^[12]
• Brewer
• Carvajal
• Collins Garden
• Cotton
• Crockett
• De Zavala
• Fenwick
• Forbes
• Foster
• Franklin
• Graebner
• Green
• Herff
• Highland Hills
• Highland Park
• Hillcrest
• Hirsch
• Huppertz
• Japhet
• Kelly
• King
• Knox
• Lamar
• Madison
• Margil
• Maverick
• Neal
• Nelson
• Ogden
• Pershing
• Rodriguez
• Rogers
• Schenck
• Smith
• Steele
• Stewart
• Travis
• Tynan
• Washington
• W.W. White
• Wilson
• Woodlawn
• Woodlawn Hills

Academies PK-8

• Austin
• Bonham
• Cameron
• Carroll
• Gates
• Hawthorne
• King
• Miller
• Pfeiffer

Academies PK-6

• Baskin
• JT Brackenridge
• Briscoe
• Douglass

Academies PK-5

• Barkley-Ruiz
• Riverside Park
• Storm

Special Campuses

• Estrada Alternative Center (HS)
• Gonzales Alternative Center (ES)
• Navarro Academy (HS)
• Pickett Academy (MS)

See also

• List of school districts in Texas

References

1. ↑ "Contact Us." San Antonio Independent School District. Retrieved on March 28, 2010.
2. ↑ "San Antonio ISD - Facts and Figures". San Antonio ISD. 
3. ↑ "San Antonio ISD - I Am SAISD". San Antonio ISD. 
4. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. 
5. ↑ "2010 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. 
6. ↑ "School Uniform Shopping Guide." San Antonio Independent School District. Retrieved on May 4, 2009.
7. ↑ "DOCKET NO. 008-R5-901." Texas Education Agency. Accessed October 13, 2008.
8. ↑ Dave Campbell's Texas Football, 2008 edition, page 362
9. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
10. ↑ http://www.kxxv.com/story/22415449/young-womens-leadership-academy-of-san-antonio-ranked-1-middle-school-in-texas
11. ↑ http://www.kxxv.com/story/22415449/young-womens-leadership-academy-of-san-antonio-ranked-1-middle-school-in-texas
12. ↑ Microsoft Word - list-2003.doc

External links

• San Antonio ISD

Coordinates: 29°25′2.4″N 98°29′15.1″W / 29.417333°N 98.487528°W / 29.417333; -98.487528