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SAISD Closes Carvajal Elementary at Year’s End, Commits $28.6 Million to West Side Revamp

Trustees cited prolonged enrollment losses alongside repeated F ratings from the state.

Overview

  • The board voted unanimously Tuesday to shut the 76-year-old campus at the end of the 2025–26 school year.
  • SAISD committed $28.6 million from the 2020 bond to reinvest at the Carvajal site, with discussions beginning on a potential new academy.
  • District officials said $47.5 million in unspent Rhodes Middle School bond funds could be redirected to create a K–8 academy.
  • Carvajal enrolls 314 students and has received three consecutive F grades, placing the campus on a path that could trigger state intervention if failures continue.
  • Students will be reassigned to Barkley-Ruiz for monolingual instruction or DeZavala for bilingual services, with choice enrollment extended to Feb. 16 and transition support promised.