Tag: San Diego Unified School District

  • New SD School Board Member Sworn In

    New School Board representative Marne Foster | Photo Credit: Will Carless By Will Carless The San Diego Unified School District’s newest school board member, Marne Foster, was sworn in Monday night at an unusually festive school board meeting. Foster, who handily beat opponent Bill Ponder in November’s election, replaces Shelia Jackson as the board representative…

  • Tutoring Refugee Students and Parents

    The International Rescue Committee expands education programs with a grant from the San Diego Women’s Foundation. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Click here to listen to the report The school day was over at Marshall Elementary in City Heights and the campus was quiet, except for the clamor coming from about…

  • Election Results: The Ones City Heights Residents Were Watching

    By Megan Burks Yesterday I visited three polling places in City Heights – Church of The Brethren in Fairmount Park, the City Heights Recreation Center and the Mid-City Police Substation – to talk with voters about which candidates and measures motivated them to get out and vote. Below are the results of some of those…

  • Deferred Action Records Requests to San Diego Unified Higher Than Expected

    By Neiko Will Listen to the radio report here The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows immigrants brought here as children to stay in the country for two years, and get a work permit. To be eligible for DACA, applicants must prove they have lived in the United States continuously since their arrival here. Earlier in…

  • SD Unified Serving Up Healthy Lunches

    Gary Petill, director of Food and Nutritional Services at San Diego Unified School District, and Vanessa Zajfen, specialist with the Farm to School program at SDUSD, talk to KPBS about school lunches. By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane, Monaliza Noor, Peggy Pico and Claire Trageser Click here to listen to the KPBS Midday Edition interview In accordance with…