{"id":410827,"date":"2026-08-19T12:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410827\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:56:18","slug":"nearly-5000-alamo-heights-isd-students-return-to-school-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410827\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 5,000 Alamo Heights ISD students return to school today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALAMO HEIGHTS, Texas &#8211; Walk the halls of the new Alamo Heights high school and you&#8217;ll find history and tradition blended perfectly with innovative and original.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we did a good job of honoring legacy from past and creating space for next generation of mules to grow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cory Smith is the principal of Alamo Heights High School and she takes pride in calling the campus home, and the students and staff family.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve preserved the traditional look off Alamo Heights. Same brick color. There is a third story, but it&#8217;s set back, so it gives the illusion of a two-story building.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/today-texas-schools-await-new-tea-accountability-ratings-san-antonio-students-teachers-comal-county-kerr-test-scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">33 Bexar County schools receive F ratings from TEA in latest accountability ratings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new main building is part of a $321 million bond that taxpayers ok&#8217;d in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The 2-year renovation is the biggest in Heights history. And boy was it worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p>Larger classrooms. Four outdoor teaching spaces. Balconies for lunch, and multiple break-out areas for group projects.<\/p>\n<p>How does this help a kid learn? We do a lot of collaboration. We want them to leave us and make a positive impact through communication, and as part of a team. And we&#8217;ve created space for them to do that.<\/p>\n<p>The bells and whistles are nice, but the safety features really stand out, including a new twist on a classroom staple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The white board is able to slide behind the windows and offers protection for the students in the classroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Functional. Multi-purpose. Safe. It&#8217;s everything you&#8217;d want out of a&#8230;well, home..<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love seeing students wide eyed. That&#8217;s who you are trying to win over, right? Absolutely, this is their school. I want them to have a sense of pride, and school spirit that the previous generations had before them always coming here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Back to School Coverage<\/p>\n<p>News 4\/FOX San Antonio have you covered and is your station for all things back to school&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From the traffic impact on your drive&#8230; to the forecast your family needs before heading out the door&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And live coverage as students get back to class.<\/p>\n<p>From the latest school rankings&#8230; to the leadership&#8230; and pressing issues at local schools, we have you covered all morning long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALAMO HEIGHTS, Texas &#8211; Walk the halls of the new Alamo Heights high school and you&#8217;ll find history&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-410827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410827","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=410827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}