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SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 San Antonio ISD administration sent district families and staff an email Tuesday announcing the closure of Rhodes Middle School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rhodes Middle School building will close at the end of this school year, and Rhodes students will be assigned to Tafolla Middle School as their home campus,\u201d the email said.<\/p>\n

The school board still needs to vote to finalize closing the school, so families in the district planned a protest against the closure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m worried of what would happen to people in special needs [classes] because I\u2019m in special needs [classes],\u201d Steve Zapata, a Rhodes Middle School student, said.<\/p>\n

Families chanted in support of Rhodes and against the administration\u2019s decision just outside of the school\u2019s gate on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Torres, a parent in the district and a San Antonio ISD board member, told KSAT that the school board knew about this plan from the administration for \u201cmaybe like a month\u201d.<\/p>\n

Zapata said the decision was brought up around the same time as the decision to close Carvajal Elementary was made.<\/p>\n

San Antonio ISD is in a $45.9 million deficit, according to the district. However, a district spokesperson said the decision to close Rhodes Middle<\/a> is not about the district\u2019s deficit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration\u2019s recommendation to close Rhodes Middle School is related to multiple years of poor academic performance and the proposal to build a new, state-of-the-art facility for that community using bond funds allocated for Rhodes Middle School and Carvajal Elementary School,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

Council member Teri Castillo showed up at the Friday afternoon protest in support of Rhodes Middle School families.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor teachers, support personnel and parents to learn about this proposed school closure, well the school closure and then the merging and working with charter schools, is completely disrespectful not to have a public input process,\u201d Castillo said.<\/p>\n

The district said Tafolla Middle School will be operated by Third Future Schools, a charter school. However, Third Future told KSAT that this deal is not yet finalized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we know is with this model, teachers are going to have to reapply for their job,\u201d Castillo said. \u201cThey\u2019re just now learning at the end of this school year that they\u2019re going to have to reapply to secure a job at the Tafolla Middle School.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres said she hopes enough parents show up and speak out against the closure during the 5:30 p.m. meeting on March 23, so the school can be saved.<\/p>\n

Rhodes Middle parent Ashley Chavez said she and several other parents plan to be at Monday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are our kids voices and we need to stand together and make this happen so our school can stay open,\u201d Chavez said.<\/p>\n

If Rhodes closes, it will be the 26th school closure for the district<\/a> in the last ten years.<\/p>\n

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