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By Margie M. Palmer | SDUN Reporter Tensions ran high during the April 2 Uptown Planners meeting, where representatives from the Old Town Academy (OTA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System of San Diego presented arguments regarding a possible rehabilitation and treatment facility. More than 100 parents and community members
By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor After a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, April 12, North Park got a little more park space. Community leaders launched an inaugural event for a new multiuse field at Jefferson Elementary School and announced the field will open as a joint-use park on Monday,
On March 9, parents, teachers and students of Normal Heights Elementary School gathered to protest the opening of the school’s play area and walking paths as a joint-use park.
Due to a joint-use land agreement between San Diego Unified School District and San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, the school grounds will be open as a public park from 4 p.m. until 8:30 a.m.
Despite relatively good news from Sacramento, the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted in favor of budget cuts that would eliminate jobs, campus security and special programs, as well as increase classroom size and consolidate schools.
Hours before the Board met on Dec. 13, Gov. Jerry Brown held a press conference to announce that cuts to K-12 education would not be as massive as previously predicted. In February 2012, K-12 school districts statewide will lose $79.6 million in funding – which equates to approximately $15 per student – instead of the previously projected $1.5 billion. The final budget is scheduled for release in January.
In response to the 2012-2013 San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) budget cuts, SDUSD was, until Thursday, Oct. 27, considering closing one school in the Uptown area and others throughout San Diego. One of the schools up for closure was Franklin Elementary School, located at 4481 Copeland Ave. in Kensington.
Adams Avenue is part of what Phil Linssen calls an “age old story”—one where a business owner can develop a capital base in a wonderful location, buy his own property and build equity over many years.
The next chapter in his fairy tale? A brand new elementary school tucked away behind Hawley Boulevard.
Rolling Readers hosted its 2nd Annual Artists & Authors fundraising event last month at The New Children’s Museum downtown. The charity event brings together gifted artists, such as Janell Cannon, and renowned children’s book authors, such as Gerald McDermott, to celebrate their work and raise money for Rolling Readers’ Read-Aloud and Book Giveaway programs
Jaime Enochs, an English teacher at San Diego High School, recently received a $25,000 Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation. Enochs earned the award for her innovation in guiding English students through the rigorous International Baccalaureate curriculum at SDHS’ School of International Studies. As department chair, she helps teachers prepare students for state assessments, which have resulted in student English scores that far exceed the state average. In IB, 100 percent of Enochs’ seniors pass the IB English exam, many with perfect scores. In 2008, Enochs was coordinator for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation committee, gaining SDHS the highest rating possible with a six-year accreditation – the first time a San Diego school had received this level of accreditation in nine years
The San Diego chapter of the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays and Transgenders (PFLAG) held its 12th annual scholarship awards ceremony May 24 at the First United Methodist Church of San Diego.
The awards were established to recognize outstanding LGBT students, encouraging them to continue their post-secondary education and to promote a positive image of LGBT youth.
Students at St. Patrick’s School in North Park learned last week that bread doesn’t just come from supermarket shelves. On a mission to share the tradition of baking bread at home, the King Arthur Flour Company of Norwich, Vt., was at the school to teach students to bake fresh, nutritious bread from scratch through its Life Skills Bread Baking Program