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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 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): 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 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): SCUSD and the City of Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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’s 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 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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.
“We are absolutely committed to preventing the kind of summer learning loss that puts urban kids behind their peers when school starts again in September,†says Interim Superintendent Dr. Sara Noguchi. “Our students deserve every academic advantage we can give them.â€
Ribbon-cutting for Rosemont’s new track and field on Wednesday
High-tech, $1.97 million project funded by Measure R bonds
May 12, 2014 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): SCUSD will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to open Rosemont High School’s 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 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): Â鶹ÊÓƵ Unified Education Foundation – SCUSD’s official nonprofit organization – 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.
Trustees to visit Seattle in final phase of superintendent search
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District Board of Education will visit Seattle next week in the final phase of the process for appointing a permanent superintendent.
SCUSD Board expected to vote on next superintendent on Thursday
July 16, 2014 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): The Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District Board of Education is expected to vote on SCUSD’s next superintendent at its meeting on Thursday (July 17).
The finalist candidate is not expected to attend the meeting on Thursday. A press conference with the new superintendent and SCUSD Board President Patrick Kennedy has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, at the Serna Center (5735 47th Ave.)
Board appoints Seattle superintendent to lead SCUSD
(Â鶹ÊÓƵ): The Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District Board of Education voted tonight to appoint Seattle Public Schools Superintendent José L. Banda to the top post in Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Mr. Banda’s first press conference in Â鶹ÊÓƵ is scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, July 18) at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Ave., in the upstairs rotunda.
SCUSD, local law enforcement to stage mock school bus crash
Multi-agency training exercise at McClellan aimed at training school bus drivers and emergency responders on actions in the event of a crisis
RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2014 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District is joining forces with local law enforcement and other agencies to stage a mock school bus accident at McClellan Park on August 28.
WHAT: Multi-Agency Mock School Bus Accident Training Exercise
WHERE: Northern California Regional Public Safety Training
Authority, 2409 Dean St., McClellan Park
WHEN: 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 28
REMINDER: SCUSD, local law enforcement to stage mock school bus crash
Multi-agency training exercise at McClellan aimed at training school bus drivers and emergency responders on actions in the event of a crisis
RELEASE DATE: August 26, 2014 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District is joining forces with local law enforcement and other agencies to stage a mock school bus accident at McClellan Park on Thursday, August 28.
WHAT: Multi-Agency Mock School Bus Accident Training Exercise
WHERE: Northern California Regional Public Safety Training
Authority, 2409 Dean St., McClellan Park
WHEN: 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 28