Tag: SDUSD

  • School Closures Off the Table, But Crawford Consolidation Stays

    Paradise Hills students Joeffry Garcia and Allan Andrada Jr. were first in line for the meeting where trustees were set to discuss the districts financial woes and the possibility or school closures. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson, voiceofsandiego.org By Kyla Calvert   Under a plan approved unanimously by board of education members Tuesday night, San…

  • Trustees Call to Halt School Closures Talk

    Dana Middle School teacher Michelle Brown passionately told school board member Scott Barnett that she worried he was “trying to put cuts on the backs of teachers.” The conversation came following a press conference in which he called for the district to halt a proposal to close some schools. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By…

  • Tweet City Heights: District Could Cut Small Schools, But Are Savings Worth It?

    By Megan Burks Budget Ax Could Fall on Small Schools, But Are the Savings Worth It? This morning Speak City Heights partner KPBS reported the committee looking into closing some San Diego schools to save money has put Crawford Educational Complex’s small schools on the chopping block. The group’s plan, which the school board is…

  • Crawford Could Lose Small Schools

    By Kyla Calvert More than a dozen schools would be closed, relocated or consolidated next year under a plan being recommended by a San Diego Unified School District committee. The plan calls for Crawford High School to break up its four small academies and revert to traditional comprehensive school status. The recommendation from the district’s…

  • Field Guide: What School District Woes Mean for City Heights

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX School Cluster \ˈskül\ \ˈkləs-tər\ n. A group of schools that have similar needs and feed into the same high school. Performance Improvement \pə(r)-ˈfȯr-mən(t)s\…