MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, May 20, 2016

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, May 20, 2016

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.sandiegounified.org.

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

For a calendar of noticed public meetings, as well as links to agenda items and other information, go to www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information. Those meetings might not be included in this listing.

MEDIA CONTACT: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578, lzintz@sandi.net.

* -- New item this week.

MAY

*23 -- Civic Learning Award of Distinction Award Ceremony, 10 a.m., Pacific Beach Middle School Library/Media Center and Auditorium, 4676 Ingraham St., 92109.  Associate Justice from the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Joan K. Irion, will visit the school to present the California Civic Learning Award of Distinction. PB Middle was one of six schools in California selected to receive the award, the second highest honor for the Civic Learning Awards. Contact: Jennifer Rodriguez, communications, jcornelius@sandi.net. Not open to the public.    

 

23 -- Mira Mesa Cluster Council, 5:30 p.m., Mira Mesa High School, 10510 Reagan Road, San Diego, CA 92126. Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Mira Mesa High School area: Ericson, Hage, Hickman, Salk, Mason, Sandburg, Walker elementary schools; Challenger, Wangenheim middle schools; Mira Mesa High School. Contact: Bob Turner, rturner4@san.rr.com. Open to the public.

25 -- Salute to Excellence, 4:30 p.m., SeaWorld Nautilus Pavilion, 500 Sea World Dr. , San Diego, CA 92109. This event honors the top one percent of graduating seniors. Contact: Stacey Seiders, sseiders@sandi.net. Open to the public.

25 -- Fiesta de Mayo, 5-7 p.m., Spreckels Elementary School, 6033 Stadium Street, San Diego, CA 92122. Come see how we celebrate the school's Spanish language program and diversity through dance, food, song and entertainment. Contact: Michel Cazary, Principal, 858-453-5377. Open to the public.

27 -- Non-Instructional Day. All schools closed; offices open.

27 -- Adult School Commencement Ceremony, 5 p.m., Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, Pan American Road East, San Diego CA 92101. The Class of 2016 for the San Diego Unified School District Adult School is holding its graduation ceremony. Richard Barrera, Board of Education Vice President, is scheduled to officiate. Ceremonies are held in conjunction with the San Diego Community College District. Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578. Open to the public.

29 -- Memorial Day, all schools and offices closed.

31 -- Transition Resource Fair, 6-8 p.m., Ballard Parent Center Auditorium, 2375 Congress Street, San Diego, CA 92110. Students with special needs continue to have those needs after high school graduation; this fair will give parents and students ideas on what support and options are available. Contact: Roxanne Navarro, Special Education Division, 619-725-7698, rnavarro@sandi.net. Open to the public.

JUNE

1 -- Crawford High Benefit Featuring David Geist and Hannah Kornfeld, 7 p.m., auditorium, Crawford High School, 4191 Colts Way, San Diego, CA 92115. The Crawford High foundation is sponsoring a concert by pianist Geist, a 1980 Crawford graduate, and his daughter, Kornfeld, an actress, singer and dancer. Tickets: $27.37. More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crawford-high-benefit-concert-featuring-david-geist-hannah-kornfeld-tickets-24753880523 Open to the public.

1 -- 12th Annual College, Career and Technical Education Showcase, 4 p.m., Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Rd, San Diego, CA 92106. Actor-rapper-entrepreneur Nick Cannon is scheduled to host the 5:45 p.m. awards ceremony for this event, which highlights skills and projects created by students in San Diego Unified's College, Career and Technical Education program. Contact: Betty-Jo Acker, 619-847-4466. Free and open to the public.

9 -- Kearny High Cluster Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Kearny High Complex Room 301, 1954 Komet Way (92111). 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 Kearny cluster are: Angier, Carson, Chesterton, Cubberley, Fletcher, Jones, Juarez, Linda Vista, Ross, and Wegeforth elementary schools; Montgomery and Taft middle schools; and Kearny High. Contact: Andrew Gergurich, co-chair, agergurich@sandi.net. Open to the public.

 

*14 -- LCAP Board Workshop, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ballard Parent Center Auditorium, 2375 Congress St. (92110). Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

20 -- Graduation ceremonies for Crawford, Hoover, iHigh, Mt. Everest, Muir and Serra high schools, times and locations vary. See https://www.sandiegounified.org/june-20-2016-high-school-commencements for details. Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

20 -- Middle School Promotion Ceremony for Millennial Tech Middle School, 5 p.m., Lincoln High School Theater, 4777 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113. Ceremony marks eighth-grade students from the Lincoln Park campus as they transition to grade nine at Lincoln High. Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578. Open to the public.

21 -- Graduation ceremonies for Clairemont, Garfield, Patrick Henry, Kearny, La Jolla, Lincoln, Madison, Mira Mesa, Mission Bay, Morse, Pt. Loma, San Diego Early/Middle College, San Diego, San Diego Met, SCPA, Scripps Ranch, Twain and University City high schools. See https://www.sandiegounified.org/june-21-2016-high-school-commencements for details. Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

21 -- Middle School promotion ceremonies, various locations. Middle schools on the traditional school-calendar are holding ceremonies for their eighth graders as they get ready to move to high school. Most of the ceremonies are scheduled for 8-11 a.m. Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

21 -- Last day of school, traditional calendar.

JULY

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

21 -- Last day of school, year-round calendar.

AUGUST

29 -- First day of school, all calendars.

 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: California Associate Justice to Present California Civic Learning Award of Distinction to Pacific Beach Middle School

Media Advisory from the San Diego Unified School District, May 20, 2016

 

California Associate Justice to Present California Civic Learning Award of Distinction to Pacific Beach Middle

 

WHAT: Associate Justice from the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Joan K. Irion, will visit Pacific Beach Elementary School to present the California Civic Learning Award of Distinction to the International Baccalaureate World School. Pacific Beach Middle was one of six schools in California selected to receive the award of distinction, the second highest honor for the Civic Learning Awards.

 

WHEN: Monday, May 23, 10-11 a.m.

 

WHERE: Pacific Beach Middle School Media Center/Library and Auditorium, 4676 Ingraham St., 92109

 

DETAILS: The ceremony will begin in the Media Center/Library with a brief overview of the school’s civic learning projects, and then a gallery walk through students’ community service projects. Approximately 40 students will have their projects on display. Following the Gallery Walk, guests will then be escorted to the Auditorium for the ceremony and plaque presentation by Associate Justice Irion.

 

Some projects include:

-  One student developed lessons with the school counselor on "Empowering yourself and Others" and trained student to teach the lessons to their classes school wide.

 

-  A group of students found that children are learning to use iPhones and other devices before they learn to tie their shoes. The group made shoe tying boards for the kindergartners at Holmes Elementary school so that they could learn to tie shoes.

 

-  Two students organized an assembly with a Holocaust survivor for the school.

 

Agenda:

•           Welcome: Principal Kimberly Meng and IB Coordinator Jennifer Sims

•           Gallery Walk of Eighth-grade Community Service Projects

•           Awards Assembly and Speeches (Auditorium)

o                      Eighth-grade student Aalaiziah Collins

o                      San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten

o                      Board of Education President Dr. Michael McQuary

o                      Justice Joan K. Irion remarks and presentation of plaque

 

SPEAKERS:

•           Associate Justice Joan K. Irion

•           San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten

•           Board of Education President Dr. Michael McQuary

•           Principal Kimberly Meng

•           IB Coordinator Jennifer Sims

•           Eighth-grade student Aalaiziah Collins

 

PHOTOS/VISUALS: Students and guests viewing the community service projects; plaque presentation by Associate Justice Irion.  Please note: Students with a green sticker on their name tags have been cleared for media/photographs.

 

NOTABLE ATTENDEES: Assembly member Toni Atkins; State Senator Marty Block; City Council Member Lorie Zapf; County Office of Education Superintendent Randy Ward; Pacific Beach Kiwanis Club President Joe Utschig; Sustainability Matters’ Kristin Victor; Beautiful PB’s Chris Olson; Rady’s School of Business Susan Lapidus;  Dr. Liron Cheng, Director, and Anne Chu, Coordinator – SDSU Confucius Institute, among others.

 

BACKGROUND: The Civic Learning Awards, now in their fourth year, were created to celebrate public schools’ efforts to engage students in civic learning. The Civic Learning Awards program is part of California State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye’s Power of Democracy civic learning initiative and partnership with the Superintendent of Instruction Tom Torlakson, launched in 2013 at the Civic Learning Summit.

 

The winners were selected by an expert panel, based on the depth and breadth of their civic learning courses or programs. Eighty-seven schools applied for the award. Three schools received the Award of Excellence, including Kumeyaay Elementary School in Tierrasanta. Six schools received Awards of Distinction, including Pacific Beach Middle School, and 78 schools received Awards of Merit. Schools in San Diego Unified that received Awards of Merit include: Crawford High– Academy of Law, DePortola Middle, Mission Bay High and Sherman Elementary.

 

Pacific Beach Middle was recognized for three classes/programs/clubs that promote civic learning: Ashley Duren’s eighth-grade U.S. History and Geography class; the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program coordinated by Jennifer Sims; and the science/yearbook/video class taught by Don Wood.

 

On April 14, 2015, San Diego Unified’s Board of Education approved a resolution in support of Civic Learning. The Board asked the district to make a commitment to work toward developing civic literacy of all its students by integrating the Six Proven Practices identified by the National Council for Social Studies into instructional practice and school life. In addition, it asked that the district establish a goal to make schools aware of and encourage participation in the application for the annual Civic Learning Award. 

 

Contact: Jennifer Rodriguez, Communications, 619-847-6029, jcornelius@sandi.net

                                                            

For more information about the Power of Democracy K-12 civic learning initiative and local Civic Learning Partnerships visit  www.PowerOfDemocracy.org.

RE: MEDIA ADVISORY: Point Loma High School students rally to get long-awaited stadium improvements (UPDATE ON MEDIA PARKING)

UPDATE: Media can park on site near the press conference by entering the second driveway just beyond of the intersection of Chatsworth Blvd. and Voltaire St. For a site map with the locations marked, contact Cynthia Reed-Porter, communications supervisor, at creed-porter@sandi.net or 619-546-3378 (mobile).

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Media Advisory -- Point Loma High School students rally to get long-awaited stadium improvements
Contact: Linda Zintz, director of communications, 619-847-6637, lzintz@sandi.net
May 18, 2016

WHAT: San Diego Unified School District is proposing a multi-phase modernization project for Point Loma High School that includes major upgrades to the school's stadium, as well as the rest of the campus. Students are holding a press conference to discuss why these upgrades are so important to them, i.e., safety issues, equal access issues (Title IX); missed academic hours due to daytime practices and competitions, daytime events preclude working parents from participating, and adverse effects on non-athletic programs (i.e. Band, ROTC, Cheer, etc.). The students will also explain why, after many years of planning, they are excited that the Final Environmental Impact Report for the project is going to the Board of Education for certification on May 24.

WHEN: Thursday, May 19 - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Point Loma High School Stadium, 2335 Chatsworth Blvd., San Diego 92106 (619-223-3121) The press conference will be held on the in the track and field area of the stadium. (Site map available.)

VISUALS: Students speaking and student athletes working out on the track

SPEAKERS: Makenna Peter, Lily Lutz, (both 11th-grade soccer players); Aidan Yackly (11th grader, soccer and baseball); Kyle Grady (11th-grade; football, basketball and baseball), Tim Sheldon (11th grader, football), Lisa Regula (12th-grader; band, basketball and lacrosse), and Mike Hastings, football coach Topics include: safety issues, equal access issues (Title IX), missed academic hours due to daytime practices and games, working parents not able to support students at daytime events, and adverse effects on non-athletic programs (i.e. Band, ROTC, Cheer, etc.)

INTERVIEWS: Speakers and Hans Becker, principal of Point Loma High School

BACKGROUND: The proposed multi-phase modernization project is part of the Point Loma High School Master Plan. Some of the improvements include:

Athletic Facilities Upgrades
* Construct visitors' side restrooms/concession building; * Provide 500-seat visitors' side aluminum bleacher seating; * Install two 30-foot light poles located immediately behind the proposed aluminum bleacher system; * Construct approximately 392-square-foot storage facility for athletic equipment; * Construct approximately 140-square-foot press box at the top of existing grandstand, marked and lighted in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations; * Provide elevator for Americans with Disability Act compliant access to press box, marked and lighted in accordance with FAA regulations; * Provide replacement public address system; * Install four 20-foot tall grandstand light poles on the existing home side bleachers; * Install four 70-foot tall field light poles located on the inside of the track, marked and lighted in accordance with FAA regulations; * Relocate existing track amenities (long/triple jump, high jump, and pole vault) to east D-zone; * Res
urface t
rack and fluff synthetic turf field; * Remove two existing speaker poles and speakers on the home side of the field, and replace with seven new speaker poles (three 20-foot poles on the visitors' side and four 29-foot poles on the home side); and Construct approximately 125-square-foot ticket office located on the northwest end of the stadium.

Whole Site Modernization (Phase One)
* Demolition of the existing 800 Building containing a library and classrooms; * Construction of a new three-story building, approximately 37,000 square feet in size, containing * 20 classrooms and a library/media center; * Renovation of existing buildings 200 and 300; * Construction of external security enclosures and new architectural facades; * Construction/improvement of a bus turnout; * Demolition of the existing auto shop and reconfiguration/expansion of the adjoining parking lot; and * Installation of site security improvements.

A fact sheet with additional information will be available at the press conference.

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Cynthia Reed-Porter, communications supervisor l Communications Office l San Diego Unified School District Mobile phone: 619-546-3378 l E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net

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MEDIA ADVISORY FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: Hundreds of Students Board the USS Midway May 20 for the STEAM Leadership Series

Editors and reporters: Students from San Diego Unified will be participating in this event. Your coverage is welcomed. Contact Kim Richards, Kim Richards, KDR PR + STEAM Insight, 619-708-4430 or kim@kdpr.com, for details.

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

May 19, 2016

Contact Kim Richards, Kim Richards, KDR PR + STEAM Insight, 619-708-4430

 

HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS BOARD THE USS MIDWAY MAY 20 FOR THE STEAM LEADERSHIP SERIES

Local Innovators “From the Skies to the Streets” Will Engage Students in Exciting STEAM Career Opportunities in San Diego

 

WHAT:  The latest STEAM Leadership Series event will take 300 San Diego Unified middle and high school students “From the Skies to the Streets” on Friday, May 20, from 9– 10 a.m., on the USS Midway Museum. Students will learn about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) career experiences from five local innovators and engage with new technologies from their respective companies. Exhibits on the flight deck will include electric vehicles and a stand-up charger, a model of an unmanned jet and quadcopter, an algae-fueled Baja 1000 motorcycle, innovative bicycles as well as a satellite antenna, modem and other next-generation products that enable fast satellite internet.

 

WHEN:  Friday,  May 20, 2016

8:15 AM – Students arrive on the USS Midway

9:00 AM – Speaking program begins

10:00 AM – 12:45 PM – Student tours begin: speaker exhibits and the USS Midway

 

WHERE:  USS Midway, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego (92101)

 

DETAILS:  The speaker program kicks-off with Kristi Jaska, vice president of Strategy and Innovation at ViaSat as the keynote, with emcee David Wagner, science and technology reporter with KPBS to lead a panel on the future of transportation. The discussion will address questions from students in the audience as well as live-streamed classroom interaction from students around San Diego County. The live stream will be accessible at http://stream1.sdcoe.net/wc/sdusd052016/. Students will use #steamleadsd to ask questions via Twitter.

 

Panel speakers include:

•             Benno Baenziger, Co-Founder, The Electra Bicycle Company and Benno Bikes

•             April Bolduc, Electric Vehicle Customer Engagement Manager, SDG&E

•             Kristian Gustavson, Research Team Lead, Field Division for Asymmetric Research Group

•             Kristi Jaska, Vice President of Strategy and Innovation, ViaSat

•             Eric Maglio, Conceptual Design Engineer, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

 

BACKGROUND: The STEAM Leadership Series is a program of Intellectual Capital Chapple and Kids Eco Club in partnership with the San Diego Unified School District and Education Synergy Alliance, with support from The San Diego Foundation, SDG&E, USS Midway Museum, Duane Roth Legacy Fund, Ford Motor, Farrell Family Foundation and others, including producing vendor UCTV.

 

Now in its second year, the program has reached thousands of students from dozens of schools in San Diego Unified. Across six events, the students have interacted with legendary San Diego high-tech executives, inventors and entrepreneurs from a range of industries including unmanned vehicles/drones, satellite communications, biotech and green tech, to software and sports.

 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Point Loma High School students rally to get long-awaited stadium improvements

Media Advisory -- Point Loma High School students rally to get long-awaited stadium improvements
Contact: Linda Zintz, 619-847-6637, lzintz@sandi.net
May 18, 2016

WHAT: San Diego Unified School District is proposing a multi-phase modernization project for Point Loma High School that includes major upgrades to the school's stadium, as well as the rest of the campus. Students are holding a press conference to discuss why these upgrades are so important to them, i.e., safety issues, equal access issues (Title IX); missed academic hours due to daytime practices and competitions, daytime events preclude working parents from participating, and adverse effects on non-athletic programs (i.e. Band, ROTC, Cheer, etc.). The students will also explain why, after many years of planning, they are excited that the Final Environmental Impact Report for the project is going to the Board of Education for certification on May 24.

WHEN: Thursday, May 19 - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Point Loma High School Stadium, 2335 Chatsworth Blvd., San Diego 92106 (619-223-3121) The press conference will be held on the in the track and field area of the stadium. (Site map available.)

VISUALS: Students speaking and student athletes working out on the track

SPEAKERS: Makenna Peter, Lily Lutz, (both 11th-grade soccer players); Aidan Yackly (11th grader, soccer and baseball); Kyle Grady (11th-grade; football, basketball and baseball), Tim Sheldon (11th grader, football), Lisa Regula (12th-grader; band, basketball and lacrosse), and Mike Hastings, football coach Topics include: safety issues, equal access issues (Title IX), missed academic hours due to daytime practices and games, working parents not able to support students at daytime events, and adverse effects on non-athletic programs (i.e. Band, ROTC, Cheer, etc.)

INTERVIEWS: Speakers and Hans Becker, principal of Point Loma High School

BACKGROUND: The proposed multi-phase modernization project is part of the Point Loma High School Master Plan. Some of the improvements include:

Athletic Facilities Upgrades
* Construct visitors' side restrooms/concession building; * Provide 500-seat visitors' side aluminum bleacher seating; * Install two 30-foot light poles located immediately behind the proposed aluminum bleacher system; * Construct approximately 392-square-foot storage facility for athletic equipment; * Construct approximately 140-square-foot press box at the top of existing grandstand, marked and lighted in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations; * Provide elevator for Americans with Disability Act compliant access to press box, marked and lighted in accordance with FAA regulations; * Provide replacement public address system; * Install four 20-foot tall grandstand light poles on the existing home side bleachers; * Install four 70-foot tall field light poles located on the inside of the track, marked and lighted in accordance with FAA regulations; * Relocate existing track amenities (long/triple jump, high jump, and pole vault) to east D-zone; * Res
urface t
rack and fluff synthetic turf field; * Remove two existing speaker poles and speakers on the home side of the field, and replace with seven new speaker poles (three 20-foot poles on the visitors' side and four 29-foot poles on the home side); and Construct approximately 125-square-foot ticket office located on the northwest end of the stadium.

Whole Site Modernization (Phase One)
* Demolition of the existing 800 Building containing a library and classrooms; * Construction of a new three-story building, approximately 37,000 square feet in size, containing * 20 classrooms and a library/media center; * Renovation of existing buildings 200 and 300; * Construction of external security enclosures and new architectural facades; * Construction/improvement of a bus turnout; * Demolition of the existing auto shop and reconfiguration/expansion of the adjoining parking lot; and * Installation of site security improvements.

A fact sheet with additional information will be available at the press conference.

# # #

Cynthia Reed-Porter, communications supervisor l Communications Office l San Diego Unified School District Mobile phone: 619-546-3378 l E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net

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Media Advisory -- Point Loma High School students rally to get long-awaited stadium improvements
May 18, 2016
Contact: Linda Zintz, 619-847-6637, lzintz@sandi.net

WHAT: San Diego Unified School District is proposing a multi-phase modernization project for Point Loma High School that includes major upgrades to the school's stadium, as well as the rest of the campus. Students are holding a press conference to discuss why these upgrades are so important to them, i.e., safety issues, equal access issues (Title IX);
missed academic hours due to daytime practices and competitions, daytime events preclude working parents from participating, and adverse effects on non-athletic programs (i.e. Band, ROTC, Cheer, etc.). The students will also explain why, after many years of planning, they are excited that the Final Environmental Impact Report for the project is going to the Board of Education for certification on May 24.

WHEN: Thursday, May 19 - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Point Loma High School Stadium, 2335 Chatsworth Blvd., San Diego 92106 (619-223-3121) The press conference will be held on the in the track and field area of the stadium. (Site map available.)

VISUALS: Students speaking and student athletes working out on the track

SPEAKERS: Makenna Peter, Lily Lutz, (both 11th-grade soccer players); Aidan Yackly (11th grader, soccer and baseball); Kyle Grady (11th-grade; football, basketball and baseball), Tim Sheldon (11th grader, football), Lisa Regula (12th-grader; band, basketball and lacrosse), and Mike Hastings, football coach Topics include: safety issues, equal access issues (Title IX), missed academic hours due to daytime practices and games, working parents not able to support students at daytime events, and adverse effects on non-athletic programs (i.e. Band, ROTC, Cheer, etc.)

INTERVIEWS: Speakers and Hans Becker, principal of Point Loma High School

BACKGROUND: The proposed multi-phase modernization project is part of the Point Loma High School Master Plan. Some of the improvements include:

Athletic Facilities Upgrades
* Construct visitors' side restrooms/concession building; * Provide 500-seat visitors' side aluminum bleacher seating; * Install two 30-foot light poles located immediately behind the proposed aluminum bleacher system; * Construct approximately 392-square-foot storage facility for athletic equipment; * Construct approximately 140-square-foot press box at the top of existing grandstand, marked and lighted in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations; * Provide elevator for Americans with Disability Act compliant access to press box, marked and lighted in accordance with FAA regulations; * Provide replacement public address system; * Install four 20-foot tall grandstand light poles on the existing home side bleachers; * Install four 70-foot tall field light poles located on the inside of the track, marked and lighted in accordance with FAA regulations; * Relocate existing track amenities (long/triple jump, high jump, and pole vault) to east D-zone; * Res
urface t
rack and fluff synthetic turf field; * Remove two existing speaker poles and speakers on the home side of the field, and replace with seven new speaker poles (three 20-foot poles on the visitors' side and four 29-foot poles on the home side); and Construct approximately 125-square-foot ticket office located on the northwest end of the stadium.

Whole Site Modernization (Phase One)
* Demolition of the existing 800 Building containing a library and classrooms; * Construction of a new three-story building, approximately 37,000 square feet in size, containing * 20 classrooms and a library/media center; * Renovation of existing buildings 200 and 300; * Construction of external security enclosures and new architectural facades; * Construction/improvement of a bus turnout; * Demolition of the existing auto shop and reconfiguration/expansion of the adjoining parking lot; and * Installation of site security improvements.

A fact sheet with additional information will be available at the press conference.

# # #

Cynthia Reed-Porter, communications supervisor l Communications Office l San Diego Unified School District Mobile phone: 619-546-3378 l E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net

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