Tuesday, May 14, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY--Mission Beach Property

MEDIA ADVISORY SENT ON BEHALF OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD TRUSTEE SCOTT BARNETT,  May 14, 2013

 

The potential sale to developers of the Mission Beach Elementary site and discussion of the Mayor's offer to work with San Diego Unified to purchase the property will be discussed and acted upon at tonight's school board meeting.

 

This is the motion Scott Barnett will be making:

 

MOTION:

 

This board thanks Mayor Filner for his leadership, and directs staff to work with the Mayor's office to develop details of a sale to the City of San Diego within the following general parameters:

 

 

-Mission Beach Elementary School property was appraised at $11 million (which is the asking price for public entities such as the City of San Diego.)

 

-Market "value" is $18.5 million based on May 2 "auction."

 

-San Diego Unified determine the "sale price" to be $18,500,001. (one dollar more then high Bid)

 

San Diego Unified ask City to pay $11 million over the 13/14 and 14/15 fiscal years ($5.5 million per year) and San Diego Unified would retain "equity ownership" of $7,500,001

 

-City and San Diego Unified work together with the community to determine short term and long term use of the property, which should include dedicated public uses and public revenue producing opportunities.

 

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CONTACT:

SCOTT BARNETT

San Diego Unified School Board Trustee

619-725-5550

sbarnett@sandi.net

 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Post Closed Session Agenda, May 14, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Time Change for Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Closed Session Meeting Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 9:00 a.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5UTG7D206A .

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

Post Notice of Location Change for Closed Session & Agenda, May 14, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Location Change for Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 9:00 a.m.  Location changed from Room 2249 to the Emergency Operation Center Situation Room,  item 6. Collective Bargaining, only.
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 9: 00 a.m., EOC Situation Room and 2:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, 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

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

From: Viorato Josefina
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Post Board Mtg Agendas, January 8, 2013
Importance: High

 

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·          Closed Session Agenda— Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5VE87DF9D0.

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, 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

 

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District

MEDIA CALENDAR -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School District

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.sandi.net.

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.

*Indicates new items added since last week.

For a calendar of noticed public meetings, go to
www.sandi.net/meetingcalendar. Those meetings might not be included in
this listing.

MAY

Through May 25, SCPA Young Art 2013: The Story of Me, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Tuesday through Sunday, The San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park. Contact:
Mitzi Lizarraga, Principal, SCPA, (619) 470-0555 ext. 202. Open to the
public.

11 -- University City High Mother's Day Afternoon Tea and Concert, 2-4
p.m., Musicians Hall of San Diego, 1717 Morena Blvd. (92110). Join the UC
High School Choir, Orchestra, Jazz Combo and String Ensemble in an
afternoon saluting mom. Includes afternoon tea with a wide vareity of
salads and other goodies, auction and door prizes. Cost, $30 adluts, $25
staff, $19 child (age 10 and under). Contact: Carina, UC High Music
Department, uchsmusic@gmail.com. Open to the public.

13 -- Area 6 Cluster Meeting, 5:30 p.m., San Diego High School Library,
1405 Park Blvd. (92101). 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 San
Diego cluster are: Birney, Burbank, Emerson/Bandini, Florence, Garfield,
Jefferson, Kimbrough, McKinley, Rodriguez, Sherman, and Washington
elementary schools; Golden Hill, Grant, Logan, Perkins K-8s; Memorial and
Roosevelt Middle Schools; and San Diego Complex high schools. Contact:
Hope del Valle at hdelvalle@sandi.net or 619-725-7210. Open to Area 6 San
Diego High Cluster families.

* 15 -- Let's Move Salad Bars News Conference, 10:45 a.m., San Diego
Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive. United Fresh Foundation will be
talking about its donation of 350 salad bars to schools in California. San
Diego Unified is receiving some of those salad bar modular units; the
district has had salad bars in its schools for 10 years. Speakers include
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson and Gary
Petill, Food Services Director for San Diego Unified, who started putting
salad bars in schools in 2003. Contact: Shelby Rajkovich, 202-303-3417.
Not open to the public.

17 -- Rhapsody on the Point, Pt. Loma High concert, 6 p.m., Humphrey's,
2241 Shelter Island Dr. Annual concert and fundraiser for Pt. Loma schools
features Pt. Loma High orchestra, chorus and dance. Students will perform
selections from Leonard Bernstein's operetta, "Candide," and will be
accompanied by a select ensemble choir composed of members from many
distinguished choral groups; and Biebl's "Ave Maria," guest-conducted by
former Pt. Loma High choir teacher Lewis Phelps and featuring alumni
members of the 1965-1969 Pt. Loma High Madrigals. Contact: Kerri DeRosier,
(619) 226-4896. Open to the public. Website: www.rhapsodyonthepoint.com
Open to the public.

18 -- Compassion Across Cultures, 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cherokee Point
Elementary School, 3735 38th St. (92105). Stories of compassion, dance and
other activities. Contact: Godwin Higa, Principal, (619) 641-3400. Open to
the public.

* 19 -- Loma Portal Elementary Home and Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Loma Portal Elementary School, 3341 Browning St. (92106). Residents are
opening their homes and gardens in the neighborhood to benefit the school.
Crafts will be on sale at the school. Contact: Dominique Mimno,
dominique.m@cox.net. Open to the public.

18 -- JROTC Joint Brigade Awards and Review Ceremony, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Morse High School football field, 6905 Skyline Dr. (92114). This is the
school year's culminating event for JROTC students in the 13 high school
programs. It's a very impressive site seeing all the students the
traditional Pass and Review; families will be there; the kids will receive
awards. For many students it's a bittersweet day, as they;ll be headed
onto college next year. Not all will pursue ROTC in college or a military
career, so for some their "discharge" is just around the corner. Contact:
David Guzman, JROTC Program Manager, (858) 496-8203. Open to the public.

19 -- Loma Portal Home and Garden Tour and Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Loma Portal neighborhood. Tour of local neighborhood and sale benefits
Loma Portal Elementary School. Contact: Dominique Miller Mimno,
Dominique.m@cox.net. Admission $20 in advance, $25 day of tour. Open to
the public.

21 -- San Diego Unified's 2013 Classified Employee of the Year, 5 p.m.,
Mann Middle School, 4345 54th St. (92115). The district's annual
Classified Employee of the Year celebration in which school and district
facility employees are recognized. One individual will be recognized as
the district's Classified Employee of the Year for 2013. Contact: Jennifer
Cornelius Rodriguez at jcornelius@sandi.net or 619-725-5598. Part of a
scheduled Board of Education meeting; open to the public.

* 22 -- GATE Presents Dr. Richard Cash, ³Teaching with the Brain in Mind,²
4 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center Auditorium, 4100 Normal St.
(92103). Richard M. Cash, Ed.D. is the Director of Gifted and Talented
Programs, K-12, for the Bloomington Minnesota Public Schools. Richard
taught primary and middle grades in an urban elementary school for gifted
children. Richard also worked for many years as a children's theater
director. The GATE Distinguished Lecture Series brings nationally
recognized speakers to San Diego to talk about gifted and talented
education (GATE). Contact: Office of Advanced Studies, 619-725-7284. Open
to the public.

* 22-23 -- San Diego Regional Model United Nations, all day, Joan B. Kroc
Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego, 5998
Alcalá Park (92110). The San Diego Regional Junior Model United Nations
Conference aims to spread awareness of international issues and the spirit
of diplomacy to high school and middle school students through a two-day
simulation. This conference is targeted specifically to grades 6-9 with
the intent of encouraging the participation of novice delegates. Contact:
Anne Anthony, Grant Elementary School, (619) 293-4420.

27 -- Memorial Day. All schools and offices closed.

* 29 -- Correia Middle School Public Scoping Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Correia
Middle School, 4302 Valeta St. (92107). solicit input from stakeholders as
to the scope and content of the Draft EIR for an upgraded sports complex
on the existing Correia Middle School campus. Contact: Cynthia Reed
Porter, 858-637-3607. Open to the public.

* 31 -- Curie Elementary School Dad's Club Lunch, noon, Curie Elementary
School, 4080 Governor Dr. (92122). Curie dads will be bringing their
lunches with them when they have the midday meal with their sons and
daughters. Dad's Clubs are a program in many San Diego Unified Schools
that encourage fathers and male guardians to get involved. Contact:
Christopher Juarez, Principal, (858) 453-4184. Not open to the public.

JUNE

* 1 -- Benefit concert for Correia Middle School Music Program, 2-7 p.m.,
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Dr. (92106). Young and old
area talent will assemble to support the school, a collaboration between
the First Friday Music Club and Correia Instrumental Music Association.
Contact: Jonathan McDade, Principal, (619) 222-0476. Open to the public.

* 1 -- Silver Gate Elementary School Beautification Day, 9 a.m. to noon,
Silver Gate Elementary School, 1499 Venice St. (92107). Members of the Pt.
Loma Community Presbyterian Church and Silver Gate families will be
sprucing up the school's kindergarten area. Contact: Sandra McClure,
Principal, (619) 222-1139. Open to the public.

11 -- Last day of school for schools on traditional calendar.

21-26 -- The JROTC Leadership Camp, Forest Lawn Scout Reservation, Cedar
Glenn, CA. The top one-fourth of cadets from around Southern California
meeting up for a week of training in leadership and adaptability. The camp
also offers cadets high adventure training in the areas of land
navigation, rappelling, archery, horsemanship, water safety, and
confidence building courses. Contact: David Guzman, 858-496-8203. Not open
to the public.

JULY

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

19 -- Last day of school for year-round schools.

AUGUST

26 -- Most school offices reopen for enrolling new students.

SEPTEMBER

2 -- Labor Day, all schools and offices closed.

3 -- First day of 2013-14 school year.

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means that you're welcome to cover it, but it's not something to list in
an events calendar.

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Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Post Mtg Agenda, May 14, 2013

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Time Change for Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 9:00 a.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday May 14, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5UTG7D206A .

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

 

NOTE: The May 14, 2013 closed session agenda will be posted and distributed on Friday afternoon.

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

 

 

 

Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!

 

From: Viorato Josefina
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Post Board Mtg Agendas, January 8, 2013
Importance: High

 

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·          Closed Session Agenda— Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5VE87DF9D0.

·         Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, 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

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

NEWS RELEASE -- Veteran San Diego Unified Administrator, Principal Staci D. Monreal Named Chief of Staff for New Superintendent

NEWS RELEASE from the San Diego Unified School District, May 8, 2013

VETERAN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED ADMINISTRATOR, PRINCIPAL STACI. D. MONREAL NAMED
CHIEF OF STAFF FOR NEW SUPERINTENDENT

SAN DIEGO ­ Staci D. Monreal, a veteran San Diego Unified administrator
and current principal of Marshall Elementary School in City Heights, has
been named the new Chief of Staff for Superintendent-designate Cindy
Marten.

Monreal replaces the retiring Bernie Rhinerson on July 1, as Marten takes
over for the retiring Bill Kowba. The Board of Education approved the
appointment in closed session on May 7 and will act on the position
description at the Board¹s regular public meeting on May 14.

"Staci and I have worked together for many years and I have always been
impressed by her dedication to our students and her leadership skills,"
said Marten "She will be an invaluable resource to me as we work to
implement the Board's vision for a quality school in every neighborhood."

Monreal has extensive leadership experience in San Diego Unified School
District and has worked closely with Marten as a fellow City Heights
school principal. Marten was Monreal's successor as principal at Central
Elementary, where Monreal served from 2003-08.

In 1989, Monreal joined San Diego Unified as a classroom teacher at
Zamorano Elementary School. She has held a number of positions at schools
and in the district's central administration, including: Director of
Literacy, Biliteracy and Social Studies, 1998-03; and vice-principal of
Mason Elementary, 1996-98.

Her career has also taken her to cities outside of San Diego. In 2008-09,
she was an administrator for the Los Angeles Schools program under Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa. And, she spent 2004-06 coaching principals in the
Flint Community Schools, a 9,000-student district in Michigan.

"Having such a varied background means that Staci not only knows the
issues that face children on a daily basis, but the kind of organizational
effort we need to help kids overcome the odds that might be against them,"
said Marten.

As Chief of Staff, Monreal will work with Marten to ensure that the
day-to-day operations of the district run smoothly.

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Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

News Release: "San Diego Unified School District Launches Prop. Z Program with Sale of $530 Million in Bonds"

NEWS RELEASE -- May 7, 2013
Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter 619-546-3378

San Diego Unified School District Launches Prop. Z Program with Sale of $530 Million in Bonds

San Diego Unified received $530 million on April 30 after selling a portion of its $2.8 billion in General Obligation (GO) Bonds for Prop. Z, the bond measure approved by nearly 62 percent of the San Diego voters on Nov. 6, 2012. The bond funds will be used to continue repairing, renovating and revitalizing neighborhood schools. Bond projects include classroom technology, new/renovated facilities for College, Career and Technical Education, air conditioning, safety and security upgrades, turf fields, and other capital improvements at traditional and charter schools throughout the district. By law, the funds cannot be used for teacher or school administrator salaries.

The school district took advantage of low taxable interest rates and tax-exempt financing to pay for classroom technology. The recent bond sales were structured so that the useful life of assets matched the maturity of bonds. Technology projects have shorter term bonds, while construction projects have longer term bonds.

"The school district used an innovative multiple maturity structure that allowed it to match the useful life of assets to specific needs, and get a very low cost of borrowing," according to Stan Dobbs, chief financial officer for San Diego Unified. "At 1.78 the school district's debt repayment ratio is very low, which gets the taxpayer more for their money. In fact, this was the lowest interest cost of any of the GO bond sales since the inception of the district's Prop. MM, the bond measure approved by San Diego voters in 1998."

Before the sale, credit ratings were requested from Moody's Investor's Service (Moody's) and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) for the bonds. San Diego Unified's finance team diligently pursued ratings from the rating agencies, and made its case that factors that secure the bonds are stable. As a result of Moody's and S&P's review, the bonds were assigned a rating of Aa3 (stable outlook) by Moody's and AA- by S&P.

"Achieving such solid investment grade ratings from the rating agencies helped to generate confidence from a variety of buyers, which ultimately led to a lower cost of borrowing for the school district," said Dobbs. "The school district also used several innovative strategies to achieve the lowest cost of borrowing, which included aggressive pricing of its bonds, conservative debt structure and maintaining high credit ratings." 

The district does not receive all of the $2.8 billion Prop. Z bond funds at once. It receives them incrementally based on the frequency of bond sales. Additional bond sales will be conducted during the life of the facilities bond program. The next one is slated for 2015.

At its May 14 meeting, the Board of Education will review the Prop. Z project plan that will utilize the bond proceeds.

For more information, contact Supervisor Cynthia Reed-Porter, facilities bond program communications, at 619-546-3378 or creed-porter@sandi.net.

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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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