What you need to know<\/p>\n
Four school-closure scenarios were presented to trustees.<\/p>\n
Scenario 1 was to close one elementary and one middle school, which would have less of an impact on the community and give the district time to assess growth trends. However, Scenario 1 would mean the district would need to close more schools in another one to two years, redraw district boundaries and leave the district with nine underutilized elementary schools, according to the presentation given to the board.<\/p>\n
Scenario 2 was to close two elementary schools and one middle school, reducing underutilization in two feeder patterns and giving the district time to assess growth trends. Negative impacts identified in Scenario 2 were similar to those in Scenario 1, with the addition of high staffing cuts, according to the presentation.<\/p>\n
Scenario 3 proposed closing three elementary schools and one middle school, which would reduce staffing cuts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have three feeder patterns, so you can easily close one elementary school in each feeder pattern. It\u2019ll make it easier to do an equal distribution of consolidation. It\u2019ll also address the underutilization that exists in every feeder pattern that we have,\u201d interim Superintendent<\/a> Mary Duhart-Toppen said.<\/p>\n But Scenario 3 would impact long-term enrollment needs and district boundaries significantly, Duhart-Toppen said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to move boundaries for pretty much almost every school in the district if we do this [Scenario 3],\u201d Duhart-Toppen said. \u201cBut I truly feel like if you\u2019re going to move boundaries, you\u2019re going to do it one time and do it right the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n Scenario 3 would also impact noninstructional spaces, like classrooms used for offices and small-group instruction at campuses. This scenario would also impact school bus routes.<\/p>\n Scenario 4 proposes closing four elementary schools and one middle school, which would have the greatest impact on campus efficiency by addressing the underutilization of all campuses with less than 60% utilization, according to the presentation.<\/p>\n Scenario 4 would also increase transportation needs on the district’s north side, Duhart-Toppen said.<\/p>\n What trustees are saying<\/p>\n Board President Monica Ryan said she preferred Scenario 3, emphasizing that her goal was to stabilize the district for three to five years.<\/p>\n \u201cThe magic of Judson is in the people, it\u2019s not in the bricks,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cBy redrawing our district, we have a chance to kind of regain that equity and make sure we\u2019re doing the best for all of our kids across the entire district and for our staff too.\u201d<\/p>\n Board Vice President Amanda Poteet and trustee Stephanie Jones also said they leaned toward Scenario 3.<\/p>\n Trustee Suzanne Kenoyer said scenarios 2 and 3 made sense based on projections from Zonda, the firm contracted by the district to provide demographic reports and enrollment projections. Kenoyer said she thought Scenario 4 was \u201ctoo much.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to see our children being bounced from school to school, year after year,\u201d Kenoyer said.<\/p>\n Macias said Scenario 1 was \u201cthe strongest one\u201d because closing two schools had a year-one and year-two phased approach.<\/p>\n \u201cMy concern is that we pretty much have a very fractured community, and school consolidation will continue to bleed into that fracture,\u201d Macias said. \u201cWe have to be cautious, we have to be strategic, and we don\u2019t need to rush.\u201d<\/p>\n Trustee Laura Stanford said she came in looking at Scenario 2 and would consider Scenario 3.<\/p>\n What\u2019s next<\/p>\n The board will meet again Saturday, Feb. 14, at 9 a.m.<\/a> to review the schools being considered for consolidation, which are as follows, according to the posted agenda for another special meeting Feb. 16 at 5:30 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolJSTEM AcademyJudson Middle SchoolPark Village Blended Learning AcademyEd Franz Leadership AcademyWoodlake ElementaryFine Arts Academy at Olympia ElementarySpring Meadows Elementary\/Spring Meadows College PrepThere will only be three elementary schools selected out of the five listed above, according to the posted agenda for the Feb. 16 special meeting.<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Judson ISD has plans to close four schools in the 2026-27 school year to combat a $37 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[434,363,163,6546,362,82,84,83,367,6802,366,48077,365],"class_list":{"0":"post-160441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-budget-deficit","9":"tag-cibolo","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-judson-isd","12":"tag-northeast-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","15":"tag-san-antonio-news","16":"tag-schertz","17":"tag-school-closures","18":"tag-selma","19":"tag-texas-education","20":"tag-universal-city"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"table](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770842408_154_thumbnail.jpeg\")
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