Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Post Special Meeting Agenda, May 21, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Special Meeting, Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Meeting Information:: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

 

·         Special Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 5:30 p.m., Mann Middle School
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5UPW7CE058. 

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

NEWS RELEASE--Scripps Ranch High School

NEWS RELEASE SENT ON BEHALF OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD TRUSTEE SCOTT BARNETT,  MAY 15, 2013

 

 

Barnett say's ‘twerking’ suspensions too severe, could impact college admission

"Students AND administrators showed poor judgment."

 

Say's students should apologize and principal should rescind suspensions

 

Today, SD Unified school board trustee released a statement on the so-called "Twerking Incident."

 

"My overall view of this 'twerking  Incident' is that I believe all parties, both students and administrators showed poor judgment."

 

While stating that he found parts of the video to be "highly offensive," he stated that poor judgment should not result in an overly severe punishment: "Suspension for 'sexual harassment,' which would be on their records, could do harm to the students’ academic future."

 

Barnett indicated that the principal has the authority to "expunge" the suspensions.

"My hope is the students will apologize, and the principal will rescind the suspensions," he said. This can all be ended quickly and equitably.

 

Full statement released by Trustee Scott Barnett, May 15, 2013

 

We all do and say things in life which we regret. We all make mistakes.  As a school board trustee, I have on several occasions publicly apologized for errors in judgment and mistakes I have made.

 

We all need to take responsibility for our actions and our words.

 

I have two teen-aged daughters at another San Diego Unified high school. One has been going through the college application process which as a parent, I have learned is highly grueling, competitive, and a stressful process for children and parents alike.

 

In my time as a San Diego Unified parent and a board trustee I have developed an even greater respect and understanding of the difficult job school site administrators have.  The job of being a principal is especially difficult in these times of the social media.  As a board trustee I have had excellent relationships and learned much from many of principals on how to best manage school sites. As a board trustee I cannot and do not DIRECT principals to take any action on any specific issue impacting their school sites. Principals report to their area superintendents who ultimately report to the superintendent.

 

As a parent I strongly believe that we need to set high expectations for our children's public and private behavior.

 

As a school board trustee I believe San Diego Unified has a legal and ethical decision to set proper guidelines on appropriate behavior and to enforce the discipline.

 

I will not today or at any time discuss any specific student's academic record or behavior outside of the context of legally constituted closed session.

 

I do not know any of the students, I do not know their names and my comments are addressing what is now known as the "twerking incident," and the resulting uniform punishment of suspensions.

 

That said, as a board trustee I have the following comments:

 

Based on all information known to me, I believe proper process and procedures and legal requirements were followed by all district staff involved.

 

However, I also believe it was the suspensions approved by district administrators was what resulted in the international attention and embarrassment to the school and students.

 

I viewed the video and found parts of it to be personally offensive and inappropriate and should not have been produced by students on school time and non school time.

 

At the same time I spend a lot of time with teenagers as a parent, a soccer coach, and a school board trustee.  I, on occasion hear language and music and see behavior by teenagers that I find very offensive and even shocking.  I do not like it but it's a reflection of our times.

 

My overall view of this "twerking incident" is that I believe all parties, both students and administrators showed poor judgment.

 

I believe every student who participated in the video showed poor judgment and should be held accountable for their actions. If either of my daughters were involved in and agreed to be filmed in ways I saw on the video, I would ensure there were consequences enacted by me and their mother, and want there to be consequences at school including at the very least a public apology and appropriate punishment such as a lunch detention, writing a paper on actions taken or other relevant consequences.

 

At the same time I believe the punishment meted out (two-day suspensions for sexual harassment) was overly severe in that it could cause significant damage to a student's academic future, possibly harming their ability to get into their college of choice.

 

I am hopeful that all parties involved, both students and district administrators acknowledge that further thought should have occurred prior to the decisions they made.

 

The principal does have the authority to remove the student suspensions, which would then remove the suspensions from the student's record.  

 

The students involved also have an opportunity to apologize to the school community for their participation in this incident.

 

In conclusion, as a board trustee my primary responsibility is the health, safety and academic success of our children.  That means supporting educators and administrators in their work, but also ensuring all actions are in the best interest of students.

 

Scott Barnett

Board Trustee

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY--Mission Beach Property

MEDIA ADVISORY SENT ON BEHALF OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD TRUSTEE SCOTT BARNETT,  May 14, 2013

 

The potential sale to developers of the Mission Beach Elementary site and discussion of the Mayor's offer to work with San Diego Unified to purchase the property will be discussed and acted upon at tonight's school board meeting.

 

This is the motion Scott Barnett will be making:

 

MOTION:

 

This board thanks Mayor Filner for his leadership, and directs staff to work with the Mayor's office to develop details of a sale to the City of San Diego within the following general parameters:

 

 

-Mission Beach Elementary School property was appraised at $11 million (which is the asking price for public entities such as the City of San Diego.)

 

-Market "value" is $18.5 million based on May 2 "auction."

 

-San Diego Unified determine the "sale price" to be $18,500,001. (one dollar more then high Bid)

 

San Diego Unified ask City to pay $11 million over the 13/14 and 14/15 fiscal years ($5.5 million per year) and San Diego Unified would retain "equity ownership" of $7,500,001

 

-City and San Diego Unified work together with the community to determine short term and long term use of the property, which should include dedicated public uses and public revenue producing opportunities.

 

# # #

 

CONTACT:

SCOTT BARNETT

San Diego Unified School Board Trustee

619-725-5550

sbarnett@sandi.net

 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Post Closed Session Agenda, May 14, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Time Change for Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Closed Session Meeting Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 9:00 a.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5UTG7D206A .

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.

 

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

Post Notice of Location Change for Closed Session & Agenda, May 14, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Location Change for Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 9:00 a.m.  Location changed from Room 2249 to the Emergency Operation Center Situation Room,  item 6. Collective Bargaining, only.
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 9: 00 a.m., EOC Situation Room and 2:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.

Thank you.

 

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

From: Viorato Josefina
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Post Board Mtg Agendas, January 8, 2013
Importance: High

 

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·          Closed Session Agenda— Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5VE87DF9D0.

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ --Nelson Mandela

 

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District

MEDIA CALENDAR -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School District

Your coverage is invited of any of the following upcoming events on the
campuses of the San Diego Unified School District. For more items, check
out the calendar on the front of the district website at www.sandi.net.

Please note that if items are listed as "not open to the public," that
means accredited members of the media are invited, but the general public
is not. These are generally items during the school day.

*Indicates new items added since last week.

For a calendar of noticed public meetings, go to
www.sandi.net/meetingcalendar. Those meetings might not be included in
this listing.

MAY

Through May 25, SCPA Young Art 2013: The Story of Me, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Tuesday through Sunday, The San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Contact:
Mitzi Lizarraga, Principal, SCPA, (619) 470-0555 ext. 202. Open to the
public.

11 -- University City High Mother's Day Afternoon Tea and Concert, 2-4
p.m., Musicians Hall of San Diego, 1717 Morena Blvd. (92110). Join the UC
High School Choir, Orchestra, Jazz Combo and String Ensemble in an
afternoon saluting mom. Includes afternoon tea with a wide vareity of
salads and other goodies, auction and door prizes. Cost, $30 adluts, $25
staff, $19 child (age 10 and under). Contact: Carina, UC High Music
Department, uchsmusic@gmail.com. Open to the public.

13 -- Area 6 Cluster Meeting, 5:30 p.m., San Diego High School Library,
1405 Park Blvd. (92101). Parents, students and community members are
invited to attend this meeting, which discusses educational issues at the
high school and its middle and elementary schools. Schools in the San
Diego cluster are: Birney, Burbank, Emerson/Bandini, Florence, Garfield,
Jefferson, Kimbrough, McKinley, Rodriguez, Sherman, and Washington
elementary schools; Golden Hill, Grant, Logan, Perkins K-8s; Memorial and
Roosevelt Middle Schools; and San Diego Complex high schools. Contact:
Hope del Valle at hdelvalle@sandi.net or 619-725-7210. Open to Area 6 San
Diego High Cluster families.

* 15 -- Let's Move Salad Bars News Conference, 10:45 a.m., San Diego
Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive. United Fresh Foundation will be
talking about its donation of 350 salad bars to schools in California. San
Diego Unified is receiving some of those salad bar modular units; the
district has had salad bars in its schools for 10 years. Speakers include
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson and Gary
Petill, Food Services Director for San Diego Unified, who started putting
salad bars in schools in 2003. Contact: Shelby Rajkovich, 202-303-3417.
Not open to the public.

17 -- Rhapsody on the Point, Pt. Loma High concert, 6 p.m., Humphrey's,
2241 Shelter Island Dr. Annual concert and fundraiser for Pt. Loma schools
features Pt. Loma High orchestra, chorus and dance. Students will perform
selections from Leonard Bernstein's operetta, "Candide," and will be
accompanied by a select ensemble choir composed of members from many
distinguished choral groups; and Biebl's "Ave Maria," guest-conducted by
former Pt. Loma High choir teacher Lewis Phelps and featuring alumni
members of the 1965-1969 Pt. Loma High Madrigals. Contact: Kerri DeRosier,
(619) 226-4896. Open to the public. Website: www.rhapsodyonthepoint.com
Open to the public.

18 -- Compassion Across Cultures, 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cherokee Point
Elementary School, 3735 38th St. (92105). Stories of compassion, dance and
other activities. Contact: Godwin Higa, Principal, (619) 641-3400. Open to
the public.

* 19 -- Loma Portal Elementary Home and Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Loma Portal Elementary School, 3341 Browning St. (92106). Residents are
opening their homes and gardens in the neighborhood to benefit the school.
Crafts will be on sale at the school. Contact: Dominique Mimno,
dominique.m@cox.net. Open to the public.

18 -- JROTC Joint Brigade Awards and Review Ceremony, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Morse High School football field, 6905 Skyline Dr. (92114). This is the
school year's culminating event for JROTC students in the 13 high school
programs. It's a very impressive site seeing all the students the
traditional Pass and Review; families will be there; the kids will receive
awards. For many students it's a bittersweet day, as they;ll be headed
onto college next year. Not all will pursue ROTC in college or a military
career, so for some their "discharge" is just around the corner. Contact:
David Guzman, JROTC Program Manager, (858) 496-8203. Open to the public.

19 -- Loma Portal Home and Garden Tour and Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Loma Portal neighborhood. Tour of local neighborhood and sale benefits
Loma Portal Elementary School. Contact: Dominique Miller Mimno,
Dominique.m@cox.net. Admission $20 in advance, $25 day of tour. Open to
the public.

21 -- San Diego Unified's 2013 Classified Employee of the Year, 5 p.m.,
Mann Middle School, 4345 54th St. (92115). The district's annual
Classified Employee of the Year celebration in which school and district
facility employees are recognized. One individual will be recognized as
the district's Classified Employee of the Year for 2013. Contact: Jennifer
Cornelius Rodriguez at jcornelius@sandi.net or 619-725-5598. Part of a
scheduled Board of Education meeting; open to the public.

* 22 -- GATE Presents Dr. Richard Cash, ³Teaching with the Brain in Mind,²
4 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center Auditorium, 4100 Normal St.
(92103). Richard M. Cash, Ed.D. is the Director of Gifted and Talented
Programs, K-12, for the Bloomington Minnesota Public Schools. Richard
taught primary and middle grades in an urban elementary school for gifted
children. Richard also worked for many years as a children's theater
director. The GATE Distinguished Lecture Series brings nationally
recognized speakers to San Diego to talk about gifted and talented
education (GATE). Contact: Office of Advanced Studies, 619-725-7284. Open
to the public.

* 22-23 -- San Diego Regional Model United Nations, all day, Joan B. Kroc
Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego, 5998
Alcalá Park (92110). The San Diego Regional Junior Model United Nations
Conference aims to spread awareness of international issues and the spirit
of diplomacy to high school and middle school students through a two-day
simulation. This conference is targeted specifically to grades 6-9 with
the intent of encouraging the participation of novice delegates. Contact:
Anne Anthony, Grant Elementary School, (619) 293-4420.

27 -- Memorial Day. All schools and offices closed.

* 29 -- Correia Middle School Public Scoping Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Correia
Middle School, 4302 Valeta St. (92107). solicit input from stakeholders as
to the scope and content of the Draft EIR for an upgraded sports complex
on the existing Correia Middle School campus. Contact: Cynthia Reed
Porter, 858-637-3607. Open to the public.

* 31 -- Curie Elementary School Dad's Club Lunch, noon, Curie Elementary
School, 4080 Governor Dr. (92122). Curie dads will be bringing their
lunches with them when they have the midday meal with their sons and
daughters. Dad's Clubs are a program in many San Diego Unified Schools
that encourage fathers and male guardians to get involved. Contact:
Christopher Juarez, Principal, (858) 453-4184. Not open to the public.

JUNE

* 1 -- Benefit concert for Correia Middle School Music Program, 2-7 p.m.,
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Dr. (92106). Young and old
area talent will assemble to support the school, a collaboration between
the First Friday Music Club and Correia Instrumental Music Association.
Contact: Jonathan McDade, Principal, (619) 222-0476. Open to the public.

* 1 -- Silver Gate Elementary School Beautification Day, 9 a.m. to noon,
Silver Gate Elementary School, 1499 Venice St. (92107). Members of the Pt.
Loma Community Presbyterian Church and Silver Gate families will be
sprucing up the school's kindergarten area. Contact: Sandra McClure,
Principal, (619) 222-1139. Open to the public.

11 -- Last day of school for schools on traditional calendar.

21-26 -- The JROTC Leadership Camp, Forest Lawn Scout Reservation, Cedar
Glenn, CA. The top one-fourth of cadets from around Southern California
meeting up for a week of training in leadership and adaptability. The camp
also offers cadets high adventure training in the areas of land
navigation, rappelling, archery, horsemanship, water safety, and
confidence building courses. Contact: David Guzman, 858-496-8203. Not open
to the public.

JULY

4 -- Independence Day, all schools and offices closed.

19 -- Last day of school for year-round schools.

AUGUST

26 -- Most school offices reopen for enrolling new students.

SEPTEMBER

2 -- Labor Day, all schools and offices closed.

3 -- First day of 2013-14 school year.

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means that you're welcome to cover it, but it's not something to list in
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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Post Mtg Agenda, May 14, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Time Change for Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 9:00 a.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5UTG7D206A .

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.

 

NOTE: The May 14, 2013 closed session agenda will be posted and distributed on Friday afternoon.

Thank you.

 

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

From: Viorato Josefina
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Post Board Mtg Agendas, January 8, 2013
Importance: High

 

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·          Closed Session Agenda— Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5VE87DF9D0.

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ --Nelson Mandela