Tag: Voice of San Diego
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Turmoil Engulfs Somali Charter School in City Heights
Iftin Charter School has gotten itself into a huge, expensive mess. Earlier this year, multiple employees filed complaints against the City Heights school over discrimination and retaliation. In June, the school received a scathing report after a San Diego Unified investigation, sparked by a raft of parent concerns over the departures of school leaders. The…
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City Heights Liquor License Fight Reveals Blurry Line Between Community Concerns and Business Interests
City Heights residents are never happy about alcohol permits being approved in their neighborhood, but one has sparked a whole new level of pushback. In September, the city said a proposed 7-11 on University Avenue could buy an existing license from a liquor store down the street, and it slapped so many restrictions on the…
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The Learning Curve: A Guide to School Choice and Choosing Schools
The Learning Curve is a weekly Voice of San Diego column answering reader questions about the school system. Email your questions to mario@vosd.org. Question: “School choice: How does the system work?” – Amy Redding, a San Diego Unified parent In addition to being a parent, Redding is also the chair of a district-level advisory committee.…
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Event: The Questions Facing the Police Department
By Liam Dillon We have a great panel lined up Tuesday night to discuss the future of the San Diego Police Department. It starts at 6 p.m. at Cherokee Point Elementary in City Heights. Here are four of the biggest questions that we’ll tackle: Does SDPD have a bunch of rotten apples or a rotten…
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Voice of San Diego Announces Layoffs
By Jessica Plautz Voiceofsandiego.org announced Friday that the nonprofit news organization is laying off four employees. Three of the layoffs are news staffers whose work frequently appeared on www.SpeakCityHeights.org: Emily Alpert, education reporter, Adrian Florido, neighborhood reporter, and Sam Hodgson, photo editor. On Twitter, voiceofsandiego.org’s Editor Andrew Donohue referred to the reporters as family, calling…