San Diego Unified is now one of a small but growing number of school districts that are having students run their own food truck business.High school students will write the menu, prepare and serve the food and manage the finances for the truck operations — just about everything but actually drive the truck.Students who are enrolled in culinary programs at five San Diego Unified high schools — Morse, Hoover, Garfield, Mira Mesa and San Diego — will take turns running the food truck. They won’t provide daily food service but will provide food for district and school events, said Sarah...…San Diego Unified is now one of a small but growing number of school districts that are having students run their own food truck business.High school students will write the menu, prepare and serve the food and manage the finances for the truck operations — just about everything but actually drive the truck.Students who are enrolled in culinary programs at five San Diego Unified high schools — Morse, Hoover, Garfield, Mira Mesa and San Diego — will take turns running the food truck. They won’t provide daily food service but will provide food for district and school events, said Sarah...WW…

The floodwaters invaded a kindergarten classroom at Kempton Street Literacy Academy so suddenly and forcefully that staff could not open the door.So on Jan. 22, its principal Janet Josa came up with an emergency evacuation on the fly: She and school staff took out a window and hoisted kindergartners through it to get them to safety, said Clara Izadi Calabrase, coordinator of behavior intervention and supports for La Mesa-Spring Valley School District who helped with evacuation.“The water came higher than their heads, so it was one of those things where it happens very quickly, and you have...…The floodwaters invaded a kindergarten classroom at Kempton Street Literacy Academy so suddenly and forcefully that staff could not open the door.So on Jan. 22, its principal Janet Josa came up with an emergency evacuation on the fly: She and school staff took out a window and hoisted kindergartners through it to get them to safety, said Clara Izadi Calabrase, coordinator of behavior intervention and supports for La Mesa-Spring Valley School District who helped with evacuation.“The water came higher than their heads, so it was one of those things where it happens very quickly, and you have...WW…

Copyright © 2023, Del Mar Times | CA Notice of Collection News The San Dieguito Union High School District has settled a lawsuit filed last year over a controversial redistricting map that had caused turmoil in the district.The board voted 3-2 to approve the settlement during a closed-session meeting last month. The agreement grants $40,000 to the two plaintiffs, according to a copy obtained via a public record request. Board members Michael Allman, who had pushed heavily for the redistricting map, and Phan Anderson voted against approving it.The plaintiffs, San Dieguito residents Carol...…Copyright © 2023, Del Mar Times | CA Notice of Collection News The San Dieguito Union High School District has settled a lawsuit filed last year over a controversial redistricting map that had caused turmoil in the district.The board voted 3-2 to approve the settlement during a closed-session meeting last month. The agreement grants $40,000 to the two plaintiffs, according to a copy obtained via a public record request. Board members Michael Allman, who had pushed heavily for the redistricting map, and Phan Anderson voted against approving it.The plaintiffs, San Dieguito residents Carol...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement San Diego Unified School District leaders will delay the physical reopening of schools this fall and instead start the school year with online learning for safety reasons, officials said, citing spikes in COVID-19 cases.The announcement represents a setback in San Diego Unified’s intention to offer full-time, in-person learning to students this fall. “One fact is clear: those countries that have managed to safely reopen schools have done so with declining infection rates and on-demand testing available. California...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement San Diego Unified School District leaders will delay the physical reopening of schools this fall and instead start the school year with online learning for safety reasons, officials said, citing spikes in COVID-19 cases.The announcement represents a setback in San Diego Unified’s intention to offer full-time, in-person learning to students this fall. “One fact is clear: those countries that have managed to safely reopen schools have done so with declining infection rates and on-demand testing available. California...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A conservative group that has fought California’s stay-at-home orders is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom for his order to in counties with high rates of COVID-19. announced Tuesday by The Center for American Liberty is aimed at halting Newsom’s order announced Friday that forbids all public and private schools from reopening for in-person learning in counties on the state’s COVID-19 until those counties meet certain criteria.San Diego County is on the state’s watch list. The order requires those schools to provide for...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A conservative group that has fought California’s stay-at-home orders is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom for his order to in counties with high rates of COVID-19. announced Tuesday by The Center for American Liberty is aimed at halting Newsom’s order announced Friday that forbids all public and private schools from reopening for in-person learning in counties on the state’s COVID-19 until those counties meet certain criteria.San Diego County is on the state’s watch list. The order requires those schools to provide for...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | Breaking News AdvertisementAdvertisement Amid changing school reopening guidance and delays in getting COVID-19 vaccines to school staff, San Diego Unified is expected to release a new reopening timeline and other details of a revised reopening plan at its school board meeting Tuesday.The meeting will be broadcast online at 5 p.m. on the district’s and on ITV Channel 16.District staff will explain San Diego Unified’s path to reopening and next steps. The district also will report on student attendance during distance learning and...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | Breaking News AdvertisementAdvertisement Amid changing school reopening guidance and delays in getting COVID-19 vaccines to school staff, San Diego Unified is expected to release a new reopening timeline and other details of a revised reopening plan at its school board meeting Tuesday.The meeting will be broadcast online at 5 p.m. on the district’s and on ITV Channel 16.District staff will explain San Diego Unified’s path to reopening and next steps. The district also will report on student attendance during distance learning and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Don Dumas, a U.S. history teacher at Bonita Vista High School, has decided he will not fail students during the pandemic.Some of his students have lost an aunt, uncle or grandparent to COVID-19, he said. Others are “essential workers,” working extra hours at grocery and fast food jobs because their parents have lost income during the pandemic.Sweetwater schools are closed, with most students learning online from home, because of high COVID-19 levels in South County. Advertisement“Kids have so much to concern...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Don Dumas, a U.S. history teacher at Bonita Vista High School, has decided he will not fail students during the pandemic.Some of his students have lost an aunt, uncle or grandparent to COVID-19, he said. Others are “essential workers,” working extra hours at grocery and fast food jobs because their parents have lost income during the pandemic.Sweetwater schools are closed, with most students learning online from home, because of high COVID-19 levels in South County. Advertisement“Kids have so much to concern...WW…