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  • Central’s Mediocre Numbers, Multiplied by Marten’s ‘X Factor’

    By Will Carless It’s very rare that all five San Diego Unified school board members agree on something. But in February, the board made a decision that was both unanimous and unorthodox when it named an elementary school principal Cindy Marten as the next superintendent of California’s second-largest school district. In their announcement, the board…

  • Marten Leaves Central Elementary For Central Office

    Cindy Marten, San Diego Unified’s next superintendent, left Central Elementary School Friday and begins training for her new role this week. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Wherever Cindy Marten goes on the bright Central Elementary campus, children flock to her, throw their arms around her and if they’re too late to…

  • Media Arts Center Opens Mini Cinema

    Media Arts Center San Diego Executive Director Ethan Van Thillo in the organizations new Digital Gym Cinema | Photo Courtesy of Media Arts Center San Diego By Beth Accomando The film “K11” was a hit at the San Diego Latino Film Festival earlier this month. Now it returns to San Diego for a week’s run…

  • City Takes Steps Toward Sidewalk Study

    By Liam Dillon One big reason San Diego can’t solve its busted sidewalks problem: It doesn’t know how bad they are. The city has never done a comprehensive review of its 5,000 miles of sidewalks. That might change soon. City Councilman Mark Kersey, who heads the council’s infrastructure committee, is pushing for a formal evaluation…

  • New Classes Target Students Who Struggle to Master English

    By Kyla Calvert About a quarter of California’s public schools students are learning English as a second language. But by middle and high school more than half of those students have not mastered English. Like many long-term English learners, Desiree Vauve was born here. But she hasn’t spent all of her school years in San…