San Antonio is getting a public high school for 18- to 50-year-olds who want a second chance at earning a diploma. Restore Education, a local nonprofit focused on dropout recovery and job training, was granted a charter license for an adult high school by the state in March.
Restore TECH Academy
Restore TECH Academy will be located at the nonprofit’s Eastside campus and will offer paths toward finishing traditional high school diplomas, dual credit opportunities, job certifications, and career and life coaching. The school will operate under a state charter, ensuring that Restore Education can continue providing adult education even if federal funding is cut.
The nonprofit’s history in the community is why Jeffrey Flores got on board as the founding superintendent and principal for Restore TECH. “We’re building off of 18 years of success in adult education,” he said. Flores has decades of public education experience and has founded charter schools in San Antonio before.
Growing Demand for Adult Education
Between July of 2025 and June of this year, the nonprofit received over 6,000 applications, a number which has been growing each year since 2020. Several of Restore Education’s programs currently have long waitlists. The charter school isn’t supposed to compete with Restore Education the nonprofit, school districts, or other programs in the region, but it will help alleviate some of the demand.
Restore TECH Academy will be the first of its kind in San Antonio and the fifth in Texas. The school will provide state-mandated services like emergent bilingual education, special education, Section 504 accommodations, and dyslexia services. Students are also expected to take the state’s end of course exams.
The school’s hours will be Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. to noon on Fridays. Most of the instruction will be in person through state-certified high school teachers. With the help of career and life coaches, students will create individual high school graduation plans to pick up where they left off.
Original reporting: San Antonio Report — read the source article.
