Budget Coverage
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 27, 2009
Trustees address widening deficit | 7 schools among new possible cuts
The projected deficit in the San Diego school district's budget has soared past $180 million, prompting a fresh look at several cost-cutting measures, including shuttering seven elementary schools and eliminating a popular Balboa Park program.KNSD-TVMay 27, 2009
Cutting Deep
Struggling to balance its budget, the San Diego Unified School District is pouring over what more to cut.It has already cut $46 million from its budget, but in light of the worsening state budget crisis, it must find another $134 million.
- More from KGTV, City News Service via San Diego 6, KPBS-FM (May 26 and May 23),
Voice of San Diego
May 27, 2009
'It's a Nightmare'
San Diego Unified has foregone layoffs, avoided furloughs, and even reversed some unpopular cuts such as making schools share principals or eliminating magnet busing. Now, as the July deadline looms for the budget to be completed, board members are turning to different, sometimes dramatic options in their quest to close the gap.San Diego Union-TribuneMay 27, 2009
School board OKs Prop. S labor pact | Campus-project jobs would go mostly to local union workers
SAN DIEGO — Local union workers would get the bulk of jobs to come from the $2.1 billion Proposition S bond measure that will renovate campuses throughout the San Diego Unified School District, under a labor agreement the Board of Education approved last night.Voice of San Diego
May 27, 2009
Human Resources Chief Leaving with Golden Handshake
Sam Wong, who oversees the human resources office at San Diego Unified, is taking the golden handshake, Superintendent Terry Grier announced at the school board meeting last night.
Other Coverage
San Diego Union-TribuneMay 28, 2009
Wells knocked out of National Spelling Bee
Alex Wells was knocked out of the National Spelling Bee Thursday in the second semifinal round.
Alex, an eighth grader from Standley Middle School in University City, was felled by the word "dansant," which means an informal or small dance.
He gave its spelling as "daissant."
- Video coverage from KFMB-TV,
San Diego Union-TribuneMay 28, 2009
Single-minded pursuit | Crawford High's Shao Yang hopes to capture the boys singles badminton championship
Crawford High senior Shao Yang wants to complete a badminton trifecta. Two years ago, Yang teamed with Ricky Huynh to win the boys doubles title. Last year, Yang and Hong Le captured the mixed doubles crown.San Diego Union-Tribune
May 24, 2009
Hoover Student Featured in Union-Tribune Profile of Graduates
Road to graduation: Four students, four stories of hardships and successesSan Diego Union-Tribune
May 23, 2009
Students get second chance to make grade
Anthony Mendoza sacrificed his sophomore year of high school to deal with family problems – a decision he knew could cost him a diploma and ultimately make him a statistic in the nation's dropout crisis.
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 23, 2009
Teens train for careers in medicine | Program with hospital attempts to attract diverse young people
CITY HEIGHTS — Young men and women tended to nearly a dozen babies, checking for pulses. Finding none, they pressed two fingers urgently into the little chests.
Peninsula Beacon
May 23, 2009
Duo hopes wristband sales bond community, aid stricken student
Life is made special by friendship — those in-depth relationships that offer unique opportunities to know love in a prickly world. Friendships fill hearts with joys of endless childhood memories, sun-kissed summer days and cozy holiday fun. Friendship lifts people up when life gets them down.
Point Loma residents Matt Alcantara, Wendy Eifert and Will Herrin know the power of friendship. They began elementary school together and are now freshmen at Point Loma High School (PLHS). They’ve known each other for more than a decade now.
Opinion
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 24, 2009
Division Test: Should the San Diego Unified School District be split in two? Would such a move diminish the power of special interests and give communities more control over their schools, or would it be a tortuous and polarizing waste of effort?
After years on the San Diego Unified School District board, I have concluded that the district is irreparable.CON: Carl Cohn
H.L. Mencken once said that "for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 28, 2009
Editorial: The kids? Bah! | District deteriorates into union jobs program
We have raised many red flags about the growing influence of organized labor on local governments. But what's going on right now in the San Diego Unified School District is union-friendly politics run amok, and it should alarm everyone.
We have raised many red flags about the growing influence of organized labor on local governments. But what's going on right now in the San Diego Unified School District is union-friendly politics run amok, and it should alarm everyone.
SDNN.com
May 27, 2009
Ruth Braun: Making sense of school test scores
Ruth Braun: Making sense of school test scores
Here are Such A Smart Mom's suggestions for gauging how your child's school is performing.
Jack Brandais
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