Applications for the May 2 election are opening Jan. 14, allowing candidates to submit for a place on county and school board ballots.

What you need to know: For Boerne ISD, two board of trustee seats are up for election, including the Place 6 seat held by Kristi Schmidt and the Place 7 seat held by Rich Sena.

The city of Fair Oaks Ranch has two City Council seats on the May ballot, with races for Places 2 and 6, held by Keith Rhoden and Jonathan Swarek, respectively. Candidates vying for a place on the ballot must be residents of the city for at least one year. The city of Boerne will also have two City Council races on the May 2 ballot, including District 1, held by Ty Wolosin, and District 3, held by Kyle Mickelsen.

Home sales continued to fluctuate in Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch ZIP codes in December, according to data from the San Antonio Board of Realtors.

Zooming in: The median home sales price increased by 12.14% in the 78006 ZIP code from December 2024 to 2025. In the 78015 ZIP code, the median home sale price decreased by 7.67% over the same time period, according to the data.

Over the past six months, the average home price in the 78015 ZIP code was 13.56% less than in the 78006 ZIP code, according to the data.

The details: Across the 78006 and 78015 ZIP codes, 43 homes were sold in the $400,000-$599,999 price range, according to the data.

San Antonio City Council is working toward another segment of the Leon Creek Greenway in District 8 with a recent ordinance authorizing city staff to acquire an estimated 1.32 acres of land near I-10 and Camp Bullis.

In a nutshell: Situated in District 8, the land will be used in a project designed to connect The Rim to Raymond Russell County Park, according to city documents.

Currently, six out of the seven required acquisitions have been made. City staff have been involved in negotiations with the owner of the final portion, MPII Inc., since November 2024 and have made a final offer of $100,000, which is above the property’s estimated fair market value of $43,500. Because the owner has not responded or replied with a counteroffer, the ordinance gives city staff condemnation authority if further negotiation attempts fail.

The land is located along Leon Creek and within the 100-year floodplain, with a significant chance of flooding during heavy rains, city documents state.

This national gym chain is continuing to expand in the San Antonio area, planning to open its third gym in the past two years.

Two-minute impact: Crunch Fitness broke ground on a new, 35,000-square-foot location in Northern San Antonio, according to a Dec. 8 news release.

It’s located at 4319 Thousand Oaks Drive—inside the location of a former Gold’s Gym—and is expected to open sometime this summer.

The location will be owned and operated by The Undefeated Tribe, a franchisee group led by owner Tony Hartl, according to the release. The group currently owns 41 gyms across the United States.

"We are so excited to bring the Crunch Fitness brand to Thousand Oaks Drive and offer outstanding and affordable fitness," Hartl said in the release.

Thousand Oaks will be the chain's seventh overall in the San Antonio area, with the company opening two others on the city's North Side last year, according to previous reporting from Community Impact.

• 4319 Thousand Oaks Drive, San Antonio

Hundreds of Texas private schools have been approved to participate in the state’s new education savings account program, per a map released by the state comptroller in early January.

The overview: As of press time, 775 private schools and prekindergarten providers had been approved to accept education savings accounts, or ESAs. There are over 1,300 accredited private schools in the state, according to the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission. 

Of the approved schools, there are:

• 233 schools in the Houston area
• 195 schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
• 94 schools in the San Antonio area
• 70 schools in the Austin area