North County school districts adjust to coronavirus challenges
Chase Spear
March 20, 2020
Due to the potential health hazard imposed by the COVID-19 coronavirus, K-12 school districts across San Diego County — including those in North County — have closed their campuses.
North County colleges’ coronavirus reality: Remote classes, canceled graduations
Chase Spear
March 18, 2020
As the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to grow, North San Diego County colleges have enacted precautionary changes to their campus operations.
U-Haul offers help to students during coronavirus outbreak
North Coast Current
March 13, 2020
U-Haul announced March 12 that it’s offering 30 days of free self-storage at its sites as San Diego area universities and community colleges scale back campus operations and move classes online during the coronavirus outbreak.
Sunset High School in Encinitas to keep its name, trustees decide
Roman S. Koenig
February 28, 2020
The sun will not set on the longtime name of an Encinitas alternative high school after a vote by district trustees Thursday, Feb. 27. There will be some updates, however, according to San Dieguito district officials.
Cardiff school legal fight at crossroads in wake of tentative settlement
Bella Ross
February 21, 2020
Both parties in the lawsuit regarding a Cardiff Elementary School remodel reached a tentative settlement agreement last month, potentially bringing an end to the months-long quarrel over the legality of the project.
EDITORIAL: Sunset High School in Encinitas deserves better than fluff
North Coast Current
January 31, 2020
For decades, students have been helped along their life paths thanks to Sunset High School, a continuation campus in the San Dieguito Union High School District. Teens at the Encinitas school didn’t necessarily expect any fluff treatment, nor did educators expect to give it. Fluff treatment is what the school is getting, however, with its administration’s call for a new name.
OPINION: The kids aren’t all right; neither are the parents; here’s why
Cardiff Students First Alliance
January 24, 2020
There is a growing number of parents who “aren’t alright” about the Cardiff School project being hijacked by a small number of nearby “not in my backyard” residents who have the luxury of time and money to partake in the sport of litigation.
Campus selection set to start for San Dieguito district high schools
North Coast Current
January 20, 2020
The San Dieguito Union High School District offers several information nights in February to help families decide campuses for their children to attend in the 2020-21 school year, the district recently announced.
EDITORIAL: Cardiff’s kids are all right, but what about the adults?
North Coast Current
January 4, 2020
In an ongoing dispute over the status of a park in the construction zone of Cardiff Elementary School, vile posters and banners chastising a local woman for her supposed “hatred of children” have appeared. Cut the immaturity. Be a good example for the children of Cardiff.
CARLSBAD: Carols for Carlsbad highlights school music programs Dec. 7
November 30, 2019
CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad Educational Foundation invites residents to celebrate the music programs of the Carlsbad Unified School District at its annual Carols of Carlsbad event Saturday, Dec. 7, from 3 to 7 p.m. The event will be held at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa on the Plaza, 2100 Costa del Mar...
Encinitas food education group gets $375,000 Sprouts foundation grant
North Coast Current
October 9, 2019
Encinitas-based Sage Garden Project is among several nonprofits in the Southwest that have received donations from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, Sprouts announced Oct. 8. In addition, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito is the recipient of a Neighborhood Grant from the foundation.
Work begins on major addition to MiraCosta College’s Cardiff campus
Chase Spear
September 20, 2019
MiraCosta College announced last month that work is beginning on a new Student Services and Administration building at its San Elijo campus in Cardiff. The campus will host a groundbreaking for the $11.8 million project on Oct. 10.
