Sessions Elementary School is Safer for Students
WHAT: San Diego Unified School District dedicates a new student drop-off/pick-up zone at Sessions Elementary School on Monday. Students, parents, staff and district leaders will mark the first day of use with an official dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The safety project improves traffic and parking, and ensures safer conditions at the school.
WHEN: Monday, April 9, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: 2150 Beryl Street, SD (Pacific Beach) 92109 (map attached)
Media parking will be available next to ceremony site.
School phone: 858-273-3111 School website: http://sandi.net/Sessions
VISUALS: Ribbon-cutting ceremony with ASB students, parents and school officials; demonstration of how the students are dropped off in the new zone
GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Sessions ES ASB President Bethany Kepner, Principal Susan Devicariis, Board of Education Member Scott Barnett and parents (interviews in Spanish will be available)
BACKGROUND: The safety improvement project included widening and relocating the existing driveway into the parking area, adding fencing and landscaping, installing dedicated left-turn lanes on Beryl Street, and adjusting traffic signals.
This nearly $2 million project was funded by Proposition S, San Diego Unified School District's general obligation bond that was passed November 2008 for capital facilities improvements at district schools.
Construction began in May 2011 and was completed in March 2012. The project partners were Group Christilli Architects and Summit Builders.
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Cynthia Reed-Porter, Communications Supervisor | Communications Office | San Diego Unified School District
Offices: (619) 725-5579 or (858) 637-3607 | Mobile: (619) 546-3378 | E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net