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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 percentage of positive tests. “The district strongly desires for all students who wish to return for in-p...

There was some heated finger pointing of blame at tonight's meeting. "All of a sudden the judge wrote a letter to the state objecting to it and then all of a sudden the state sends this veiled threat," Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price said in an interview after the meeting. "Commissioner Koch with all due respect rather than you trying to guess what's okay with the state you got us in the situation we are in tonight," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said during the meeting. "Your dealings with the state up to this point has been quite disingenuous," Dallas County Commissioner J.J....

Updated on December 22, 2020 at 2:17 pm Kitchen Dog Theater When Terry Loftis looks back at the arts community in 2020, three words come to mind: inspiring, endurance and optimism. Loftis, the President and Executive Director of The Arts Community Alliance (TACA), announced $200,500 in grants to 30 Dallas arts organizations persevering through the coronavirus pandemic. 2020 is Loftis’ first calendar year to serve as TACA’s president and executive director. When he officially took over the job in late 2019, his goals included making TACA relevant, putting the arts advocacy group in a posit...

San Dieguito teachers go to court to prevent district from reopening during worst of pandemic Mila Bowman, left, and Ema Nastic, both 17, last Thursday protested San Dieguito Union High School District’s plans to reopen for instruction next month. (Bill Wechter) Lawsuit says San Dieguito district is violating state rules over reopening during while county remains in purple tier In the court petition filed Friday, Dec. 18, the union says the district’s plan violates state rules because the state forbids schools from reopening if they did not reopen before the county fell into the m...

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. Al...