San Antonio Independent School District officials have big plans for the future of the district, and a new and renovated high school offer a glimpse into how that will look.
Funded in part by a 2016 voter-approved bond, and with more renovations underway bankrolled by the massive $1.3 billion 2020 bond, the schools have been transformed with open spaces, makerspace labs and “21st century learning environments” that turn the concept of the traditional classroom on its head.
Members of the district’s 2020 bond Citizens Advisory Committee boarded a school bus Thursday for a tour of the two schools that trustee Art Valdez called blueprints for future renovations in the district. Of the district’s 90 campuses, 36 are slated for major improvements.
Lanier and Burbank high schools are among 15 schools that had partial renovations through the 2016 bond and will…