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O'Connor High School in Helotes, Texas, was built for 2,400 students, but now the school has 900 students more than it should hold. A cafeteria addition from a few years back helps, as does a courtyard and good weather that keeps it in use most days. Still, a teachers' lounge had to be turned into an art classroom, and the campus has 44 portable classrooms, or trailers, in a long row that curves behind the rest of the school. Suburban school systems in the San Antonio area, such as the Northside district, have been riding a wave of population explosion for a decade, and, for most, there's no end in sight.
