Press and Updates

April 09, 2026

[Excerpt] San Antonio ISD officials during a Tuesday night meeting struggled to answer basic questions from concerned parents about curricula, sports and transportation options for students at three campuses the district recently handed over to an out-of-state charter operator. Hosted by the watchdog group...

March 31, 2026

As the San Antonio ISD (SAISD) and Edgewood ISD Boards consider relinquishing four neighborhood campuses to Colorado-based charter operator Third Future Schools, COPS/Metro leaders and members showed up in force to testify at SAISD—uncovering the power dynamics at play, raising urgent concerns, and putting...

January 28, 2026

SAISD voted unanimously to close Carvajal Elementary, a 76-year old West Side school serving families in one of San Antonio’s poorest zip codes. While the closure disrupts hundreds of families, COPS/Metro leveraged SAISD’s commitment of $28.6 million in bond funds to build a new,...

January 23, 2026

For generations, residents on San Antonio’s Southeast Side have grappled with robberies, shootings, and acts of violence in their neighborhoods and in front of institutions like St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. After years of organizing, COPS/Metro celebrates a major victory - the groundbreaking of...

January 16, 2026

After 15 schools closed at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, Carvajal Elementary is being considered next on the chopping block. COPS/Metro leaders participated in a heated public meeting on the potential closure, while parents voiced concerns about losing their community and native...

November 06, 2025

COPS/Metro applauds the record number of Bexar County voters who came to the polls and made their voices heard on Proposition B. We respect the will of the voters and the final outcome. We will continue to work to ensure that Public Money is...

November 06, 2025

Credited by the San Antonio Express-News as "the loudest and most organized opposition" to a publicly-funded luxury arena on the ballot, COPS/Metro boosted voter turnout to historic levels and built leverage to negotiate project accountability and labor protections by holding the measure to a...

October 28, 2025

COPS/Metro and West/Southwest IAF celebrated their Jubilee 50th Anniversary Convention, uniting 2,000 leaders from over 43 San Antonio institutions and leaders from sister organizations across 23 cities in the U.S. and Europe. They were joined by academic, religious, business, and political allies, including Founding...

October 27, 2025

While the Spurs are pouring millions into mailers to boost Prop B - public funding of a new luxury stadium - COPS/Metro leaders have been organizing for over a year to prioritize neighborhoods over corporate handouts, and are ramping up their Get Out the...

October 20, 2025

[Op-Ed excerpts by former COPS/Metro Presidents Sonia Rodriguez and Beatrice Cortez, originally published in the SA Current] We are writing in response to former Mayor Henry Cisneros’ recent editorial in the San Antonio Express-News, in which he argues the Spurs could leave if voters...