MEDIA ADVISORY
San Diego Unified to Break Ground on Innovative Environmental and Climate Science Education Hub at Millennial Tech Middle School
WHAT:
San Diego Unified School District’s Millennial Tech Middle (MTM) students will join district and community leaders to break ground on a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Climate Action Design Lab and Whole Site Modernization. The event, held during the 40th annual National Pollution Prevention Week and ahead of World Cleanup Day, will include performances by the Lincoln High cheer team and band, and a drone demonstration by MTM students.
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.*
*Heavy traffic will occur from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. for student drop-off.
WHERE:
Millennial Tech Middle School
1110 Carolina Lane
San Diego, CA 92102
Drone video, renderings, and a construction postcard can be found here.
VISUALS:
9:00 - 9:11 a.m.- Welcome, Lincoln HS Band & Cheer Team Perform
9:11 - 9:16 a.m. - MTM Student Drone Demos
9:16 - 9:26 a.m. - Podium Speakers
9:26 - 9:45 a.m. - Shovels to the Dirt, Photo Opps. Media 1-1s
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Fabi Bagula, Superintendent, San Diego Unified
Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, Board of Ed. Trustee, San Diego Unified
Nicola Labas, Principal, Millennial Tech Middle School
Allie McCarthy, Education Director, Groundwork San Diego
Timothy Peňaloza, 7th Grade STEAM Student, Millennial Tech Middle School
BACKGROUND:
Located in the Chollas View neighborhood, Millennial Tech Middle School has served the community for 70 years. A partnership program with Groundwork San Diego and UC San Diego’s Center on Global Justice offers students a unique hands-on opportunity with the EarthLab Climate-Action Park, an outdoor classroom and living lab.
Offering an extension to the Earthlab that teaches students to think like scientists, ecologists, and artists, the new STEAM Climate Action Design Lab facility will introduce two lab rooms, an outdoor atrium, and support spaces.
The project also incorporates a student services facility that will serve as the main campus entryway, a gymnasium and multipurpose building, a student-use field, a locker room addition to building 10, solar panels, security enhancements, a reconfigured parking lot, hardscape, landscape, and sidewalk replacements, and the removal of all portable classrooms.
The new student services facility will include a lobby, student support offices, collaborative work spaces, and a renovated parking lot that will include solar panels, a student drop-off and pick-up area, visitor parking, and a separate area for staff parking. Secure perimeter fencing will be installed campus-wide to direct visitors to the main campus entryway.
The new gymnasium and multipurpose building will include scoreboards, a portable stage, and bleachers. The field will feature a softball field with backstops and dugouts, which will be shared with Gompers Preparatory Academy.
Funding is made available through local bond funds, approved by voters to improve San Diego Unified schools.
PARKING MAP:
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.
Samer Naji, Facilities Communications Supervisor, 619-548-3388, snaji@sandi.net.
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