Jason Mims speaks during an SAISD board meeting last year that appoved a contract with Democracy Prep, a New York-based charter school network, to operate Stewart Elementary School. The district is considering
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Shelley Potter, right, president of the SAISD teachers union, walks with attorney Martha Owen before a hearing at the Bexar County Courthouse last year during the union’s attempt to block the charter
Attracted by the prospect of more autonomy and better state funding under a new law that occasionally has led to controversy, principals of as many as 10 campuses in the San Antonio Independent School District are considering partnerships with outside organizations.
They include the district’s well-regarded all-girls school, the not-yet-opened CAST Med school and some with existing International Baccalaureate programs.
Senate Bill 1882, which took effect last year, allows schools to contract their operations out to nonprofit organizations, charter school networks, higher education institutions or government agencies.