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In the eyes of San Diego state assembly candidate Shane Parmely, a public school teacher, charter schools are a drain on the education system, siphoning dollars from neighborhood schools.
To some of her opponents including fellow Democrat Aeiramique Glass and Republican Marco Contreras charter schools represent educational options, and choice is important to student success.
While some campaign issues split clearly along party lines, school reform and charter schools don’t. The five 79th Assembly District candidates’ views on schools and education policy reveal sharply differing opinions.
In addition to Parmely, Glass and Contreras, also running are Democrats Leticia Munguia, a community and labor organizer, and Akilah Weber, an obstetrician/gynecologist and La Mesa Councilwoman who is former Assemblywoman Shirley Weber’s daughter.
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San Diegans are clamoring for an end to the now year-old lockdown restriction as coronavirus cases taper off. Still, public health officials have urged restraint as teachers, restaurant workers and others get vaccinated.
That process isn’t moving fast enough for parents, politicians and others who gathered for back-to-back rallies at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego on Saturday to demand all schools reopen for in-person instruction immediately and Gov. Gavin Newsom be ousted from power.
Several hundred people showed up, many toting American flags and wearing Trump hats and T-shirts, trappings common to most events during the last year that protested the coronavirus lockdown orders.
SCRIPPS RANCH (KUSI) – In a recent win for San Diego youth athletes, the state has allowed certain sports to pick up where they left off when the pandemic shuttered children indoors.
The California Department of Pubic Health released a statement allowing for immediate family members socially distanced and masked up to attend games.
But the San Diego Unified School District can impose additional guidance, which in this case, was that no fans were allowed to watch from the stands.
Brian Stoney, parent of Scripps Ranch High School football player, Dylan Stoney, joined KUSI to discuss the situation.
The following Tuesday, County Supervisor Jim Desmond voiced his concerns over SDUSD not allowing parents to attend games.