The East Central area was once fully rural but has grown significantly, prompting the passage of a $309 million bond to build three new schools. KSAT wanted to see how residents felt about the growth.

A 30-year-old cafeteria employee with the East Central Independent School District was arrested after police say she had sexual intercourse with a student twice on campus.

San Antonio and Bexar County are preparing for a significant election on May 3, involving city council and mayoral races, as well as various propositions across multiple municipalities and school districts. Here's what's on the ballot in Bexar County

With winter weather expected to arrive early next week, San Antonio school districts are each preparing differently for inclement weather.

Students fighting at school is nothing new, but the fights are becoming more publicized and more dangerous. With social media at students’ fingertips, the secrecy around fighting in San Antonio-area schools is becoming nonexistent.

Voters in the East Central Independent School District will decide on a bond election that has four propositions.

A 14-year-old female ECISD student has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident happened this past Tuesday, as the sheriff’s office assisted East Central ISD police with a reported terroristic threat that was posted on an Instagram post toward East Central High School.

A new school welcomed its first students on the first day of school Wednesday in the East Central Independent School District.

The United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County distributed $40,000 in school supplies to teachers in the East Central Independent School District and Harlandale Independent School Districts on Tuesday, according to a press release.

East Central Independent School District proudly announced Joette Barnes’ appointment as its new chief instructional officer.

San Antonio police helped to recover a school bus stolen from the East Central Independent School District. They say ECISD officers were able to track its location through GPS.

A bus apparently stolen from a school district on the Southeast side of town has been located in a strip mall clear across town, on the West side.

An East Central Independence School District coordinator of early childhood education and curriculum has been chosen as Educator of the Year by BellXcel.

East Central Independent School District is joining several other San Antonio-area school districts in making Election Day a holiday.

The East Central Independent School District is expecting to double their population by 2030 and so for now, they are trying to prepare for their future families and students with a $240 million bond.

The East Central Independent School District will ask voters to consider a $240 million bond proposal on Nov. 8.

Monday was the first day of school for several more school districts in the San Antonio area, and that included the East Central Independent School District.

Ashlee Ring faced up to 10 years in prison after being indicted in separate cases that accused her of taking funds from her former employer and then from ECISD’s Future Farmers of America booster club.

Ashlee Ring has been given until March 22 to show significant progress in making restitution in the two felony fraud cases.

The former treasurer of an East Central Independent School District booster club pleaded no contest Tuesday in an unrelated felony fraud case and can avoid prison if she pays back more than $201,000 in restitution by early next year, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.

East Central ISD will be one of six districts that will partner with nonprofit, The Holdworth Center.

The woman, Ashlee Ring, had been serving as treasurer of the district’s FFA/agriculture booster club, despite being under indictment in an unrelated felony fraud case, public records confirm. Ring has not been formally charged in the booster club case. “The booster club neglected to follow best practices in accounting procedures, such as requiring two signatures for every transaction. ECISD police records show the alleged booster club theft is being investigated as a misapplication of fiduciary property between $2,500 and $30,000, a state jail felony. Oliver said via email that because the booster club is its own organization, a criminal background check was not required for its members.

SAN ANTONIO – Students at John Glenn Elementary School at East Central Independent School District kicked off their big fundraising event for the American Heart Association, Heart Healthy Month, on Tuesday. The American Heart Association is teaching children to help others through the fundraising. We share that message with them," said Yvette White, the ‎American Heart Association’s youth market director for South Texas. The children learn about how to have healthy heart from a young age. "The younger they start to take care of their hearts, the stronger their hearts are go to be," White said.