Friday, January 6, 2012

Post Notice of Cancellation of Meetings: ICOC Audits SubCmte, January 9, 2012

PLEASE NOTE:  

·         Notice of Cancellation of Meeting:  ICOC Audit Subcommittee Meeting, Monday, January 9, 2012
Committee Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/Page/3230.   

 

Please forward to staff and as appropriate print and post notice(s)/agenda(s) 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

 

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Regular Mtg Agenda, January 10, 2012

PLEASE NOTE:

 

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 5pm, Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8MMQSR66AFC2

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 January 10, 2012 closed session agenda will be posted and distributed tomorrow 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

 

 

 

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

Friday, December 16, 2011

Post 2012 ICOC Full Committee & Subcommittee Meeting Notices

PLEASE NOTE:  

·         Notice of 2012 Committee Meetings: Prop S Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee
Committee Meeting Information:  http://www.sandi.net/Page/3226

·         Notice of 2012 SubCommittee Meetings: ICOC Executive/Governance Subcommittee
Committee Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/Page/3227

·         Notice of 2012 SubCommittee Meetings: ICOC Construction Subcommittee
Committee Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/Page/3228

·         Notice of 2012 SubCommittee Meetings: ICOC Audit Subcommittee
Committee Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/Page/3229

·         Notice of 2012 SubCommittee Meetings: Finance, Planning, and Controls Subcommittee
Committee Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/Page/3230

 

Please forward to staff and as appropriate print and post notice(s) and or agenda(s) 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

 

Notice of Cancellation for Regular Meeting, January 3, 2012

PLEASE NOTE:

 

·         Notice of Cancellation for Regular Meeting, Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248

The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 5pm

 

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

NEWS RELEASE -- Patrick Henry Performing Arts Center Full Funding Approved by Board of Education

NEWS RELEASE from Board of Education Member Kevin Beiser, Dec. 16, 2011

PATRICK HENRY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FULL FUNDING APPROVED BY BOARD OF
EDUCATION

SAN DIEGO -- Trustee Kevin Beiser's proposal to fully fund Patrick Henry
High School's new $9.7 million performing arts center from voter-approved
Prop. S bond funds is on track thanks to unanimous approval by the San
Diego Unified School District Board of Education on Dec. 13.

The new center will not only provide a venue for the school's
award-winning band, orchestra and drama programs, but is also envisioned
as a performing arts center for the neighborhoods of Del Cerro, San
Carlos, Lake Murray and Allied Gardens. The school is located at 6702
Wandermere Dr. (92120).

"The Patrick Henry Performing Arts Center is an essential academic and
community building that will benefit the students in the Henry Cluster for
generations to come," said Board Member Kevin Beiser, who represents the
area. "I will continue to advocate for Visual and Performing Arts
facilities and educational programs that enrich live academic and artistic
lives of our children."

The project will be funded through voter-approved Proposition S bonds,
with $6.3 million allocated to the school and an additional $2.9 million
coming from other schools in the cluster -- middle and elementary schools
who feed into Patrick Henry. At its Dec. 13 meeting, the Board approved
shifting approximately 4 percent of the Prop. S funds from other schools
in the cluster.

The project will replace a combination cafeteria and auditorium at the San
Carlos area school, which opened in 1967. School officials have criticized
the facility for years as not only inadequate for high-school level
performances, but too small to hold even a half of the student population.

"I am thrilled that my proposal to build the Performing Arts Center was
approved unanimously by the board of education so that this important
project can move forward," said Beiser. "Construction projects like this
will create much needed local jobs and help provide a stimulus to our San
Diego economy."

Project boosters and alumni hope to raise an additional $1 million. For
more information on the project, go to the school's website at
http://www.phame.us/

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CONTACT: Kevin Beiser, Board of Education member, 619-838-5274 cell;
KevinBeiser@yahoo.com


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NEWS RELEASE -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District

Media Calendar -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School
District, December 16, 2011

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.
(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.

December

* 17 -- Barnard Elementary Food Truck Gathering, 4-7 p.m., Barnard
Elementary School, 2930 Barnard St. (92110). Have some great local food
while supporting San Diego Unified's Mandarin Chinese language magnet
school. Super Q, Asian Persuasian, The Gooch, Sweet Treats Truck and
Operacafe Tuscan Truck are all scheduled to be parked at the Pt. Loma
school and serving up goodies. Ten percent of the proceeds go to Barnard
programs. Contact: Eddie Park, Principal, (619) 224-3306. Open to the
public.

19 through Jan. 2, 2012 -- Winter Break. All schools and offices closed.

January

2 -- Holiday, New Year's Day Observed. All schools and offices closed.

3 -- Traditional-calendar schools reopen.

* 3 -- Chesterton Elementary Makeover, 8 a.m., Chesterton Elementary
School, 7335 Wheatley St. (92111). The Pearson Foundation is heading up a
200-person strong work party to help spruce up the neighborhood school,
located in a Navy housing area north of Linda Vista. Contact: Bridget de
la Garza, San Diego Unified School District, 619-725-8165. Not open to the
public.

7 -- Mira Mesa High Class of 2013 Rummage Sale, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mira
Mesa High School, 10510 Reagan Rd. (92126). Help raise money for the Class
of 2013 activities by buying some fine items. Contact: Mary Jensen, ASB
Advisor, (858) 566-2262. Open to the public.

9 -- Madison Community of Schools Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Madison High School,
Madison High School, 4833 Doliva Dr. (92117). 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 Madison community are: Field, Hawthorne, Holmes,
Lafayette, Lindbergh/Schweitzer, Sequoia and Whitman elementary schools;
Creative, Performing and Media Arts and Innovation middle schools; Mt.
Everest and Muir K-12; and Madison High School. Contact: Richard Nash,
Principal, rnash@sandi.net. Open to the public.

9 -- Lincoln High School Cluster Meeting, 6 p.m., Porter Elementary South
Auditorium - 4800 T St. (92113). 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
Lincoln cluster are: Baker, Balboa, Chavez, Chollas/Mead, Encanto, Horton,
Johnson, Nye, Porter, Valencia Park, Webster; Knox and Millennial Tech
middle schools; Lincoln High School. Contact: Michelle Bryant,
Chairperson, mbryant@sandi.net. Open to the public.

9 -- Mission Bay High School Winter Concert, 7 p.m., Mission Bay High
School, 2475 Grand Ave. (92109). Open to the public.

* 12 -- Pt. Loma High 8th Grade Family Night, 6 p.m., Pt. Loma High
School, 2335 Chatsworth Blvd. (92106). Evening gives families and middle
school students who will be entering Pt. Loma High next year a chance to
look around and ask questions. Contact: Barbara Samilson, principal, (619)
223-3121. Not open to the public.

12 -- La Jolla Cluster Association Meeting, 4:15 p.m., Muirlands Middle
School, 1056 Nautilus St. (92037). 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 La
Jolla cluster are: Bird Rock, La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary
schools; Muirlands Middle School and La Jolla High School. Contact: John
May, info@lajollacluster.com. Open to the public.

* 14-15 -- E-Waste Drop-off, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., University City High
School, 6949 Genesee Ave. (92122). Drop off those old TVs, computers and
other electronic gear. Proceeds benefit the University City High School
Cheer Squad. Contact: (619) 822-2680. Open to the public.

* 14 -- Clairemont High School Cheerleading Clinic, 8 a.m. to noon,
Clairemont High School, 4150 Ute Dr. (92117). The big kids will be
teaching the little kids as Chieftain Varsity Cheer squad invites all kids
age 4 and up to this clinic that raises money for the program. Cost: $20;
participant's get a t-shirt and a bow to wear at their performance.
Contact: Cheryl Esselstein, (858) 273-0201, ext. 4305. Not open to the
public.

16 -- Martin Luther King Holiday. All schools and offices closed.

17 -- Year-round schools reopen.

19 -- Patrick Henry High School Cluster Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Patrick Henry
High School, 6702 Wandermere Dr. (92120). 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 Henry cluster are: Benchley/Weinberger, Dailard, Foster, Gage,
Green, Hardy, Hearst and Marvin elementary schools; Lewis and Pershing
middle schools; and Patrick Henry High School. Contact: David Downey,
Principal, Foster Elementary, ddowney@sandi.net; or Pat Crowder,
Principal, Henry High School, pcrowder@sandi.net. Open to the public.

19 -- Clairemont Community of Schools Meeting, 6 p.m., Marston Middle
School, 3799 Clairemont Drive, San Diego (92117). 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 Clairemont cluster are: Alcott, Bay Park, Cadman,
Holmes and Toler elementary schools, Marston Middle and Clairemont High
School. Contact: Julee Jenkins, julee.jenkins@gmail.com. Open to the
public.

23 -- Mira Mesa Cluster School Council Meeting, 6 p.m., Mira Mesa High
School, 10510 Reagan Rd. (92126). 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 Mira
Mesa cluster are: Ericson, Hage, Hickman, Mason, Sandburg and Walker
elementary schools; Challenger and Wangenheim middle schools, and Mira
Mesa High School. Contact: Bob Turner, rturner4@san.rr.com. Open to the
public.

February

*2 -- Transforming Education -- Education Re-Energized, 5:30 p.m., USS
Midway Museum, 910 North Harbor Drive (92101). Best-selling author and
leadership consultant Steve Farber will share the perspectives of his
book, The Radical Leap Re-Energized, and will lead a discussion of
educators who¹ve successfully implemented his ³Leap² tenets of Love,
Energy, Audacity and Proof and Extreme Leadership. In addition, you¹ll
have the rare opportunity to meet representatives from many of the
region¹s most generous corporate and community-sponsored education
initiatives. Contact: Jim Esterbrooks, County Office of Education, (858)
292-3719. Open to the public.

*3 -- Clairemont High Community Tri Mathlon, 6-8 p.m., Marston Middle
School, 3799 Clairemont Dr. Tri Mathlon is a math competition for
mathletes of all abilities where kids compete by grade-level. The contest
features three worksheets involving problems that use number sense, not
special formulas or calculators. Students from throughout the Clairemont
High cluster (middle and elementary schools that feed to Clairemont High
School) will compete. Contact: Julee Jenkins, Clairemont Community of
Schools, julee.jenkins@gmail.com. Not open to the public.

15 -- School Choice Applications Due for 2012-13. All applications online
at http://www.sandi.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=902

* 25 -- High School Instrumental Honor Concert, 7 p.m., Copley Symphony
Hall, 750 B St. (92101). Enjoy a concert with the best musicians from high
schools throughout the San Diego Unified School District. Contact: Karen
Childress-Evans, director, (858) 539-5349. Open to the public.

March

* 3 -- City-County Partnership Honor Choir, 7 p.m., Brown Chapel, Pt. Loma
Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive (92106). Elementary, middle and
high school choirs from all over San Diego county will join together and
make beautiful music. Contact: Karen Childress-Evans, director, (858)
539-5349. Open to the public.

* 10 -- Middle School Instrumental Honor Concert, 7 p.m., Brown Chapel,
Pt. Loma Nazarene College, 3900 Lomaland Drive (92106). Concert of 120
middle school students from throughout the San Diego Unified School
District. There will be a band and orchestra performance. Contact: Karen
Childress-Evans, Director, (858) 539-5349. Open to the public.

22 -- La Jolla Cluster Views "Race to Nowhere," 6:30 p.m., La Jolla High
Parker Auditorium, 750 Nautilus St. (92037). "Race to Nowhere: The Dark
Side of America's Achievement Culture" will be watched, followed by a
panel discussion The cluster association first showed this film in October
2010, and it prompted changes in homework policies at some public.
Tickets: $10. If more than 50 attend, the school will be given a copy of
the movie. Contact: Sharon Jones, sharonlj@san.rr.com. Open to the public.

* 22 -- Elementary Instrumental Honor Concert, 7 p.m., Brown Chapel, Pt.
Loma Nazarene College, 3900 Lomaland Drive (92106). Concert of 120
elementary school students from throughout the San Diego Unified School
District. There will be a band and orchestra performance. Contact: Karen
Childress-Evans, Director, (858) 539-5349. Open to the public.

April

26 -- College Orientation with Lynn O'Shaugnessy, 6:30 p.m., La Jolla High
School, 750 Nautilus St. (92037). An expert on the college admission
process, O'Shaughnessy is the local author of the Amazon bestseller: The
College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the
Right Price. Contact: Sharon Jones, sharonlj@san.rr.com. Open to the
public.
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Friday Notes Online: Each Friday afternoon, the superintendent's office
updates district staff and community on a variety of issues. The
newsletter is posted online at www.sandi.net/fridaynotes.

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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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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

MEDIA ADVISORY -- New Board President to Discuss Goals at News Conference

MEDIA ADVISORY from the San Diego Unified School District, Dec. 14, 2011

NEW BOARD PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS GOALS AT NEWS CONFERENCE

WHAT: Dr. John Lee Evans, the new Board of Education President, discusses
his goals for the year, including a new spirit of collaboration with
employee groups, parents and the business community. Evans will also
discuss a recent health care incentive agreement with employee groups that
will save money for the district and help reduce the projected 2012-13
budget deficit.

WHERE/WHEN: 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Auditorium, Eugene Brucker
Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103).

DETAILS: Dr. Evans was elected Board President at Tuesday's meeting.
Previously serving as Board Vice President, in his new role as President,
Dr. Evans is renewing the Board commitment to collaboration with all
stakeholders involved in our schools. To highlight this new era of
collaboration, Dr. Evans has invited union leadership to join him at the
news conference. Dr. Evans also sent a letter to leaders of several San
Diego business organizations inviting the business community to become
more active in collective efforts to preserve and improve San Diego's
public schools.

The Board of Education president chairs the meetings of the Board and
traditionally acts as the district's chief elected official during the
tenure. The Board holds an election for President each December. Dr. Evans
was elected to the Board of Education in 2008 and represents Subdistrict
A, which includes the Mira Mesa, University City, Madison and Clairemont
high school clusters. The Board elected Subdistrict C Trustee Scott
Barnett as Vice President.

QUOTE: "San Diego Unified schools are some of the best in the state and
student achievement overall has been increasing for the last six years,"
said Evans. "We need to all work together to focus on continuing to
improve achievement levels for all of our students. To protect and enhance
the quality of public education, we must have adequate funding from
Sacramento."

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