Petaluma’s San Antonio High School has been spared from immediate closure after the Board of Education unanimously voted to pull a controversial resolution from its agenda.
According to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, the proposal sought to freeze enrollment and move all students to other alternative sites by July, a move the district argued would redirect resources toward early intervention for younger students.
However, teachers and mental health professionals testified that the school is a “life-saver” for students facing difficult circumstances, warning that cutting specialized paths to graduation would ultimately hurt the community’s most vulnerable teens.