SAN ANTONIO — Brewer Academy, located on the west side of San Antonio, is grabbing the public’s attention after a fatal shooting that left a teenager dead Wednesday afternoon. Authorities continue to look for the seven juveniles believed to have attacked and killed him–all of whom, including 14-year-old Simon Julian Cuevas III, attended the nearby school.
According to SAISD, Brewer Academy is designed as a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DEAP) school which offers middle and high school-aged students another chance at graduating with a high school diploma.
For students to be placed in DAEP, the school board must determine that a student’s presence in a regular classroom “presents a danger of physical harm to the student or another individual” or that they have “engaged in serious and persistent misbehavior that violates SAISD Student Code of Conduct,” according to the district’s website…