SAN ANTONIO – Many households are scrambling to seek out options after a constitution faculty shut down simply 5 days earlier than the primary day of the college 12 months.
Bexar County Academy introduced Wednesday it will not reopen for the 2025–2026 educational 12 months. Lessons have been supposed to start Monday.
The choice caught dad and mom like Regina Vogelsberg off guard, who has been getting ready for her daughter to return to highschool.
“I simply need my daughter to get the schooling she wants,” Vogelsberg stated. “This last-minute factor is simply placing one hell of a frustration on me.”
The letter said that the college’s Board of Administrators voted to voluntarily give up the college’s constitution to the Texas Training Company.
Nevertheless, it additionally revealed the closure was made official on July 31 — a full week earlier than households have been notified.
“Why didn’t they inform us forward of time?” Vogelsberg requested. “Particularly not discovering out till after August.”
Including to the confusion, the college’s principal told KSAT there was no clear information on the schools future on Tuesday, days after the board finalized its determination.
“I’ve no solutions,” the principal stated Tuesday. “I don’t know what’s going to occur — and that’s the god trustworthy fact.”
Based on the Texas Training Company, constitution holder Academy of America held a board assembly on July 24 and voted to shut Bexar County Academy the next week.
It stays unclear why discover wasn’t given to households earlier, significantly earlier than the summer time break, when many dad and mom start planning for the upcoming faculty 12 months.
“(The Superintendent) ought to have stated to everyone earlier than summer time began that there may be a chance the college may shut,” Vogelsberg stated. “I’d’ve really had sufficient time to go searching and discover different faculties.”
The closure is particularly regarding for Vogelsberg, whose daughter has studying disabilities and had been making progress on the faculty.
“She has studying disabilities, however with that faculty, they’ve helped her in so many ways in which I don’t assume some other faculty in all probability would,” she stated.
What Dad and mom Ought to Know
Based on the letter from Bexar County Academy, dad and mom who want entry to their baby’s faculty data can name (210) 432-8600.
The Texas Training Company encourages households in search of different faculties to visit its website.
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