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Southwest ISD unveils Harbor Center plan to repurpose Sky Harbor Elementary as community services hub
Summary
District officials presented a concept to convert the former Sky Harbor Elementary into the Harbor Center, a one-stop facility offering a food pantry, boutique clothing closet, early childhood services, vocational supports for neurodivergent youth, and partnerships funded in part by a $2,000,000 Innovative Services for Autism grant.
Dr. Hogan introduced a plan to repurpose the former Sky Harbor Elementary building into the Harbor Center, a consolidated community-services hub intended to bring food pantry operations, a clothing boutique, GED and ESL classes, early childhood services and workforce training to Southwest ISD’s South Side.
"We made a promise that we were not going to leave Sky Harbor Elementary empty," Dr. Hogan said, citing community outreach and partner meetings. She described a room-by-room concept that places early childhood services near the bottom entrance and adult services near the top entrance and said the district is working with multiple agencies already meeting on the project.
A narrated concept presentation described the Harbor Center’s aims: a district food pantry, a boutique clothing closet designed as a retail experience, GED and ESL classes, parent-child early childhood services through Parent Child Incorporated (PCI), and workforce opportunities for neurodivergent young adults, including a student-run coffee shop and screen-printing enterprise.
Dr. Hogan and presenters named partners in attendance: Arc of San Antonio, Parent Child Incorporated, Respite Care of San Antonio, San Antonio Behavioral Health and the STAT Collaborative (South Texas Autism Team), which the presenters said was supported by an Innovative Services for Autism grant of $2,000,000 to build regional services.
Dr. Hogan said the board will see further branding and several items that may be brought back for votes in future meetings; she invited partner agencies to stand and said additional planning and a return presentation are expected before formal approvals.
