Tag: San Diego Unified

  • SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes for Low-Income Students

    Alfredo Mendez, 18, says buying a monthly bus pass to get to school and internships is a heavy burden for his mom, a single parent who makes minimum wage. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks “SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes Program,” Aired April 10 on KPBS News [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FREEBUS1-meb.mp3] City Heights youths chanted…

  • Fact Checking ‘Record’ Test Scores at Central Elementary

    By Will Carless At the San Diego Unified School board meeting announcing the appointment of Cindy Marten as the district’s new superintendent, news reporters were handed two pieces of paper. One was a transcript of the statement board President John Lee Evans was about to read. The other was a press release detailing Marten’s bio…

  • 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…