‘Completely different’ District officials presented Southside ISD’s projected letter grades at its Aug. 20 board meeting, a week after a judge blocked Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath from releasing the scores as planned. The growing district of some 5,500 students expects a B on this year’s rankings, the same grade it received in 2022 but […]

SAN ANTONIO – Thousands of students with Southside ISD will be receiving donations of school supply kits. The district’s TEXAS YES Project will be donating school supply kits to all kindergarten through fifth-grade students within the district. Each school supply kit will include the following items: colored pencils, crayons, notebook paper, a spiral notebook, a […]

SAN ANTONIO – More than 6,000 students and 900 staff are headed back to school Monday for the first day of classes at Southside Independent School District. Campus Police Chief Don Berger feels pretty confident about the safety plan the district has in place. Berger said district police officers and security officers have been training and staying up […]

SAN ANTONIO – School has started for thousands of students in Southside ISD’s eight area schools. The district says that this year will see more than 6,300 students working with 800 employees and around 400 total teachers. Those on campus this year will see new changes to each school’s cafeteria, boasting new paint, seats, and kitchen […]

School districts on the South Side of San Antonio are celebrating continued academic growth, separating them from other districts in the state and challenging stereotypes of poor academic achievement. Southside Independent School District Superintendent Rolando Ramirez said this is a moment of celebration and added that he is excited to meet the challenge of the […]

The search is over for the kid artist whose design will land on UTSA football’s season tickets this year. A Southside Independent School District first grader is taking home the honor. Pearce Elementary student Aubrey Rubio’s winning drawing for the “Hometown Heroes” theme features a teacher decked out in a blue and orange dress. On the whiteboard of Rubio’s imaginary […]

“Sarah Forgany presented Cameron Tufino with the KENS 5 EXCEL Award and a $1,000 check from our partner Credit Human.” To watch the video visit the Kens5 website here.