| The Douglas Academy
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| | named for the anti-slavery orator and
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| Current and former students, community
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| | statesman. The school was relocated as a
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| members and staff from the San Antonio
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| | high school to its present site in 1915.
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| Schools staff gathered in the historic
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| | It became a junior high in 1932.
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| auditorium of Douglass Academy on Sept.
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| | Beginning in 1970 Douglass served as a
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| 26 for a homecoming celebration and
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| | school for grades 3 through 5. In 2002
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| dedication ceremony to mark the
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| | while students attended the former Burnet
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| completion of a major construction and
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| | Elementary campus on Barrera St. the
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| renovation project at the school.
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| | school expanded to include
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| "Douglass Academy has a rich history and
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| | pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade. In
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| tradition. Our children here have
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| | 2004 6th grade was added making the
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| inherited that history and they have the
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| | school a pre-kindergarten through 6th
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| potential to become all that they want to
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| | grade academy. Students and staff
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| be," said District Superintendent Dr.
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| | returned to their original campus when
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| Robert J. Durón on the stage where
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| | the construction project was completed in
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| legend has it that Louis Armstrong,
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| | August.
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| Billie Holiday and B.B. King once
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| | New School Yet to be Named
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| performed.
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| | San Antonio Independent School District
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| With $9.3 million from the San Antonio
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| | Trustees and District leaders join
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| Independent School District's 1997 Bond
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| | students from Foster and Schenck
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| Program, improvements at the school
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| | elementary schools in breaking ground
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| included renovations to classrooms in the
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| | Sept. 21 for SAISD's newest campus, which
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| three-story school built in 1915, the
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| | is located in the 9200 block of South
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| auditorium and gymnasium. A building
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| | Presa Street. The new academy, which is
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| which previously served as a vocational
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| | the first school established by the
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| shop was remodeled into a library.
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| | District in 40 years, will serve the
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| New construction added a wing with
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| | educational needs of a growing student
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| classrooms, a kitchen and cafeteria to
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| | population in the Southeast sector of
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| this San Antonio school. Two courtyards,
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| | SAISD.
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| a central tower housing an elevator and a
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| | The planned two-story academyyet to be
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| stairwell connect the old with the new
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| | namedwill accommodate 750 students in
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| for accessibility.
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| | pre-kindergarten through 8th grade at the
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| With a total square-footage of 73,692,
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| | 18-acre site. The building will have an
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| the facility accommodates 450 students
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| | exterior design reminiscent of the nearby
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| including those in the Life Strides and
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| | historic missions. Early grades at this
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| in the Early Childhood programs.
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| | San Antonio school will have
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| Original wood flooring and seats in the
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| | elementary-level playgrounds and learning
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| auditorium were carefully refurbished and
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| | spaces equipped for instruction, physical
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| re-installed in this San Antonio school
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| | education and music. Upper grade
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| by the District's Plant Services crews.
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| | classrooms will include an art room,
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| The stage and walls were also repainted.
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| | science labs, and two music rooms with
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| "Not only do we have new things that we
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| | acoustical areas for band, choir,
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| are excited about but we're also honoring
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| | orchestra or mariachi.
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| a lot of the history of this school,"
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| | Plans for the newest San Antonio school
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| said Melanie Herr-Zepeda, principal.
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| | also include a competition gym with
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| Colors, tiles and wall textures
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| | locker spaces for girls and boys,
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| throughout the campus express the
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| | practice fields for football/soccer, a
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| African-American and Mexican-American
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| | multi-purpose field, computer labs, a
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| cultures of the neighborhood surrounding
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| | library and a cafetorium for various
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| this San Antonio school. "This school is
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| | school activities. Cost of the
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| truly rich in history. We're honoring the
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| | construction project will be $20.6
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| neighborhood in what it is now and yet
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| | million funded from interest earned by
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| honoring where this school has come
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| | the District's bond programs. The school
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| from," Herr-Zepeda added.
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| | will serve families in the new Mission
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| Douglass Academy traces its origin to
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| | Creek subdivision and nearby
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| 1869 when it opened for the children of
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| | neighborhoods where students currently
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| freed African-American slaves in what is
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| | attend Foster and Schenck elementary
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| now downtown San Antonio. In 1902 it was
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| | schools and Connell Middle School.
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