A dozen students spread out in a classroom built for 22, maybe attending school in half-day shifts, or maybe every other day. Lunch at their desks, no congregating in the gym or auditorium, no football.That’s what Superintendent Pedro Martinez believes school will look like at his 100 campuses in the San Antonio Independent School District this fall. In an hour-long live streamed question-and-answer session with the Express-News editorial board, he described a dramatically different school environment forced by the new realities of the coronavirus pandemic.It will be difficult, but for the...…A dozen students spread out in a classroom built for 22, maybe attending school in half-day shifts, or maybe every other day. Lunch at their desks, no congregating in the gym or auditorium, no football.That’s what Superintendent Pedro Martinez believes school will look like at his 100 campuses in the San Antonio Independent School District this fall. In an hour-long live streamed question-and-answer session with the Express-News editorial board, he described a dramatically different school environment forced by the new realities of the coronavirus pandemic.It will be difficult, but for the...WW…

After months of planning hampered by shifting risk assessments and zigzagging state rules, today will see the first return of students to classrooms for many pubic schools in San Antonio.With the community spread of the coronavirus on the decline but still a threat, classes will start on a small scale for individual campuses in several local school districts, including the three largest. All are requiring face coverings and social distancing.“Opening schools is the easy part. Keeping them open is more complex,” North East Independent School District Superintendent Sean Maika said in a...…After months of planning hampered by shifting risk assessments and zigzagging state rules, today will see the first return of students to classrooms for many pubic schools in San Antonio.With the community spread of the coronavirus on the decline but still a threat, classes will start on a small scale for individual campuses in several local school districts, including the three largest. All are requiring face coverings and social distancing.“Opening schools is the easy part. Keeping them open is more complex,” North East Independent School District Superintendent Sean Maika said in a...WW…