San Antonio Standard

While growth is perceived as a good thing, one public school district outside of San Antonio seeks to address its own through a bond election. 

San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT reported that the Medina Valley Independent School District (MVISD) will present a $376 million proposal, which includes $323 million for a new high school campus.

MVISD is approximately 30 miles west of San Antonio and includes parts of western Bexar County. 

According to KSAT, the district proposed a $397 million bond package last year for three new schools and a stadium that failed at the polls. 

One of the two high schools listed in the 2022 proposals is included in this year’s bond, the station reported.

Superintendent Dr. Scott Caloss told the station that MVISD’s expansive growth has caused the current Medina Valley High School to run out of room. 

“We wanted to put something out there to our community that we felt like would be or most of our community would be in favor of,” Caloss, who took the helm of the district last year, said in the report. 

Per KSAT, MVISD officials foresee an 84% jump in enrollment from next school year to the 2033-2034 academic year.

Caloss told San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS a new high school is very crucial. 

"Our high school is right at capacity, student capacity," the superintendent said. "So that is our biggest need." 

The station reported that MVISD’s quickest growing neighborhoods are just west of Loop 1604 on both sides of Highway 90.

KSAT reported that the district factored in inflation costs when it came to this year’s proposal. 

According to the station, a write-in at-large candidate running for the MVISD school board expressed his skepticism toward the plans. 

“You’re telling everybody this is a $376 million budget here, but then you’re going to turn around and come back next May and ask for another $400 million,” Hank Seay said, KSAT reported. 

The election is slated for May 6.