Tuesday, June 7, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: Morse High School Theater Students, AJROTC, to Join San Diego Unified Leaders, VAPA in Groundbreaking for New School Theater, Campus Upgrades

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

 

Morse High School Theater Students, AJROTC, to Join San Diego Unified Leaders, VAPA in Groundbreaking for New School Theater, Campus Upgrades

 

 

June 7, 2022 

 

WHAT:           

San Diego Unified representatives will join Morse High School Principal Cynthia 

Larkin, the Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AJROTC), and theater students and teachers to celebrate the start of construction on a new theater and campus upgrades. 

 

WHEN:          

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 

8:30 - 9:15 a.m. 

 

WHERE:        

Morse High School* 

6905 Skyline Dr. 

San Diego, CA 92114

 

*See event location map below. Morse High AJROTC students will be available at the front entrance of the school to walk media to the event location. 

 

VISUALS:      

8:30 - 8:40 a.m. –  AJROTC Display of Colors, Drum Corps, National Anthem Live Performance 

8:40 - 8:51 a.m. –  Speakers

8:51 - 9:01 a.m. –  Shovels to the ground

9:01 - 9:15 a.m. –  Media One-on-Ones 

 

A 3-D flythrough, renderings, English and Spanish construction postcards, and drone video of the existing campus can be found here. 

 

SPEAKERS:

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

Russ Sperling, Director of Visual and Performing Arts, San Diego Unified

Dr. Cynthia Larkin, Principal, Morse High School
Marvin Costa, Drama Teacher, Morse High School 

Jim Fogelman, Music Teacher, Morse High School 

Kayla Morelos, Senior, Morse High School 

 

BACKGROUND:

The Morse High School Whole Site Modernization Phase III project includes construction of a new student services and performing arts building with additional campus wide improvements.

 

The two-story student services and performing arts center will replace aging portables, and will include a theater with a stage, LED lighting, theatrical orchestra enclosure, fly loft and more.

 

A new student services building will also be constructed with a secure campus entry, lobby, administrative offices and student support spaces.

 

Along with the new Performing Arts Center and student services offices, the project includes expansion of the student quad area and a new parking lot along 69th Street.

 

Campus safety and security will be enhanced with a new single point of entry, reconfigured parking lot and student drop-off and pick-up area from Tuther Way, additional security cameras, perimeter fencing and upgraded campus communications and fire alarm systems.

 

Construction is anticipated to complete in Summer 2024.

 

This latest project complements recent enhancements at Morse, including newly modernized classrooms, a remodeled music building, and present-day signage and graphics. 

 

PARKING:

Media may park in the main parking visitor parking lot at the front entrance. School starts at 8:30 a.m., so please be aware there will be traffic about 30 minutes prior to the school start time. 


 

RELATED LINKS: 

About construction contractor Sundt. 

About Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.  

 

This event is for professional journalists. Please confirm attendance in advance: communications@sandi.net. Due to active construction, reporters and photographers should wear flat, closed-toe shoes for this event. 

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

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

 

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Friday, June 3, 2022

Please Post Notices and Agendas

PLEASE NOTE:

 

o   Link to YouTube Livestream: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education   

o   Public Testimony: https://bit.ly/3mbq6ki             

 

·         Committee Meeting Agenda: Community Schools Advisory Committee – Thursday, June 9, 2022, 4:00 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center; Situation Room - Emergency Operations Center, 4100 Normal St., San Diego, CA 92103
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CEDLA754ED07

 

·         Notice of Committee Meeting Change of Format: Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for Special Education General – Thursday, June 9, 2022, 7:00 p.m., Harold J. Ballard Parent Center Auditorium, 2375 Congress Street, San Diego, CA 92110.
Committee Meeting Information: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/SpedCAC/2021-22_general_meeting_schedule_and_information

 

·         Committee Meeting Agenda: Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for Special Education General – Thursday, June 9, 2022, 7:00 p.m., Harold J. Ballard Parent Center Auditorium, 2375 Congress Street, San Diego, CA 92110.
Committee Meeting Information: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/SpedCAC/2021-22_general_meeting_schedule_and_information
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CB7U2E79EF30   
*Members of the public may view the meeting via Zoom Webinar: https://sandiegounified.zoom.us/j/83118775412

 

 

 

 

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/about/board_of_education/committees/audit_and_finance_committee/overview 

·         CTEAC: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/CTEAC/2021-22_meeting_schedule_and_information

·         CAC: General Membership— https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/SpedCAC/2021-22_general_meeting_schedule_and_information; and Executive Board— https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/SpedCAC/2021-22_executive_meeting_schedule_and_information

·         DAC: General Membership— https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/DAC/2021-22_general_meeting_schedule_and_information; and Executive Board—https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/DAC/2021-22_executive_meeting_schedule_and_information

·         DELAC: General Membership and Executive Board— https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/DELAC/2021-22_meeting_schedule_and_information

·         RJEICOC: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/racial_justice_icoc/meeting_schedule

·         CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/CSFC/meeting_schedule

·         ICOC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/about/bond_programs/independent_citizens_oversight_committee/icoc_meeting

·         Community Schools Advisory Committee: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/community_schools_advisory_committee/meeting_schedule

·         Redistricting Engagement Committee: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/redistricting_engagement_committee/2021_meeting_schedule

·         Superintendent Search Committee: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/superintendent_search_committee/2021_meeting_schedule

 Thank you.

 

Martha Corrales
Confidential Admin Assistant II
Board Services Office, San Diego Unified School District
mcorrales@sandi.net

 

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

 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Point Loma High Students, Staff, to Celebrate Completion of Campus Transformation, Return to On-Campus Graduation

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Point Loma High Students, Staff, to Celebrate Completion of Campus Transformation, Return to On-Campus Graduation

 

 June 3, 2022 

 

WHAT:                 

San Diego Unified representatives will join Point Loma High School Principal Kelly Lowry, staff, students, and alumni in celebrating the school’s newly completed site modernization, which transformed the campus with a new classroom building and library/media center along Chatsworth Boulevard. 

 

The celebration comes one week before the school will hold the first graduation ceremony on campus since the pandemic began. 

 

WHEN:

Monday, June 6, 2022 

9 -10 a.m. 

 

WHERE:               

Point Loma High School

2335 Chatsworth Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92106*

 

*See parking and event location map below. 

 

VISUALS:            

9:00 – 9:05 a.m. – Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC)      Display of Colors, Choir Sings National Anthem 

9:05 – 9:20 a.m. – Speakers

9:20 – 9:22 a.m. – Ribbon-Cutting 

9:22 – 9:52 a.m. – Media Tours of New Classroom #880 and Library/Media Center*

9:52 – 10:00 a.m.– Media One-on-Ones 

*Tours will include interviews with English teacher Brian Compagnone & Library Technician & District Classified Employee of the Year, Lisa Cooper. 

Photos of the new classroom building and a project fact sheet can be found here. 

 

SPEAKERS: 

San Diego Unified Representatives 

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

Kelly Lowry, Principal, Point Loma High

Kim Jessop, 1973 Alumni and Director of Alumni Association, Point Loma High 

Ella Sykes, Associated Student Body (ASB) President, Point Loma High 

 

ADDITIONAL INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
Lee Dulgeroff, Chief Facilities Planning and Construction Officer, San Diego Unified 

Hans Becker, Former Principal, Point Loma High 

Barbara “Bobby” Samilson, Former Principal, Point Loma High

 

BACKGROUND:

The Point Loma High School Whole Site Modernization project includes design and construction of a new three-story, 38,000 square-foot building, renovation of the 200 and 300 buildings and upgrades to the athletic facilities.

 

The new building features a library/media center on the first floor, ten classrooms each on the second and third floors, and a student quad.

 

Parking capacity is increased with the reconfiguration of the Clove Street parking lot, which features a secure visitors’ entrance to the campus.

 

Other improvements include landscape and hardscape improvements, secure perimeter fencing and creation of a single campus entryway, practice fields, and technology upgrades.

 

San Diego Unified’s capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified School District’s Propositions S and Z, and Measure YY, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools. 

 

PARKING: 

RELATED LINKS: 

Golden Beam Hoisted into Place on Point Loma High School’s New Three-Story Classroom Hall

 

This event is for professional journalists. Please confirm attendance in advance: communications@sandi.net.    

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

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

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

NEWS RELEASE: San Diego Unified and City Leaders Join Marston Middle School Students in Groundbreaking Ceremony

Photos and video of the groundbreaking event can be found here. 

A project fact sheet, drone video of the existing campus and renderings can be found here.

 


News Release

 

San Diego Unified and City Leaders Join Marston Middle School Students in Groundbreaking Ceremony

 

June 2, 2022 

 

SAN DIEGO -  A “greener” chapter is on the horizon for Marston Middle School students. 

 

Students joined San Diego Unified and City of San Diego leaders Thursday to mark the start of their campus modernization that will transform the Marston Middle campus in Clairemont.  

 

“It will be a transformative new chapter for the students and athletes at Marston Middle,” said Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent for San Diego Unified. “It also underscores our commitment and dedication to health and wellness for all students at San Diego Unified, and the neighboring communities as well.” 

 

Aging portables on the northeast corner of the campus will be removed to make way for a new gymnasium, parking lot, and on campus student drop-off and pick-up zone. The decomposed granite field will be transformed into a joint-use grass field. 

 

The project also includes modernization of existing classrooms and restrooms, including music spaces. Additional renovations will be made to student services offices, food services, physical education facilities, and campus security will be enhanced. 

 

The gymnasium will feature a main entrance lobby and basketball, volleyball, and badminton striping with six retractable basketball backboards. The grass playfield will include a walking/running track, a sprint track, long jump area and newly planted trees. 

 

“The Clairemont community deserves a modern, state-of-the-art middle school campus,“ said Sabrina Bazzo, Board of Education Vice President for San Diego Unified. “We could not be more thankful to the taxpayers who invested in our schools. You’re contributing to a better future for students in District A and beyond.” 

 

The joint-use field is part of the Play All Day partnership with the City of San Diego and will be accessible to the community as a local park after school hours and during school breaks. Since the district and the city entered into the partnership, 90 joint-use fields are available for use, with 25 new fields planned. 

 

"With the upcoming upgrades to the joint-use field, gymnasium, and more, today's groundbreaking marks a turning point for the students and faculty at Marston Middle School. It's wonderful to know that Clairemont families will soon be able to enjoy more of the community's outdoor spaces," said City of San Diego Councilmember Chris Cate. 

 

“It’s been a thorough process working with the district, city, school staff, parents, and the community to plan out this project,” said Jonathan Gollias, Principal of Marston Middle School. “We’re thrilled to see our hard work and designs come to life and to see our students and the community using these new facilities for years to come.” 

 

Funding is made available through Propositions S & Z, and Measure YY, which are local school bond measures approved by San Diego voters to improve San Diego Unified schools. The project is estimated to complete in late 2024. Read more about the project at http://fpcprojects.sandi.net. 

 

ABOUT MARSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL: 

Located in the heart of Clairemont, Marston Middle School provides all students exploratory and elective courses each day, including courses in robotics, engineering, construction, coding, photography, graphic design, art, video production; orchestra, band, guitar, jazz, martial arts, and CPR and First-Aid. 

 

An annual award winner in Project-Based Learning, Video Production, Robotics, and P.E., Marston’s P.E. Department and after-school sports teams will soon call the new gymnasium and grass field its home. Read more about Marston Middle School here. 

 

RELATED LINKS:

Read more about the Play All Day Parks Program here. 

About construction contractor Sundt. 

About Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.  

 

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

 

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Unified Celebrates Pride Month by Raising Pride Progress Flag

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

San Diego Unified Celebrates Pride Month by Raising Pride Progress Flag

 

June 1, 2022

 

WHAT:

In recognition of June as Pride Month, the San Diego Unified School District will hold its annual ceremony to raise the Pride Progress Flag at district headquarters. The event will be led by San Diego Unified students, who will mark the occasion alongside district leaders, educators, and members of the Board of Education.

 

The ceremony highlights the district's ongoing commitment and education plan to promote safe and affirming school spaces for LGBTQIA+ students, families, and staff.

 

WHEN: 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2022

 

WHERE:

Eugene Brucker Education Center flagpole, 4100 Normal Street, San Diego, CA 92103 

 

BACKGROUND: San Diego Unified is proud to support LGBTQIA+ students, families, educators, and staff members. On May 24, 2022, the Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution recognizing June 2022 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. The district recognizes its ongoing commitment to promote safe and affirming school spaces for students, families, and educators that focuses on intersectional diversity, acceptance, and unconditional support for our LGBTQIA+ students, families, and educators. The new Pride Progress flag symbolizes the inclusion of marginalized groups within the LGBTQIA+ community and includes additional stripes that represent individuals of color and the transgender community.

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Dan Howe,  dhowe@sandi.net, (619) 578-4883

 

This event is for professional journalists. Please confirm coverage at Communications@sandi.net

 

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