MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, October 30, 2015

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, October 30, 2015

 

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," that means accredited members of the media are invited, but the general public is not. These are generally items during the school day.

 

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.

 

NOVEMBER

 

2 -- Hoover Cluster meeting, 4 p.m., Hoover High School library, 3373 El Cajon Boulevard (92115). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Hoover High School area: Adams, Central, Cherokee Point, Edison, Franklin, Hamilton, Joyner,   Normal Heights, Parks and Rowan elementary schools; Clark and Wilson middle schools, Hoover High School. Contact: Tia Anzellotti, tanzellotti@uwsd.org. Open to the public.

 

3 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

4 -- Town Hall Meeting: Taking Success Strategies to Scale and Closing the Opportunity Gap, 6:30 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Join the San Diego Unified School District for a conversation on successful education initiatives that could be turned into full-scale programs across all schools with additional investments in the classroom. We invite you to reimagine what is possible and learn about existing programs and pilot initiatives that have demonstrated positive student results. More information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/town-hall-meeting-taking-success-strategies-scale-and-closing-opportunity-gap. Open to the public.

 

7 -- FERIA Partnership Conference, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Southwestern Community College, 900 Otay Lakes Road (91910). San Diego Unified is participating in the conference, which will look at how to empower educators, families and children with special needs. There is a special emphasis on Latino families. Contact: Dr. Rebecca Sapien-Melchor, San Diego State University, 619-594-5810. Open to the public.

 

7 -- University Heights Urban Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Toss, 12-4 p.m., Intersection of Park Blvd & Meade Ave., near Birney Elementary (4345 Campus Ave., 92103). This family-friendly event features live entertainment, arts and crafts, food, games, and pumpkin tossing. Bring your old Halloween pumpkins to smash into compost for Birney Elementary’s award-winning school garden. Admission is free; nominal cost for ticketed events and food. Proceeds benefit Birney’s IB Primary Years Programme. Contact: friendsofalicebirney.org. Open to the public.

 

10 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

11 -- Veterans Day Holiday, all schools and offices closed.

 

12 -- Project Ujima classes, 5:30 p.m., Valencia Park Elementary, 5880 Skyline Drive (92114). Contact: Elneda Shannon, Program Manager, (619) 293-4431. Open to the public.

 

12 -- Crawford High School Design Task Force, 6 p.m., Crawford High School, 4191 Colts Way (92115). Staff, designers and the community will discuss the general design of the school, and how it can best serve the students and the community for years to come. Media-only contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter, Bond Communications, 619-546-3378. Open to the public.

 

12 -- Kearny High Cluster Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Kearny High Complex Room 301, 7651 Wellington Street (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.

 

19 -- National Parent Involvement Day, all day, all schools. Program of the San Diego Council of PTAs and San Diego Unified School District. Contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

23-27 -- Thanksgiving Break, all schools closed.

 

 

DECEMBER

 

1 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

7 -- Hoover Cluster meeting, 4 p.m., Hoover High School library, 3373 El Cajon Blvd. (92115) Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Hoover High School area: Adams, Central, Cherokee Point, Edison, Franklin, Hamilton, Joyner,   Normal Heights, Parks and Rowan elementary schools; Clark and Wilson middle schools; Hoover High School. Contact: Tia Anzellotti, tanzellotti@uwsd.org. Open to the public.

 

8 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

9 -- Lincoln High Cluster Meeting, 5 p.m., Lincoln High School Auditorium, 4777 Imperial Avenue (92113). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Lincoln High School area: Baker, Balboa, Chavez, Chollas/Mead, Encanto, Horton, Johnson, Nye, Porter, Valencia Park, and Webster elementary schools; Knox and Millennial Tech middle schools; Lincoln High School. Contact: Philip Liburd, Chairperson, tupride619@yahoo.com. Open to the public.

 

14 -- Crawford High Cluster Committee Meeting, 5 p.m., Fay Elementary, 4080 52nd Street (92105). Discussion and community dialogue with parents and community members in the Crawford High School area: Carver, Clay, Euclid, Fay, Ibarra, Marshall, Oak Park, Rolando Park elementary schools; Mann Middle School; and Crawford High School. Open to the public.

 

17 -- La Jolla Cluster Association, 4:15 p.m., Muirlands Middle School Library, 1056 Nautilus Street (92037). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the La Jolla High School area: Bird Rock, La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools; Muirlands Middle School; and La Jolla High School. Contact: Donna Tripi, dtripi@sandi.net. Open to the public.

 

19 -- Henry Cluster Council, 4:30 p.m., Pershing Middle School, 8204 San Carlos Drive (92119). Discussion and community dialogue with parents and community members in the Patrick Henry High School area: Benchley/Weinberger, Dailard, Foster, Gage, Green, Hardy, Hearst and Marvin elementary schools; Pershing and Lewis middle schools; Patrick Henry High School. Open to the public. Contacts: Susan Levy, Principal Pershing Middle School, slevy@sandi.net; Laura Alluin, Principal Hardy Elementary School, lalluin@sandi.net.

 

21 -- Winter break. All schools closed.

 

JANUARY

 

4 -- Traditional-calendar schools reopen.

 

5 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

12 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

14 -- Clairemont Community of Schools meeting, Clairemont High School, 4150 Ute. Drive (92117). Discussion and community dialogue with parents, students, staff and community members in the Clairemont High School area, including middle and elementary schools that feed into Clairemont High. Contacts: Dr. Jennifer Roberson, Principal, Clairemont High School, co-chairperson, jroberson@sandi.net; Julee Jenkins, parent, co-chairperson, julee.jenkins@gmail.com. Open to the public.

 

26 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.

 

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Post Board Meeting Agenda, November 3, 2015

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9T8P3G6197A2      

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

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In addition, please refer to the below links for upcoming meetings, agendas, and minutes of the board advisory committees:

·         ACUESP: https://www.sandiegounified.org/acuesp-2015-16-meeting-schedule-and-information.

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

·         CAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2015-16-general-meeting-schedule-and-information and https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2015-16-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information 

·         CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/csfc-2015-meeting-schedule      

·         CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2015-16-meeting-schedule-and-information    

·         DAC https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2015-16-general-meeting-schedule-and-information and https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2015-16-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information 

·         DELAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2015-16-meeting-schedule-and-information  

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

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

: MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Unified Dedicates New Jonas Salk Elementary School and Marks Namesake's 100th Birthday

CORRECTION: The City of San Diego is proclaiming Oct. 28 as Jonas Salk Elementary School Day. The proclamation will be presented at tomorrow's dedication ceremony.

-----Original Message-----
From: Reed-Porter Cynthia
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 4:46 PM
Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Unified Dedicates New Jonas Salk Elementary School and Marks Namesake's 100th Birthday

Media advisory from San Diego Unified School District - Oct. 26, 2015
Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter, 619-546-3378

San Diego Unified Dedicates New Jonas Salk Elementary School and Marks Namesake's 100th Birthday

WHAT: Dr. Peter Salk, son of Dr. Jonas Salk, Cindy Marten, superintendent of San Diego Unified School District, and Deidre Hardson, principal of Jonas Salk Elementary School, will join students, parents and community members as they celebrate the opening of the new Jonas Salk Elementary School. The official dedication ceremony and open house for the new school in Mira Mesa will be held tomorrow morning. The event also culminates year-long celebrations marking the 100th birthday of the school's namesake, Jonas Salk.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 9-10 a.m.

WHERE: Salk Elementary School, 7825 Flanders Dr., San Diego 92126 -- Media parking will be available on site. (An aerial photo with directions is available upon request.)

VISUALS: Presentation of colors by the Mira Mesa High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, "America the Beautiful" performed by Jonas Salk ES student chorus, chrome groundbreaking shovel presentation, city proclamation--Oct. 28, Jonas Salk Day; ceremonial ribbon cutting and open house (classrooms will be open to the media). There will be tributes and displays to Jonas Salk.

SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Deidre Hardson, principal of Jonas Salk Elementary School; Cindy Marten, superintendent of San Diego Unified School District; and Peter Salk, son of Jonas Salk. Others available for interviews: Lee Dulgeroff, chief facilities planning & construction officer; and Larry Sillman, Sillman Wright Architects. (Interviews available in Spanish.)

PROJECT INFO: Jonas Salk Elementary School is a new school constructed at the intersection of Flanders Drive and Parkdale Avenue in the western portion of Mira Mesa. The school is designed to serve approximately 700 K-6 students. The facilities include three, two-story classroom buildings; a multi-purpose building, a special education building, a reading specialist/learning center, an administration building, a lunch court shelter, a joint-use hard-court area with a joint-use grass playfield (to be constructed and maintained by the City of San Diego). There is also on-site drop-off/pick-up areas with on-site parking, plus photovoltaic (solar) carport covers that will contribute up to 35 percent of the site's power.

Construction on the school began August 2013. The photovoltaic (solar) installation was completed in February 2015, with the entire site construction generally completed January 2015. The project represents an investment of nearly $25 million into the Jonas Salk Elementary School community and the Mira Mesa Community. The project was funded by the school district's capital improvement bond program.

DR. JONAS SALK: Salk is known best as the developer of the first successful vaccine against poliomyelitis (polio), but he also made many other contributions in the fields of medicine and biology, philosophy, architecture and the history of medicine.

-- He established that noninfectious vaccines could protect against viral diseases, contrary to Pasteurian dogma that infection with "a living principle" is required.

-- He proposed a novel "therapeutic vaccine" approach to control AIDS.

-- He established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, one of the preeminent biomedical research centers in the world today. http://www.salk.edu/about/?sid=about

-- He set the stage for the development of psychoneuroimmunology.

-- He published books and essays about human life and the nature of evolution.

-- His collaboration with the architect Louis Kahn established a new direction in American architecture.

-- His archived papers are one of the largest collections of a contemporary scientist. They contain scientific and philosophical writings, correspondence, historical and administrative documents, photographs, books, magazine and newspaper articles.

His legacy is integrated into the facility as well as the curriculum.

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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: San Diego Unified Dedicates New Jonas Salk Elementary School and Marks Namesake's 100th Birthday

Media advisory from San Diego Unified School District - Oct. 26, 2015
Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter, 619-546-3378

San Diego Unified Dedicates New Jonas Salk Elementary School and Marks Namesake's 100th Birthday

WHAT: Dr. Peter Salk, son of Dr. Jonas Salk, Cindy Marten, superintendent of San Diego Unified School District, and Deidre Hardson, principal of Jonas Salk Elementary School, will join students, parents and community members as they celebrate the opening of the new Jonas Salk Elementary School. The official dedication ceremony and open house for the new school in Mira Mesa will be held tomorrow morning. The event also culminates year-long celebrations marking the 100th birthday of the school's namesake, Jonas Salk.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 9-10 a.m.

WHERE: Salk Elementary School, 7825 Flanders Dr., San Diego 92126 -- Media parking will be available on site. (An aerial photo with directions is available upon request.)

VISUALS: Presentation of colors by the Mira Mesa High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, "America the Beautiful" performed by Jonas Salk ES student chorus, chrome groundbreaking shovel presentation, city proclamation--Oct. 28, Jonas Salk Day; ceremonial ribbon cutting and open house (classrooms will be open to the media). There will be tributes and displays to Jonas Salk.

SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Deidre Hardson, principal of Jonas Salk Elementary School; Cindy Marten, superintendent of San Diego Unified School District; and Peter Salk, son of Jonas Salk. Others available for interviews: Lee Dulgeroff, chief facilities planning & construction officer; and Larry Sillman, Sillman Wright Architects. (Interviews available in Spanish.)

PROJECT INFO: Jonas Salk Elementary School is a new school constructed at the intersection of Flanders Drive and Parkdale Avenue in the western portion of Mira Mesa. The school is designed to serve approximately 700 K-6 students. The facilities include three, two-story classroom buildings; a multi-purpose building, a special education building, a reading specialist/learning center, an administration building, a lunch court shelter, a joint-use hard-court area with a joint-use grass playfield (to be constructed and maintained by the City of San Diego). There is also on-site drop-off/pick-up areas with on-site parking, plus photovoltaic (solar) carport covers that will contribute up to 35 percent of the site's power.

Construction on the school began August 2013. The photovoltaic (solar) installation was completed in February 2015, with the entire site construction generally completed January 2015. The project represents an investment of nearly $25 million into the Jonas Salk Elementary School community and the Mira Mesa Community. The project was funded by the school district's capital improvement bond program.

DR. JONAS SALK: Salk is known best as the developer of the first successful vaccine against poliomyelitis (polio), but he also made many other contributions in the fields of medicine and biology, philosophy, architecture and the history of medicine.

-- He established that noninfectious vaccines could protect against viral diseases, contrary to Pasteurian dogma that infection with "a living principle" is required.

-- He proposed a novel "therapeutic vaccine" approach to control AIDS.

-- He established the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, one of the preeminent biomedical research centers in the world today. http://www.salk.edu/about/?sid=about

-- He set the stage for the development of psychoneuroimmunology.

-- He published books and essays about human life and the nature of evolution.

-- His collaboration with the architect Louis Kahn established a new direction in American architecture.

-- His archived papers are one of the largest collections of a contemporary scientist. They contain scientific and philosophical writings, correspondence, historical and administrative documents, photographs, books, magazine and newspaper articles.

His legacy is integrated into the facility as well as the curriculum.

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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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Post Board Meeting Agendas, October 27, 2015

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, October 27, 2015; start time changed from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

·         Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 3:30 p.m., Room 2249
Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/meeting-information

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9T8P3G6197A2      

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

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In addition, please refer to the below links for upcoming meetings, agendas, and minutes of the board advisory committees:

·         ACUESP: https://www.sandiegounified.org/acuesp-2015-16-meeting-schedule-and-information.

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

·         CAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2015-16-general-meeting-schedule-and-information and https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2015-16-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information 

·         CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/csfc-2015-meeting-schedule      

·         CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2015-16-meeting-schedule-and-information    

·         DAC https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2015-16-general-meeting-schedule-and-information and https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2015-16-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information 

·         DELAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2015-16-meeting-schedule-and-information  

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

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

NEWS RELEASE FROM SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: San Diego Unified Unveils Classroom Funding Model that Highlights How Smart Investments Close the Achievement Gap in California

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             

October 23, 2015

Contact: Ursula Kroemer, chief public information officer, (619) 725-7505

 

San Diego Unified Unveils Classroom Funding Model that Highlights How Smart Investments Close the Achievement Gap in California

 

 

SAN DIEGO – California can prepare virtually all of its students to succeed in school and the workplace through targeted, proven strategies. San Diego Unified has recently examined the key district initiatives and strategies that hold promise in closing the achievement gap. With these approaches, the academic rigor and creative entrepreneurship needed for solving the state’s looming crises – such as climate change, competing in a global economy, and sustaining a quality way of life – is within our grasp.

 

The San Diego Unified School District has developed a public education investment tool that illustrates the district’s need for an additional $350 million in funding per year above the 2014-15 funding level to provide all students the world-class education they deserve and that will all but eliminate the achievement gap, increase the graduation rate, and prepare students for jobs in the 21^st century.

 

“We have identified the proven strategies that enable all students to succeed, no matter where they live, their family income, or their race, gender, nationality or ethnicity,” said Superintendent Cindy Marten. “The genius inside each and every student is unlocked when we believe in our children and instill in them the self-confidence to dream big and pursue opportunities that might not seem possible. This investment model is how we can deliver on the hope and promise of public education in California.”

 

“To achieve our vision and make it a reality, we need to turn successful data-driven pilots into full-scale programs across all schools,” she added.

 

“San Diego Unified and California public schools must be funded at a more robust level to close the achievement and serve all students while providing them with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in today’s society and to maintain California’s advantage in this global economy,” said Marne Foster, President of the Board of Trustees for the district. 

 

The investment model released on October 21 highlights improvements that would be realized for students with more robust funding, and highlights staffing and cost projections, divided between the current reality for San Diego Unified using the 2014-15 fiscal year as a baseline, and what the more appropriate scenario would be if K-12 public education was funded at a proper level.  The investment gap between the two levels - $350 million – translates to a per-student increase of a minimum of $3,250.  When applied to 2014-15 levels, per-student funding would have moved from the actual baseline of $8,063 to a more robust figure of $11,313; a figure essentially consistent with the national average.

 

The tool was developed in response to state legislators’ questions about what funding should look like for California school districts, after years of drastic budget cuts slashed more than $20 billion in education funding throughout the 2009 recession.  Since December 2014, the superintendent, board members and staff have been working to develop a model that defines the appropriate academic support systems and classroom environment needed for every student to graduate college and career ready.

 

Essential investments needed to support student achievement and close the achievement gap reflected in the investment model include:

·         Instruction in arts, sciences and world languages at elementary school sites

·         Specialized literacy, math and English learner support at every school site

·         Nursing support for social-emotional wellness at every school site

·         Counseling support for college and career readiness at every school site

·         Parent education support at every school site

·         Increased clerical support (library/media/central support) at every school site

·         80 hours of additional instructional time

·         Increased funding classroom supplies

 

The template has been shared with districts throughout California as part of the larger statewide discussion around more robust funding levels and the additional financial investments all districts believe are needed to support academic excellence in our public schools. Other districts will be able to adapt the investment model to meet the needs specific to their schools and local community.

 

Proposition 98, approved by voters and enacted in 1988, amended California’s Constitution and established an annual minimum funding level for K-14 education. 

 

“The intent of the initiative was to create a stable funding source for schools. Unfortunately this has become a ceiling instead of the floor for a minimum funding level,” said John Evans, Board Vice President. “Proposition 98 established statewide goals that per-student spending would equal or exceed the per-student spending of the top ten states across the nation, and that average class size would be equal to or less than the average class size of the ten states with the lowest class sizes. California has failed to live up to its constitutional target and its promise to the voters.”

 

According to the National Education Association’s most recent rankings from 2012, California had the highest number of students enrolled per teacher in public elementary and secondary schools. California’s average number of students per teacher was 24.9, much higher than the national average of 15.9.

 

California’s budget has improved since the passage of Proposition 30 in November 2012 but education funding remains below the national average. According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau report, California’s total state spending in 2011-12 was well above the national average. However, California’s spending on education during this time was below the national average. More recent data from 2011-12 show California ranked 46^th in per pupil spending. The same 2015 survey shows that the state’s per-student spending of $8,308 in 2011-12 was 29 percent below the national average of $11,735, adjusted for regional cost differences.  California’s per-pupil spending is far below the average per-student spending for the top ten states in the country during this same time period at $15,967.

 

Marten and the Board cited a continued sense of urgency in advocating for proper and equitable education funding from Sacramento.

 

“It is clear that, by any measurement, California schools are woefully underfunded and students are not receiving the resources they need to succeed in school,” said Foster. “We will continue to work side-by-side with our legislature, our educators, our families and stakeholders in this ongoing dialogue. Our schools deserve nothing less.”

 

“As parents, we are well aware that the funding for education in California is nowhere near what is needed,” said Derick Boerner, Vice President of Legislation for the San Diego Unified Council of PTAs. “The San Diego Unified Council of PTAs applauds the San Diego Unified School District for its advocacy efforts to increase funding.  We look forward to working with the district to make these goals a reality.”

 

San Diego Unified will continue to urge the Legislature to convene informational hearings on how the state can provide more robust, stable, and consistent funding levels for schools in order to meet the state’s and local districts’ educational goals to close the achievement gap. The Legislature, in collaboration with stakeholders, will need to consider the steps California would need to take to develop a long-term investment plan to support schools and students.

 

The district is planning to increase stakeholder support and understanding by holding several Public Education Funding Town Halls in the upcoming year. The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Eugene Brucker Education Center auditorium, 4100 Normal St., San Diego, CA, 92103. For more information go to https://www.sandiegounified.org/funding.  

 

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Post Notice of Time Change to Regular Closed Session Meeting, October 27, 2015

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, October 27, 2015; start time changed from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information   

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

 

MEDIA ADVISORY FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: San Diego Unified Shows How Smart Investment Closes the Achievement Gap

MEDIA ADVISORY from the San Diego Unified School District

Oct. 20, 2015

 

Investing in California's Future with Robust Investment Model

San Diego Unified unveils new funding tool that helps identify what funding school districts need to all but eliminate the achievement gap

 

WHAT: San Diego Unified believes California can prepare virtually all of its students to succeed in school and the workplace through targeted strategies. With this approach and a unique funding tool which will be unveiled on Oct. 21 by Superintendent Cindy Marten and the district’s Board of Trustees, the academic rigor and creative entrepreneurship needed for solving the state’s looming crises --  such as climate change, competing in a global economy and sustaining our high quality of life -- is within our grasp. 

 

The tool is intended to calculate the funding needed from Sacramento to help school districts across California demonstrate what is needed to properly invest in students and classrooms to all but eliminate the achievement gap.  The tool was developed in response to state legislators’ and budget staffs’ questions about what adequate public education funding should look like for California schools.

 

In San Diego, the funding template highlights the estimated costs of education based on realistic expenditures aligned with the district’s instructional objectives, allowing San Diego Unified to take to scale smaller initiatives that have been proven to be successful in closing achievement gaps to ensure each and every student will graduate high school career and college ready, and be vital future leaders for California.

 

California’s constitution stipulates that the state should be in the top 10 states for per-pupil expenditures.  According to Education Week’s 2015 Quality Counts report, California’s per student spending in 2011-12, the latest data cited, put the state’s ranking at 46^th in the nation.

 

The template is being shared with districts throughout California to demonstrate their respective local funding priorities and requirements. The intent is that districts will form a coalition to advocate for increased resources at the local and state level.

 

A statewide conference call is scheduled to discuss the results of San Diego Unified’s calculation with members of the media. 

 

WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

             12 - 12:45 p.m.

 

WHERE: In Person: Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street, Room 2249, San Diego (92103)

OR via WebEx Online Conference Call, Audio Connection: 1-415-655-0001, Access code: 195 557 610

 

SPEAKERS:

·         Superintendent Cindy Marten

·         Board of Education President Marne Foster

·         Board of Education Vice President Dr. John Lee Evans

·         Chief Financial Officer Jenny Salkeld

 

More information is available at https://www.sandiegounified.org/investing-californias-future

 

Members of the media are also welcome to attend a Public Education Town Hall scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2015, from 6:30 – 8 p.m., at the Eugene Brucker Education Center auditorium, 4100 Normal St., San Diego (92103).

 

CONTACT:

·         Ursula Kroemer, chief public information officer, 619-760-6919

·         Martha Alvarez, director of government relations, 916-798-1338

 

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Post Notice of Change of Time and Location: DAC Executive Board, November 4, 2015

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time and Location: District Advisory Council for Compensatory Education (DAC)—Executive Board Meeting, November 4, 2015
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2015-16-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information

 

Please forward to staff as appropriate and print notice and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

 

Thank you.

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Unified Dedicates New Academy of Business Facility and Launches Three New Career-focused Academies at Clairemont High School

MEDIA ADVISORY from San Diego Unified School District -- October 21, 2015

San Diego Unified Dedicates New Academy of Business Facility and Launches Three New Career-focused Academies at Clairemont High School

WHAT: Dedication ceremony for the new Academy of Business facility, as well as tours of the new building and the three new three academies.

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 22 -- Ceremony starts at 7:45 a.m., followed immediately by the tours of the academies.

WHERE: Clairemont High School, 4150 Ute Dr., San Diego 92117 (Clairemont) Media parking will be available on site (northeast corner of campus, enter gate off of Modoc Street). A site map is available upon request.

VISUALS: Students and teachers in classrooms that simulate the Stock Exchange's trading floor or an investment house, television studio with students preparing a broadcast, as well as students and dignitaries cutting ceremonial red ribbon with giant scissors.

SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Karla Rodriguez, student leader and chief executive officer, Academy of Business; Cindy Marten, superintendent of San Diego Unified School District; John Lee Evans, vice president, Board of Education; Jennifer Roberson, principal, Clairemont High School; Elizabeth Rush, Academy of Business coordinator, Peter Zahn, president/director, Moxie Foundation. Others available for interviews: San Diego Unified School District's Director of College, Career & Technical Education, Al Love; and Chief Facilities Planning & Construction Officer Lee Dulgeroff. (Interviews are available in Spanish.)

BACKGROUND: The new $6 million facility recently built for Academy of Business was funded by San Diego Unified School District's Proposition Z and matching funds from a California Proposition 1D Career Techncial Education grant. The project included a new 10,500-square-foot building with a central space that serves as a mock investment house and trading floor. This space contains a presentation board and terminals on which students can access up-to-date financial data. The new building also has a computer classroom, three general purpose classrooms, one media technology classroom, a television broadcast studio with a soundproof media lab with control room, three multi-media editing bays, one soundproof studio editing bay, and a staff planning room.

The Academy of Business at Clairemont High School is a College, Career & Technical Education program and facility that support an award-winning, Linked Learning community that focuses on the business and finance industry pathway. Founded in 2004, the academy offers an unique three-year program that provides college-preparatory curriculum that incorporates business elective courses at each grade level. The finance-centered program offers students the opportunity to learn about stocks and bonds, and how they are traded.

Based on the Academy of Business' high level of success, the Moxie Foundation approached San Diego Unified School District and Clairemont High School last year with the concept of establishing three additional academies within the comprehensive school setting. Moxie Foundation founder Irwin Zahn's vision for Clairemont is to create a total school transformation by offering all students the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning through Linked Learning academy pathways. The focus of the three new academies were selected based on projected growth industries and anticipated career opportunities in San Diego. The new academies include: the Academy of Information Technology, the Academy of Engineering Design, and the Academy of Health & Medical Sciences.

With input from and collaboration with Clairemont students, parents, staff, industry and education partners and the greater Clairemont community, the new academies officially opened this year to ninth- and tenth-grade students, and will include all grade levels next year.

The Moxie Foundation is dedicated to enriching and empowering individuals and communities by advancing educational achievement and entrepreneurial success, personal health, and the environment.

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

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MEDIA ADVISORY - 2015 State of the District Address to Focus on Equity, Inclusion and Access

MEDIA ADVISORY from the San Diego Unified School District, Oct. 19, 2015

 

2015 State of the District Address to Focus on Equity, Inclusion and Access

 

WHAT: 2015 State of the District Address

 

WHEN:  Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015; 4:15 p.m. - Reception; 5 p.m. - Program Begins

 

WHERE: Lincoln High School, Performing Arts Center, 4777 Imperial Ave (92113)

 

DETAILS: The 2015 State of the District Address will focus on Equity, Inclusion and Access in Education. Board of Education President Marne Foster will provide a look back at the successes and challenges of the last school year. Superintendent Cindy Marten will provide a look ahead at the plans for the current school year as the district continues to focus on Vision 2020 and the goals outlined in the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). The superintendent will also provide a preview of the district’s statewide advocacy efforts supporting educational funding through a newly developed investment model.

 

Program will include student performances by the School of Creative and Performing Arts Jazz Band and choral singers.

 

CONTACT: Ursula Kroemer| Chief Public Information Officer | San Diego Unified School District | 619- 725-7112 (Desk) | 760-705-6919 (Cell)

 

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MEDIA ADVISORY FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: USDA Under Secretary, Superintendent and California rancher announce expansion of California Food for California Kids Program

MEDIA ADVISORY
Oct. 19, 2015
USDA Under Secretary, SD Unified Superintendent and California rancher announce expansion, discuss importance of California Food for California Kids
SAN DIEGO - Following a successful one-year pilot, San Diego Unified Food & Nutrition Services is expanding its California Thursdays program to more than 220 schools – making San Diego Unified the fastest growing California Thursdays district in the state. California Thursdays is a program that allows school districts to serve healthy, freshly prepared meals made with California grown ingredients. The program creates a "triple win:" improving student health and academic achievement, investing in the local economy and benefiting the environment. San Diego Unified is leading the national trend of incorporating fresh, local food into school meals.

What – San Diego Unified Food & Nutrition Services is holding a press conference to announce the expansion of the California Thursdays program. Speakers will discuss the importance of serving California food for California kids. Local farmers and food producers, students, health partners and other community representatives will be in attendance. Speakers and attendees will then join students in tasting a California Thursdays meal made entirely of California ingredients.

Speakers - United States Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon; San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten; Center for Ecoliteracy Executive Director and Co-Founder Zenobia Barlow; and California rancher Dave Pitman.

Interviews – All speakers will be available for one-on-one interviews after the press conference. Other local farmers and food producers will be available for interviews as well.

When – Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
10:15-11:15 a.m.

Where – Hancock Elementary
3303 Taussig Street
San Diego, CA 92124

Details – 10:15-10:35 a.m. – Speakers:

· San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten

· California rancher Dave Pitman

· Center for Ecoliteracy Executive Director and Co-Founder Zenobia Barlow

· USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon
10:35-11:15 a.m. – Lunch with students; time for one-on-one interviews

Visuals – Students and adults eating a meal made entirely of California-grown food; students interacting and eating with the farmers, ranchers and producers who make the food they eat; dignitaries interacting with students.

Other notable attendees – Congresswoman Susan Davis, Staff Assistant; California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division - Nutrition Education Administrator Kim Frinzell; local farmers and producers

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Contact: Tara McNamara | San Diego Unified Food & Nutrition Services marketing coordinator |
858-627-7316 | tmcnamara@sandi.net
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Post Notice of Public Hearing, October 27, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

 

·         Notice of Public Hearing— Certification of Sufficient Standards-Aligned Textbooks and/or Instructional Materials—Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 5:00 p.m.

·         Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

 

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ --Nelson Mandela