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 a week at Torrey Pines High School and 56% of students will return at La Costa Canyon. At the academies, new classes start at the beginning of the third quarter so more students have opted to finish their current classes online. On Jan. 4, 31.28% of Canyon Crest Academy students have decided to come back one day a week and 39.3% of students will return at San Dieguito Academy.
New San Dieguito board member Allman proposes governance changes
New San Dieguito Union High School District trustee Michael Allman joined the board on Dec. 15 bringing with him many ideas for changes meant to improve board governance. At his first meeting, he brought forward three agenda items including hiring a new board attorney, a transition to Rosenberg’s Rule of Order for how meetings are run, as well as his expanded school reopening resolution that passed 3-2.
New trustee Katrina Young had requested to pull all of Allman’s items from the agenda but she was not seconded.
Allman said he would like an attorney at every board meeting to provide expert legal advice to the board and to act as a parliamentarian to ensure the board follows procedure. At the meeting, he presented the board with a letter of engagement from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch to represent the district from attorney John Lemmo. Allman said Lemmo was recommended to him by constituents and
Students are set to head back to campus on Jan. 27. Author: Amanda Shotsky (Reporter) Updated: 6:45 AM PST December 18, 2020
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Some students in the San Dieguito Union High School District are pushing back against a plan to re-open.
Students say the district s plan doesn t go far enough to keep everyone safe and would require teachers to be back on campus five days a week by the end of next month.
On Thursday, the students held a protest at Earl Warren Middle School, gathering outside a closed-door meeting hoping that the board would hear their cries.
This week the board voted 3-2 to resume on-campus instruction starting with one day a week on January 4 and an option to go five days a week by January 27. Teachers would be required to be on campus.
San Dieguito school board approves expanded reopening
New trustee Michael Allman addresses the board on Dec. 15.
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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 Melisse Mossy and Allman voting in favor.
The resolution states: “Unless specifically ordered otherwise by an applicable public health order issued directly to the district by the county or state, the Governing Board determines and directs that all district schools should be open for on-campus instruction for all students who desire to participate on a full-time basis beginning on the first day of the third quarter of the school year, January 27, 2021.”
Some said January 4 is too soon to return to in-person learning. Author: Shannon Handy (Reporter) Updated: 6:01 PM PST December 14, 2020
ENCINITAS, Calif. Teachers and parents in the San Dieguito Union High School District are speaking out against plans to welcome all students back onto campuses in a hybrid model starting January 4, 2021.
Right now, only a very small percentage of the district s neediest students have been allowed inside classrooms. On January 4, all of the district s 13,000 students will have the option to come back at least one day a week.
It s a plan some are calling rushed and unsafe. It just doesn t make sense and isn t worth the risk, said Adam Fischer.