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At the end of a marathon 10-hour school board meeting, held Feb. 17 and ending at nearly 1 a.m. on Feb. 18, San Dieguito Union High School District trustees put aside earlier contentiousness and came together, more or less, to address the over-crowding at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas.

A proposed board policy change that would ban Critical Race Theory in the San Dieguito Union School District was removed from the board’s agenda on Oct. 14 in a 4-0 vote.

The San Dieguito Union High School District board approved the contract for its new superintendent, Cheryl James-Ward, at its Oct. 14 meeting.

The San Dieguito Union High School District board ratified the contract for Interim Superintendent Lucile Lynch and has began the process of looking for its next leader.

January 28, 2021 A lawsuit has been dropped against four former employees of a Howell-based restaurant group. Adam Merkel owns Diamonds, Cello, and the Silver Pig in downtown Howell, as well as a Royal Oak venture. In May of last year, he filed a lawsuit against four former employees for defamation and comments they made on social media concerning how his restaurants handled the COVID-19 shutdown. The suit, which had sought a minimum of $25,000 in damages, was dismissed e...

San Dieguito resolves to open when county moves to red tier A teacher workstation at La Costa Canyon High School. (Courtesy) The San Dieguito Union High School District believes they are prepared to safely bring students back when the county is out of the purple tier. For San Dieguito schools to reopen for in-person learning, the county must be in the state’s red tier for five consecutive days. Currently the county is “deep into purple” due to COVID-19 case numbers and the percent...

Student group advocates for diversity, multiculturalism in SDUHSD schools Diversify Our Narrative student representatives from SDUHSD presented to the SDUHSD board on Jan. 14. (Courtesy) Print The local chapter of Diversify Our Narrative, a national student-led organization, has ambitious goals to make meaningful changes within their schools to promote diversity, inclusion and educational equity. The San Dieguito Union High School District students in Diversify Our Narrative (DON) hope ...

Students in the San Dieguito Union High School District will be returning to one-day-a-week instruction on Jan. 4 following the winter break. On Dec. 15, the board voted 3-2 in favor of a resolution that targets an expanded reopening to full-time, five-day-a-week school by the first day of the third quarter on Jan. 27. At each school site, students have been asked to commit to coming to school one day a week or to remain in distance learning: 42% of students have opted in to return for one day ...

San Dieguito school board approves expanded reopening New trustee Michael Allman addresses the board on Dec. 15. (Karen Billing) Print The San Dieguito Union High School District board voted 3-2 in favor of a resolution that expands school reopening at the beginning of the third quarter in January, a resolution drafted by new board trustee Michael Allman. The vote came at close to 11 p.m. on Dec. 15, after a nearly six-hour-long meeting with new President Mo Muir, Vice President Meliss...