Media advisory: Kearny High School Breaks Ground on New Stadium and Baseball Field Project

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Feb. 26, 2014
Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter, 619-546-3378

Kearny High School Breaks Ground on New Stadium and Baseball Field Project

WHAT:  San Diego Unified School District's Kearny High School is beginning a major rebuilding project that includes a new stadium, all-weather track and baseball field. Students, parents, alumni, community members and staff will celebrate the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow.

WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 27, 10-11 a.m. (rain or shine)

WHERE: Kearny High School, 7651 Wellington St., San Diego 92111 (call for a site map)
Enter through construction gate at south end of Wellington St. Media parking will be available on site.

VISUALS: Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Color Guard presenting the colors, student singing the National Anthem, cheerleaders, school mascot, ceremonial ground breaking (participants donning hard hats), architectural rendering, construction signage and equipment.

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Associated Student Body president, student in Kearny's Construction Tech Academy, football player and captain of the boys' basketball team; Scott Barnett, Board of Education trustee; Phil Stover, deputy superintendent, Business Support Services; Cheryl Hibbeln and Ana Diaz-Booz, principals, Kearny High School; Gary Stanford, director of Project Management, Facilities Planning and Construction. Alumni will also be available for interviews. (Spanish speakers available.)

PROJECT INFO:
This nearly $13 million construction project is funded by San Diego Unified School District's Proposition Z, the general obligation bond measure approved by voters in 2012. The project includes swapping the locations of the football stadium and the baseball field to allow for proper orientation of the stadium, as well as expansion of stadium facilities. In addition to rebuilding the football stadium (where the baseball field was), the district will also construct a new baseball field (where the stadium was), install a new synthetic turf field and all-weather track; as well as, improve the grading, drainage and irrigation systems. This project also involves making improvements that are needed in order to comply with the American's with Disabilities Act.

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Cynthia Reed-Porter, Communications Supervisor | Communications Office | San Diego Unified School District
Office: 858-637-3607 | Mobile: 619-546-3378 | E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net



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