SAN ANTONIO – When the new school year began, Barry Perez, spokesman for the Northside Independent School District, said officials knew it would be “an anomaly” because of the pandemic.
“We knew that there would be some families that would look for some other options,” Perez said.
“We’re approximately 3,000 short where we thought we would be," said Aubrey Chancellor, spokeswoman for the North East Independent School District.
Laura Short, spokeswoman at San Antonio Independent School District, said the district has about 2,400 fewer students.
Perez said it could be that some parents chose to home school their children.