The Somerset ISD Board of Trustees has named Dr. José H. Moreno as its lone finalist for superintendent.

The Somerset Independent School District celebrated its 100th anniversary this year and some staff spoke about what makes the district special.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy has been suspended after an internal investigation found he advised the son of Somerset Independent School District’s superintendent to delete explicit photos and a video of a female classmate off his phone.

Police officers for the Somerset Independent School District are searching for a man accused of burglarizing one of the district’s campuses this week.

Somerset Independent School District says it will return to 100% in-person learning next school year.

SOMERSET, Texas – A new nonprofit is conducting mass testing for COVID-19 at the Somerset Independent School District to get students back into the classroom safely. Somerset ISD received the testing service for free as part of the nonprofit’s pilot program. Last week, more than 200 Somerset High School students and staff members were tested for COVID-19. Somerset ISD Superintendent Saul Hinojosa said testing is only mandatory for students participating in extracurricular activities and are required to travel outside of the school. “It’s only mandatory for any students who participate in extracurricular activities being that they travel.”Hinojosa said around 1,600 of the 4,100 students enrolled at Somerset ISD are back in classrooms for in-person learning.

SOMERSET, Texas Rural school districts are facing unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic as students start the fall semester. About 90% of students ride the bus at Somerset Independent School District, which is about 87 square miles and crosses into Atascosa County. Of the total 4,300 students enrolled in the district, 10% do not have internet access for online learning. Thats a very different response to what families in the Navarro Independent School District want, according to Superintendent Wendi Russell. Logistically, both superintendents agreed that rural school districts have fewer students to spread out, which is an advantage in this case.