San Diego Unified School District News Releases: September 2019

Friday, September 27, 2019

Post Notices and Agenda

PLEASE NOTE:

· Notice of Cancellation: Construction Subcommittee of the Props S/Z & Measure YY ICOC – Thursday, October 3, 2019
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/executivegovernance-subcommittee

· Notice of Change of Date: Career Technical Education Advisory Committee (CTEAC) – from Thursday, November 21 to Thursday, November 14, 2019, 9:30 a.m., the Sala Room at the Prado in Balboa Park
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· Notice of Revised 2019-20 Meeting Schedule: Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for Special Education
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2019-20-general-meeting-schedule-and-information

· Committee Meeting Agenda: Executive Board of the District Advisory Council (DAC) for Compensatory Education – Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Education Center, Emergency Operations Center, Situation Room
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BFGLL95660A7

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:

· Audit and Finance: https://www.sandiegounified.org/audit-and-finance-committee

· CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· CAC: General Membership— https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2019-20-general-meeting-schedule-and-information; and Executive Board— https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2019-20-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information

· DAC: General Membership— https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2019-20-general-meeting-schedule-and-information; and Executive Board— https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2019-20-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information

· DELAC: General Membership and Executive Board— https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/csfc-2019-meetings-schedule

· ICOC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/icoc-meeting

Thank you.

Melissa Hamilton (formerly Hudson)

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board of Education

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA 92103-2682

Office: (619) 725-5550

Fax: (619) 297-5624

mhamilton@sandi.net

"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." - Robert M. Hutchins

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San Diego Unified Board Approves Multi-Agency Task Force to Improve Regional Cooperation for the Protection of Students

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 27, 2019) – The San Diego Unified Board of Education is pleased to announce the creation of a task force with representatives from the District Attorney’s Office, the City Attorney, the San Diego Police Department, and various governmental and community organizations, to improve interagency collaboration for the protection of children from sexual harassment and abuse. San Diego Unified Police Chief Michael Marquez will serve as chair of the new group, with plans to start work immediately.

“As the second-largest school district in California, we have a vital interest in protecting young people from harassment and abuse,” said Trustee Richard Barrera, who sponsored the resolution creating the new task force. “This initiative to enhance the cooperation among public agencies and community organizations will only serve to benefit everyone involved.” Barrera will serve on the new task force along with Board Vice President John Lee Evans.

The goal of the new task force will be to identify potential areas for improvement regarding collaboration between the various agencies working to protect children from sexual harassment and abuse. Among those organizations and individuals who have committed to participate are the following:

· Dr. Abby Brewer-Johnson, Chair, San Diego Psychological Association Child, Family and Youth Committee

· Mara Elliott, Office of the City Attorney

· Captain Rich Freedman, San Diego Police Department

· Rickeena Boyd-Kamei, San Diego Education Association member

· Loxie Gant, parent/advocate

· Kimberly Giardina, Acting Director, San Diego County Child Welfare Services

· Dr. Rebecca Mendiola, San Diego County Office of Education Assistant Superintendent of Student Services

· Bryce Benavente Pablo-Cook, Student, School of Creative and Performing Arts

· Derby Pattengill, parent/advocate

· Dr. Jolie Pickett, Administrators Association San Diego President

· Tracy Prior, Deputy District Attorney, Office of the County District Attorney

· Jay Sieber, Student, San Diego High School

· Dr. Suzanne Starling, Medical Director, Chadwick Center for Children and Families, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine

· Mahogany Taylor, parent/advocate

· Charles Wilson, Senior Director, Chadwick Center for Children and Families, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

A parent-advocate member of the new task force, Loxie Gant, shared her commitment to the group’s vital work. She said, “As a parent, child safety in schools is of the utmost importance to me. The task force will help fill the gap among regional partners to better protect our students.”

CONTACT: Maureen Magee, Communications Director, (619) 381-7930.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

NEWS RELEASE from San Diego Unified School District

MULTIMEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Video of Kearny High School student talking to researchers may be aired https://youtu.be/ljGzQIai1G0

Once again, SD Unified Named one of California's Top Academic Districts

Researchers Highlight Academic Success of all Students, Including Historically Underserved

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San Diego (Sept. 25, 2019) – For the second time this month, independent researchers have found the San Diego Unified School District is leading the state in academic gains. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools singled out San Diego Unified for effective use of state education spending to improve student results in a study released this week. Like the another recently released study, UCLA found the academic gains in San Diego Unified were broad and included many students from historically disadvantaged communities.

"Giving Learning and Graduation New Meaning: One Student at a Time" was released in San Diego at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. The report mirrored findings by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), which was co-authored by the Chair of the State Board of Education. The reports show that San Diego Unified has succeeded in boosting outcomes for historically disadvantaged students while raising academic standards for all students.

"We knew from the start that raising academic standards would improve outcomes for all students, and that is what we have done," said Superintendent Cindy Marten. "Our students are proving every day that equity and academic growth are not competing goals. We know our work is not done, but we also know we are headed in the right direction."

The UCLA report cited ten reforms the district implemented that helped boost achievement for historically disadvantaged students. The changes also led to improved outcomes for the overall student population.

Lead researcher Joseph Bishop, director of the Center for the Transformation of Schools at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, said these "equity levers" were so effective that other California districts should consider replicating San Diego Unified's initiatives.

Among the key changes implemented by the district and cited in the report: The elimination of a tracking system that had long determined which students were headed to college, and which were not; the restructuring of the central office to better, and more directly, support schools; and an overhaul of high school course offerings, including the dramatic expansion of AP courses districtwide.

The study highlights how San Diego Unified's gains are particularly significant since San Diego Unified, like so many other districts, was still struggling to recover from the fiscal crisis when the LCFF went into effect. The district was well-positioned to implement LCFF because of "equity audits" and other work it had done leading up to the new funding formula.

"Without a clear focus and strong leadership, SDUSD's central office would be struggling to keep the district afloat after hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts," the report states. "But they're not. Instead, the district is embracing some of the hardest equity fights and working tirelessly to change SDUSD's culture. Supt. Marten and her team have used the bold intent of LCFF and Vision 2020 to begin an ambitious process of de-tracking students so more SDUSD youth are prepared for college and a quality job."

The report serves as a case study for other districts working to implement reforms that target underserved students.

Researchers highlight data that show an increase in students (notably African-American and LatinX) completing the A-G sequence of courses necessary to apply to UC or CSU campus; gains in the number of English learner students reclassified as English-fluent; and increased access and enrollment in AP courses.

In dozens of revealing interviews with researchers, San Diego Unified educators, students and community representatives brought the reforms to life.

The full report can be viewed here: http://transformschools.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sdusd-case-study.pdf

The LPI study, Closing the Opportunity Gap: How Positive Outlier Districts in California Are Pursuing Equitable Access to Deeper Learning, also documents academic gains for historically disadvantaged children. San Diego Unified is highlighted in the report as a "Positive Outlier District" for gains made by African-American and LatinX students who have demonstrated achievements at higher-than-predicted levels when compared to other districts with similar demographics. The report also recognizes San Diego Unified's comprehensive professional development offerings made available to teachers throughout the district, which contributes long-term stability among teachers.

Board Vice President John Lee Evans said "it comes down to meaningful graduation and Vision 2020. Graduation must mean something more than a piece of paper and at SD Unified it does."

See Coverage (below links) of the studies in the San Diego Union-Tribune

UCLA Study:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2019-09-24/ucla-study-takes-a-look-at-san-diego-unifieds-strategies-to-address-student-equity

LPI Study:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2019-09-10/report-details-why-chula-vista-elementary-and-san-diego-unified-students-outperformed-students-statewide

CONTACT: Maureen Magee, Communications Director, (619) 381-7930.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Longfellow Spanish Immersion Magnet Ballet Folkloricó Dancers and Students to Join District and City Leaders in Groundbreaking for New Joint-Use Field

Longfellow Spanish Immersion Magnet Ballet Folkloricó Dancers and Students to Join District and City Leaders in Groundbreaking for New Joint-Use Field

WHAT: Longfellow Spanish Immersion Magnet ballet folkloricó students will join Superintendent Cindy Marten, City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell, district, and city leaders in celebrating the groundbreaking for their new 50,000 square-foot joint-use field.

WHEN: Friday, September 27, 2019

8:15 – 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Longfellow Spanish Immersion Magnet School

5055 July Street, San Diego, CA 92110

VISUALS: 8:15 a.m. – Longfellow ballet folkloricó dancers will perform

8:20 a.m. – Speakers

8:35 a.m. – Students join district and city leaders to put the shovel to the ground

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS:

Cindy Marten, San Diego Unified Superintendent

Jennifer Campbell, City of San Diego Councilmember, District 2

Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, San Diego Unified School Board President

Lee Dulgeroff, San Diego Unified Chief Facilities Planning and Construction Officer

Diana Sanchez, Longfellow Spanish Immersion Magnet School Principal

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The Longfellow Spanish Immersion Magnet School joint-use field project includes construction of a natural grass playfield, walking and running path, drinking fountain, trees, and security fencing.

BACKGROUND:

Capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified’s Propositions S and Z, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools. As part of the Play All Day partnership with the City of San Diego, the joint-use field will be accessible to the community as a local park after school hours and during school breaks. You can read more about the initiative here.

PARKING:

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Jamie Ries, San Diego Unified Facilities Communication Liaison; 619-855-9283; jries@sandi.net.

Jordan Beane, Communications Director for Councilmember Jennifer Campbell, jbeane@sandiego.gov.

Monday, September 23, 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY: Crawford High Cheer Team to Join Cellist, New Principal, in Groundbreaking for Three-Phase Campus Transformation

Crawford High Cheer Team to Join Cellist, New Principal, in Groundbreaking for Three-Phase Campus Transformation

WHAT: The Crawford High School cheer team, a student cellist, and student guitarists will join newly appointed Principal Froylán Villanueva, Superintendent Cindy Marten, district leaders, and Crawford alumni to kick-off the groundbreaking for its entire site transformation.

WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019

8:45– 9:30 a.m.

*Principal Froylán Villanueva will be available for interview prior to the event*

WHERE: Crawford High School

4191 Colts Way, San Diego, CA 92115

VISUALS: 8:45 a.m. – Cheer team opens ceremony with a performance

8:50 a.m. – Cellist performs with two student guitarists

9:00 a.m. – Speakers

9:15 a.m. – Students, Alumni, and District Leaders take “shovel to the ground”

Photo and video renderings can be found here.

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS:

Cindy Marten, San Diego Unified Superintendent

Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, San Diego Unified School Board President

Lee Dulgeroff, San Diego Unified Chief Facilities Planning and Construction Officer

Froylán Villanueva, Crawford High School’s Newly Appointed Principal

Greg Estep, Will C. Crawford High School Foundation President

J.P. Riley, Crawford High School Music Teacher

Kim Van, Crawford High School ASB President

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The Crawford High School College, Career and Technical Education and Whole Site Modernization project will be constructed in three phases.

The first phase of construction will upgrade the automotive CCTE program with a new building and three new service bays and a dedicated alignment bay. The existing auto lab will receive a renovated classroom, an engine lab, and a single bay demonstration lift.

The second phase includes renovations to classrooms, security upgrades to fire alarms and emergency communications systems, as well as installation of security lighting and security cameras. Existing restrooms and the food services area will also be renovated.

In the final phase, crews will demolish the existing auditorium to create a three-story structure that will house twenty classrooms, a performing arts center, and an administrative office suite. The building includes a drop-off and pickup area at the corner of Orange Avenue and Colts Way, which will be accompanied by a new parking lot as the final piece.

BACKGROUND:

San Diego Unified’s capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified School District’s Propositions S and Z, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools. In addition to renovation and replacement, bond projects include classroom technology, facilities to support College, Career and Technical Education, classroom air conditioning, safety and security upgrades, and other facilities improvements at traditional and public charter schools throughout San Diego Unified.

PARKING: Media can park behind the stairs along Sharron Place. We will have designated

parking there.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Jamie Ries, San Diego Unified Facilities Communication Liaison

619-855-9283; jries@sandi.net

Post Agenda

PLEASE NOTE:

· Committee Meeting Agenda: Executive Board of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for Special Education – Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Education Center, Emergency Operations Center, Situation Room
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BG6SGX72AF96

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:

· Audit and Finance: https://www.sandiegounified.org/audit-and-finance-committee

· CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· DELAC: General Membership and Executive Board— https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/csfc-2019-meetings-schedule

· ICOC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/icoc-meeting

Thank you.

Melissa Hamilton (formerly Hudson)

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board of Education

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA 92103-2682

Office: (619) 725-5550

Fax: (619) 297-5624

mhamilton@sandi.net

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Friday, September 20, 2019

Post Notice and Agendas

PLEASE NOTE:

· Closed Session Agenda: Board of Education—Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center, Room 2249
Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information

· Board Meeting Agenda: Board of Education – Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=B7LRCD6CABF9

· Committee Meeting Agenda: Charter School Facility Committee (CSFC) – Thursday, September 26, 2019, 11:30 a.m., PPO Training Room A
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BFFLV75808E9

· Notice of Cancellation: Executive/Governance Subcommittee of the Props S/Z & Measure YY ICOC – Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/executivegovernance-subcommittee

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:

· Audit and Finance: https://www.sandiegounified.org/audit-and-finance-committee

· CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· DELAC: General Membership and Executive Board— https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/csfc-2019-meetings-schedule

· ICOC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/icoc-meeting

Thank you.

Melissa Hamilton (formerly Hudson)

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board of Education

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA 92103-2682

Office: (619) 725-5550

Fax: (619) 297-5624

mhamilton@sandi.net

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Friday, September 13, 2019

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PLEASE NOTE:

· Notice of Public Hearing: Certification of Sufficient Standards-Aligned Textbooks and/or Instructional Materials—Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 5:00 pm
Notice: https://www.sandiegounified.org/sites/default/files_link/district/files/dept/board_of_education_office/Public%20Hearing%20Notice,%20Sufficient%20Standards-Aligned%20Textbooks%202019-20.pdf

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· Committee Meeting Agenda: District Advisory Council (DAC) for Compensatory Education – Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Ballard Parent Center Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BENRP26701ED

· Committee Meeting Agenda: Props S/Z & Measure YY Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (ICOC) – Thursday, September 19, 2019, 10:00 a.m., PPO Training Room A
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BCZK7Y5089E7

· Notice of Special Meeting: Executive Board of the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) – Thursday, September 19, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Education Center, Room 2038
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information

· Special Committee Meeting Agenda: Executive Board of the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) – Thursday, September 19, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Education Center, Room 2038
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BFYRQH69B14E

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:

· Audit and Finance: https://www.sandiegounified.org/audit-and-finance-committee

· CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2019-20-meeting-schedule-and-information