Southside ISD focuses on school and student safety as the students begin a new year. The school police chief goes over some of the safety aspects families will see.

A vision of putting an armed guard at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough police or funding.

Almost two years after being found guilty, a former Southside Independent School District teacher has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being discovered with thousands of child pornography images and videos.

The Southside Independent School District started its school year on Thursday, and there is a lot going on with the district.

Even though it’s not mandatory, parents in the Southside Independent School District are choosing to have their children vaccinated against COVID-19 at Metro Health pop-up clinics.

The Southside Independent School District is raising the salaries of its employees across the district.

All children ages 18 and younger can enjoy free breakfast and lunch at three Southside Independent School District schools this summer.

New guard shacks add a layer of protection to all schools in Southside ISD.

The Southside Independent School District received one of the largest donations ever given to a district in the San Antonio area amid an effort to fight food inequality.

SAN ANTONIO – Southside Independent School District is struggling to find substitute teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharon Fuery, executive director of human resources and administration at Southside ISD, said there are several reasons substitute teachers are not returning this year. Northside ISD, Northeast ISD and San Antonio ISD said the substitute teacher shortage is not impacting their districts. North East ISD said it is always in need of substitute teachers and advertises for them year-round. San Antonio ISD said it is aware of the nationwide substitute teachers shortages, but it is not impacting its district.

San Antonio – The coronavirus pandemic is impacting food deserts in San Antonio, but the Southside Independent School District and the San Antonio Food Bank are playing critical roles and ensuring no one goes hungry. City Council is tackling food deserts by increasing access to fresh fruit, vegetablesSouthside ISD hosts food distributions twice a month and feeds more than 5,000 people a month. Southside ISD receives the food it gives to its community members from the San Antonio Food Bank. The San Antonio Food Bank says one in four children experience hunger in San Antonio. The majority of the food the nonprofit distributes comes from donors such as H-E-B, but the food bank also has farms where it grows produce.

Lack of grocery stores near Southside ISD remains big concernPublished: December 17, 2019, 10:08 amLast November, KSAT 12 pointed out the lack of grocery stores near the Southside Independent School District. Since that report, the school district has opened its own food pantry, to offset the limited convenient access to fresh fruits and vegetables.