The discoveries of a segment study, charged by Superintendent Robert Durón the previous fall & directed by Harner and Associates, was introduced to the San Antonio schools’ trustees in February. The examination cost $51,000 and will help San Antonio schools’ authorities to deal with their declining enlistment issue. The investigation discoveries were not positive, expecting declining enlistment inside the San Antonio schools to proceed over the course of the following ten years with no detectable improvement. It was discovered that enlistment has been on the decay for 10 years with ongoing years seeing the most understudy takeoff. Somewhere in the range of 2001 & 2002 school years, the San Antonio schools lost 864 understudies. Somewhere in the range of 2005 and 2006 school years, they lost 1,340 understudies, addressing around 18% of its understudy populace. Some new understudy enlistment assisted with balancing these flights. The investigation takes note of that the expanding enlistment decay isn’t uncommon for metropolitan school areas. San Antonio schools, specifically, have a deficiency of new advancements for those families leaving to the rural regions. San Antonio schools additionally should work on their projects to draw in new families – & new lodging can’t deal with the issue alone.
The current San Antonio schools’ enlistment is 55,364 understudies. The investigation predicts a more terrible case situation of 51,669 understudies by the 2016-2017 school year. The most ideal situation is 54,574 understudies by the 2016-2017 school year. The normal situation of the more regrettable and best case is 53,122 of every ten years, which is the figure the San Antonio schools’ authorities will use for arranging purposes.
A few recommendations right now up for conversation by the San Antonio schools’ authorities are:
o School terminations and unions, utilizing the examination discoveries. With the nonstop takeoff of understudies from the San Antonio schools, this road is a given for future arranging.
o San Antonio schools board Vice President James Howard has suggested merging with adjoining school locale with enlistment decreases, including Edgewood, South San Antonio, & Harlandale. Such ideas in the past have been met with contention inside Bexar County, which has 16 school locale. As Howard brought up to the San Antonio schools board, notwithstanding, development is toward the north of the city. It needs to occur for everybody’s advantage.
o Lastly, Superintendent Durón & his staff are fostering another office inside the San Antonio schools at a primer assessed cost of $200,000. Before, the San Antonio schools’ authorities had put forth no attempt to follow leaving understudies, however the Texas Education Agency has accessible assets for them to utilize. They realized that large numbers of their understudies were leaving the San Antonio schools for Northside, North East and Judson school regions, just as forsaking the customary state funded schools for contract and tuition based schools.
