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Connecting the dots: SCUSD seeks public input on how best to fund schools
January 20 (麻豆视频): The state鈥檚 new Local Control Funding Formula is bringing sweeping changes to the ways schools are funded and how K-12 districts are held accountable for using state resources.
In general, LCFF has fewer funding restrictions that tie resources to certain programs. In exchange for this new flexibility, districts are required to develop accountability plans that detail how spending is aligned with California鈥檚 eight priorities for public education.
Fern Bacon gets high-tech media lab, thanks to SECC grant
Middle school schedules ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wednesday
Editor鈥檚 note: The following press release was written by students of Fern Bacon Middle School.
麻豆视频, California 鈥 Fern Bacon Middle School is pleased to announce that it will hold a Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for its recently renovated media studio with the help of the 麻豆视频 Education Cable Consortium鈥檚 media grant.
SCUSD workshops help parents understand new online tests
March 19, 2014 (麻豆视频): Students across California are getting ready to participate in a trial run of the state鈥檚 new online assessment program which will eventually replace paper-and-pencil testing.
The new Smarter Balanced Assessments will be field tested in SCUSD schools beginning April 7. To help parents learn about the new tests, SCUSD is sponsoring a series of parent workshops that focus on the assessments and the learning standards to which they are tied.
District, teachers union to hold press conference on NCLB Waiver
April 8, 2014 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 City Unified School District and the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association (SCTA) will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday (April 9) on the future of the No Child Left Behind waiver at SCTA鈥檚 office in East 麻豆视频.
SCUSD Board President Patrick Kennedy and SCTA President Nikki Milevsky are scheduled to make a joint announcement.
WHAT: Joint SCUSD-SCTA Press Conference
WHEN: 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9
WHERE: SCTA, 5300 Elvas Ave., 麻豆视频, CA 95819
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Spring Break
Arsonists, metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays
April 10, 2014 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 City Unified School District is asking the community for help in keeping its 75 schools safe and secure over Spring Break (April 12-20). School resumes on Monday, April 21.
Arson fires at two SCUSD playgrounds last summer cost the district $50,000 in insurance deductibles.
Students vie for $1 million at SCUSD Project Green event
Blue-ribbon panel of local experts will judge student proposals for making campuses more sustainable
April 15, 2014 (麻豆视频): Twenty-five SCUSD student-led green teams will compete for $1 million in Measure Q money on Tuesday, April 22, at the 2014 Project Green Event, held this year at Isador Cohen Elementary School.
City, SCUSD to celebrate new Fruitridge traffic signal
May 6, 2014 (麻豆视频): SCUSD and the City of 麻豆视频 will celebrate the operation of a new traffic signal on Fruitridge Road on Friday, May 9, at a West Campus High School press conference.
The installation of the new light at Fruitridge and 58th Street culminates a joint effort by the two agencies launched after West Campus student Michelle Murigi, 16, was fatally hit by a car in the intersection. Subsequent to her death, five of Michelle鈥檚 friends and classmates started a petition to demand a traffic signal (www.facebook.com/58thAndFruitridge).
SCUSD gears up to fight summer learning loss
Summer Matters @SCUSD helps kids stay focused, engaged
May 6, 2014 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 City Unified School District is continuing its work as a leader in the fight against summer learning loss with its free Summer Matters @SCUSD programs for children and teens.
鈥淲e are absolutely committed to preventing the kind of summer learning loss that puts urban kids behind their peers when school starts again in September,鈥 says Interim Superintendent Dr. Sara Noguchi. 鈥淥ur students deserve every academic advantage we can give them.鈥
Ribbon-cutting for Rosemont鈥檚 new track and field on Wednesday
High-tech, $1.97 million project funded by Measure R bonds
May 12, 2014 (麻豆视频): SCUSD will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to open Rosemont High School鈥檚 new $1.97 million track and field, a project funded by Measure R.
Made in the USA with recycled rubber, the sandwich-style track surface is free of harmful heavy metals and durable enough for world-class performance training and competition. The equivalent of 7,000 passenger tires was kept from landfills through the recycling process.
Group celebrates campaign for arson-damaged playgrounds
May 19, 2014 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 Unified Education Foundation 鈥 SCUSD鈥檚 official nonprofit organization 鈥 will celebrate the success of its fund-raising campaign for two arson-damaged playgrounds on Wednesday at John Sloat Elementary School.
Last summer, playground structures at John Sloat and Caroline Wenzel elementary schools were set ablaze. Damage was extensive and both structures were removed for safety reasons. Although SCUSD moved swiftly to replace the structures, the schools opened in the fall without them.