Tag: San Diego Unified School District

  • County Responds to Growing Links Between Childhood Trauma and Health

    By Megan Burks San Diego County Health and Human Services Director Nick Macchione sent a letter to his department last week detailing a sweep of training and programmatic tweaks to get his entire staff, and the services they offer, trauma-informed. Put simply, he wants the people who provide food stamp, unemployment, mental health, Medi-Cal and…

  • SD Unified’s Lopsided Suspensions Ratio

    By Mario Koran When Daniel Noriega was in the elementary school he cussed at teachers, he refused to do his work and he was sent home. Again and again. Between the sixth and eighth grades, Noriega, who’s now a sophomore at E3 Civic High, was suspended about two dozen times by his count. One teacher…

  • Diversifying San Diego Unified Staff Gets Renewed Attention

    By Kyla Calvert In 2012, the most recent data show, 68.8 percent of San Diego Unified teachers and administrators were white, 16.4 percent were Hispanic and 5.6 percent were African-American or black. Meanwhile, 23.3 percent of students were white, 46 percent were Hispanic and 10.8 percent were African-American or black. A recent slate of mostly…

  • Cindy Marten On Common Core, Testing, New Funding Formula

    By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh, and Peggy Pico San Diego’s new school superintendent is not just overseeing her first year running the county’s largest school district. She is also overseeing San Diego Unified School District’s transition to the new Common Core education standards. Plus, new guidelines will change how school testing is done. This school…

  • SD Unified Hopes to Feed 600,000 With Summer Meal Program

    By Erik Anderson San Diego officials hope to feed more than 600,000 kids with their free summer lunch program this year. San Diego Unified is a partner in the Summer Fun Café program, which hands out free lunches to students who would otherwise not be able to afford them during the summer. Gary Petill, food…