Friday, March 15, 2024

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Additionally, please refer to the below links for upcoming meetings, agendas, and minutes of the board advisory committees:

 Thank you.

 

Martha Corrales

Confidential Admin Assistant II

Board Services Office, San Diego Unified School District

619-725-5551

mcorrales@sandi.net

 

Do the best you can until you know better.  Then when you know better, do better.  -Maya Angelou

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, March 11, 2024

NEWS RELEASE: Kearny High Students Join District Leaders in Celebrating Construction Groundbreaking for New Classroom Building, Campus Upgrades

Photos, broll, and sound of the event can be found here.

Drone video of the demolition, renderings, and a construction postcard can be found here

 

 

 

 

 

News Release 

 

Kearny High Students Join District Leaders in Celebrating Construction Groundbreaking for New Classroom Building, Campus Upgrades

 

March 11, 2024 

 

SAN DIEGO -  Kearny High School’s latest phase in its campus transformation is officially underway. 

 

On Monday, students joined district leaders for a groundbreaking ceremony that kicked off with a display of colors from the Kearny High Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and a performance from the cheer team. 

 

The ceremony marked the start of construction on the school’s next wave of its Whole Site Modernization project, which will construct a new two-story classroom and student services facility, modernize nine classrooms and the student dining area, renovate the softball field, create some outdoor collaborative learning spaces, remove all portable classrooms, and enhance school security.

 

“At San Diego Unified, we are committed to creating schools where all students feel seen and heard, where they can thrive, and where they feel a sense of belonging,” said Dr. Lamont Jackson, San Diego Unified School District Superintendent. “Kearny High represents those values.”

 

Located along Komet Way, the new building replaces the aging student services facility. It will serve as the main campus entryway and include a lobby, student support spaces, classrooms, collaborative workspaces, and modern security technology. 

 

Classroom modernizations include new furniture, flooring, door hardware, sinks, whiteboards, and technology upgrades. Outdoor improvements include new collaborative learning spaces, upgraded signage and exterior paint, and new fencing and gates to direct visitors to the secure main campus entryway.

 

Since 2010, Kearny High has received a series of bond-funded upgrades, including College, Career, and Technical facilities for Arts, Media, & Entertainment, and a new Engineering Innovation Design Lab. Additional upgrades were made to the athletic fields, the elevator and press box, and gymnasium bleachers. Energy sustainability was also enhanced with the installation of solar photovoltaic panels. 

 

“It’s so wonderful to see all the work that has been and continues to be done for Kearny High School,” said Sabrina Bazzo, Board of Education Trustee for San Diego Unified. “We are so thankful for the local voters who passed our bond measures - you are forever changing the lives of our students.” 

 

The Kearny High Educational Complex offers schools of Biomedical Science and Technology, College Connections, Digital Media and Design, and Engineering, Design, and Innovation. Nationally recognized by EdSource as one of the most successful implementations of high school reform, Kearny High has served the Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, and Serra Mesa communities for more than 80 years. 

 

In recent years, Kearny High School has received numerous accolades. A California Distinguished and Blue Ribbon School, Kearny has been recognized three times with a Title I Academic Achievement Award and was one of twelve schools nationwide to be named America’s Best Urban School by the National Center for Urban School Transformation. It has also been featured in a case study by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. 

 

“As a Kearny High administrator, I have worked with an incredible team to transform and reform this school to what it is today,” said Ana Diaz-Booz, Principal of Kearny High School. “This project will only continue our vision of transformation.” 

 

Construction on the current project is estimated to be completed in the winter of 2026. 

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, 619-855-9283, jries@sandi.net.

 

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Friday, March 8, 2024

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Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=27732478&pageId=28355520
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Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print agenda and post in a prominent publicly accessible location at your site.

 


Additionally, please refer to the below links for upcoming meetings, agendas, and minutes of the board advisory committees:

 Thank you.

 

Martha Corrales

Confidential Admin Assistant II

Board Services Office, San Diego Unified School District

619-725-5551

mcorrales@sandi.net

 

Do the best you can until you know better.  Then when you know better, do better.  -Maya Angelou

 

 

 

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY: Kearny High Students to Join District Leaders in Celebrating Construction Groundbreaking for New Classroom Building, Campus Upgrades




MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Kearny High Students to Join District Leaders in Celebrating Construction Groundbreaking for New Classroom Building, Campus Upgrades

 

Friday, March 8, 2024 

 

WHAT:         

Kearny High School students will join district and school leaders to celebrate the start of construction on the next wave of the school’s campus transformation. 

 

WHEN:        

Monday, March 11, 2024 

10 - 10:45 a.m. 

 

WHERE:      

Kearny High School

1954 Komet Way

San Diego, CA 92111

                              

*See the event location map with the media staging area below.

Please wear closed-toe shoes and long pants due to active construction. We will provide hard hats and vests. 

 

VISUALS:    

10:00 - 10:07 a.m. - Kearny High School AJROTC Display of Colors, Cheer Team Performances 

10:07 - 10:17 a.m. - Speakers 

10:17 - 10:27 a.m.   Shovels to the dirt, Photo opps. 

10:27 - 10:45 a.m. - Media 1-1s 

 

Drone video of the demolition, renderings, and a construction postcard can be found here

 

SPEAKERS

Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent, San Diego Unified 

Sabrina Bazzo, Board of Education Trustee, San Diego Unified 

Ana Diaz-Booz, Principal, Kearny High School

Marqus Harper, Freshman, Kearny High School of College Connections

Isabella Rodriguez, Freshman, Kearny High School of College Connections

 

BACKGROUND: 

The Kearny High Educational Complex offers schools of Biomedical Science and Technology, College Connections, Digital Media and Design, and Engineering, Design, and Innovation. 

 

Since 2010, Kearny High has received a series of bond-funded upgrades, including College, Career, and Technical Education facilities for Arts, Media, & Entertainment, and a new Engineering Innovation Design Lab.  Additional upgrades were made to the athletic fields, the elevator and press box, and gymnasium bleachers. Energy sustainability was also enhanced with the installation of solar photovoltaic panels. 

 

Now in 2024, construction is underway on the next phase of the campus transformation that will construct a new two-story classroom and student services facility, modernize nine classrooms and the student dining area, renovate the softball field, create outdoor collaborative learning spaces, remove all portable classrooms, and enhance school security.

 

Located along Komet Way, the new facility replaces the aging student services building. It will serve as the main campus entryway and include a lobby, student support spaces, classrooms, collaborative workspaces, and modern security technology. 

 

Classroom modernizations include new furniture, flooring, door hardware, sinks, whiteboards, and technology upgrades. Outdoor improvements include new outdoor collaborative learning spaces, upgraded signage and exterior paint, and new fencing and gates to direct visitors to the secure main campus entryway.

 

Nationally recognized by EdSource as one of the most successful implementations of high school reform, Kearny High has served the Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, and Serra Mesa communities for more than 80 years. 

 

In recent years, Kearny High School has received numerous accolades. A California Distinguished and Blue Ribbon School, Kearny has been recognized three times with a Title I Academic Achievement Award and was one of twelve schools nationwide to be named America’s Best Urban School by the National Center for Urban School Transformation. It has also been featured in a case study by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. 

 

Construction on the current project is estimated to be completed in the winter of 2026. 

 

PARKING:   

There is plenty of parking in the Kearny High School parking lot, located along Linda Vista Rd. and Mesa College Drive. Please enter through the Linda Vista Road entrance as the Mesa College Drive entrance will be closed for the event.


 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

NEWS RELEASE: Celebrating California Arts Education Month: Oak Park Elementary School Music Students and District Leaders Celebrate Construction Halfway Mark for Upcoming Music Building

Photos, broll, and sound of the event can be found here.

Drone video of the construction and renderings can be found here

 

 






News Release 

 

Celebrating California Arts Education Month: Oak Park Elementary School Music Students and District Leaders Celebrate Construction Halfway Mark for Upcoming Music Building

 

March 7, 2024 

 

SAN DIEGO -  Oak Park Elementary School’s new music building is now halfway complete, marking a major milestone in the campus’ transformation. 

 

To celebrate the project and California Arts Education Month, the school’s “Tempo Tigers” performed Thursday in front of the facility that will soon house music classrooms. A music magnet school, Oak Park Elementary offers instruction in band, orchestra, keyboard lab, guitars, and chorus.

 

The event follows a February 27 San Diego Unified Board of Education resolution to recognize March as California Arts Education Month, which recognizes the importance of teaching music, dance, visual arts, and media arts in public schools.

 

“Music and arts education offer students meaningful opportunities to learn, express themselves, and develop a sense of belonging at school and in life. I am excited about how these new facilities will inspire current and future Oak Park musicians,” Superintendent Dr. Lamont Jackson said. 

 

Construction began in the summer of 2023 on the UTK-5th-grade campus’ transformation to replace all portable classrooms with three new buildings - the music building, a UTK/kindergarten facility, and a general education classroom facility. 

 

Funded by San Diego Unified’s Capital Bond Improvement program, the project will also add a new parking lot with a dedicated student pick-up and drop-off area, exterior paint enhancements, renovations to all remaining classrooms, two new play structures and a large shade canopy in the upper-grade play area, and a new shade shelter in the UTK/kindergarten play area. 

 

To enhance security, the existing student services offices will be modified to create a monitored single point of entry. Perimeter fencing will also be installed to direct visitors to the main campus entryway. 

 

“It’s wonderful what we are doing for this school and schools throughout the Crawford cluster,” Board of Education Trustee Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne said. 

 

A. In February 2024, Oak Park Elementary received a Magnet Schools Assistance Program grant that will go toward a new media arts maker space. The grant would make the campus San Diego Unified’s first elementary media arts magnet school.

 

“This new music facility will only uplift the program and our students to new heights,” Principal Antoinette Curtis said. 

 

Construction is anticipated to be completed by the summer of 2025. 

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, 619-855-9283, jries@sandi.net.

 

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Celebrating California Arts Education Month: Oak Park Elementary School Music Students to Join District Leaders in Celebrating Construction Halfway Mark for Upcoming Music Building

 

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Celebrating California Arts Education Month: Oak Park Elementary School Music Students to Join District Leaders in Celebrating Construction Halfway Mark for Upcoming Music Building

 

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 

 

WHAT:            

Oak Park Elementary School music students will join San Diego Unified School District leaders in celebrating the halfway point for their upcoming music building during California Arts Education Month. 

 

WHEN:           

Thursday, March 7, 2024 

9:30 - 10:15 a.m. 

 

WHERE:        

Oak Park Elementary School*

2606 54th St.

San Diego, CA 92105

 

*See the event location map with the media staging area below. Please wear closed-toe shoes and long pants for this event, as you will be entering an active construction area. Hard hats and vests will be provided. 

 

VISUALS:      

9:30 - 9:40 a.m. - “Tempo Tigers” Student Performances 

9:40 - 9:50 a.m. - Speakers 

9:50 - 10:15 a.m. - Media 1-1s 

 

Drone video of the construction, a construction postcard, and renderings can be found here

 

SPEAKERS:  

Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent, San Diego Unified 

Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, Board of Education Trustee, San Diego Unified 

Antoniette Curtis, Principal, Oak Park Elementary School 

Students, Oak Park Elementary School 


BACKGROUND:

A music-magnet school located in the Oak Park neighborhood of San Diego, Oak Park Elementary offers instruction in band, orchestra, keyboard lab, guitars, and chorus. 

 

In the summer of 2023, construction began on the school’s campus transformation that will replace all portable classrooms with three new buildings and bring campus-wide renovations.  

 

The new buildings include a music facility west of the synthetic turf field and kindergarten and general education classroom facilities east of the field. Two new play structures and a large shade canopy will be installed in the upper-grade play area and a new shade shelter will be provided in the UTK/kindergarten play area.

 

Campus-wide improvements include a new parking lot with a dedicated student pick-up and drop-off area, exterior paint enhancements, and renovations to all remaining classrooms. To improve security, perimeter fencing and existing student services offices will be modified to create a secure, monitored single point of entry. 

 

Funding for this project is made available through San Diego Unified’s Capital Bond Improvement program. 

 

On February 27, 2024, the San Diego Unified Board of Education passed a resolution to recognize March as California Arts Education Month, which includes music, dance, visual arts, and media arts. Read the full resolution here

 

PARKING:    


MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.

Friday, March 1, 2024

Post Notices and Agendas

PLEASE NOTE:

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print agenda and post in a prominent publicly accessible location at your site.

 


Additionally, please refer to the below links for upcoming meetings, agendas, and minutes of the board advisory committees:

 Thank you.

 

Martha Corrales

Confidential Admin Assistant II

Board Services Office, San Diego Unified School District

619-725-5551

mcorrales@sandi.net

 

Do the best you can until you know better.  Then when you know better, do better.  -Maya Angelou