San Diego Union-Tribune
May 13, 2009
School employee furlough plan rejected
Custodians, cafeteria workers, classroom assistants and other nonteaching employees of the San Diego Unified School District will not lose work or pay to help offset a $146.7 million budget deficit.
suchasmartmom.com
May 13, 2009
How to turn a struggling reader into a strong reader
Sometimes all it takes for a young, struggling reader to become a successful reader is a reading buddy, a patient adult who listens to her read. That’s exactly what Marilyn Schmeling and hundreds of other volunteers do through Everyone A Reader, a terrific volunteer program that trains them in just three hours to work with young readers who need a little help bringing out their inner reader.
Homework Success Network
May 13, 2009
Lowering dropout rate -- success stories in progress
"The high school dropout rate in the San Diego Unified School District plummeted last year to the point where fewer than 1 student in 10 is giving up on school, according to data released yesterday by the California Department of Education"-- according to an article at SignOnSanDiego.com If they can do it, can you institute some of their ideas and procedures in your school?
americanindiansource.com
May 13, 2009
Soaring Eagles: 2009 Culture Days
This Balboa Park location, within close proximity of a former Kumeyaay Village site, is a comfortable place in today’s urban world for many of our Tribal friends and visitors. The Southern California American Indian Resource, SCAIR, sponsored Soaring Eagles were in prominent, constant and beautiful support of the San Diego Unified School District Indian Education Title VII and the Indian Human Resource Center organized this May 9-10, 2009 culture days program.
KPBS-FM
May 13, 2009
San Diego Unified's Early Retirement Deal OK'd, Deadline Extended
The deadline was extended for veteran teachers in the San Diego Unified School District to take a financial buyout plan in exchange for retiring early. The San Diego school board voted to give them two more weeks yesterday.
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 13, 2009
Kearny turns things around
It's been 28 years since Kearny High won a league championship in baseball, but it appears the dry spell is about to end. The Komets are closing in on the Central League title with four games to go in the regular season.
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 13, 2009
La Jolla runner winning with cerebral kick
It remains to be seen whether La Jolla High's Nihal Kayali is the fastest runner in the section at whatever event she chooses. Just don't try to outsmart her. Kayali leads the San Diego Section in the 800 meters, is No. 3 in the 1,600 and No. 4 in the 3,200, but the number that really stands out is her 4.44 grade-point average.
