Major construction and renovation projects are underway as MiraCosta College’s fall semester approaches, with new buildings and significant upgrades to the Oceanside campus set for completion in the next two years.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside was awarded a $50,000 grant from Genentech Inc. to support the club’s STREAM (Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Arts, and Math) program.
We don’t give our kids enough credit. Give them the chance to learn our country’s history, which is both inspirational and disturbing, and have faith that they can be critical thinkers who can be empowered to participate fully and intelligently in shaping America’s future. Students want this, teachers want this, and communities need this.
As we move into summer, where policies about flying Pride and other flags will be developed and debated, I fully expect that the final Carlsbad Unified School District policy will prohibit all flags except the U.S. and California flags. I hope I’m proven wrong.
Students at Carlsbad and Sage Creek high schools in Carlsbad walked out of their classes on Tuesday, May 30, in protest of controversial comments attributed to a vice principal and a recent decision by the City Council that they saw as biased against the LGBTQ+ community.
The Changing Tides Foundation announced recently that the city of Encinitas has awarded the local nonprofit a $5,000 grant to support its Women’s Outreach Mentorship Program, a surfing-based educational program for underserved girls in San Diego County.
When a governing body chooses someone who aligns most closely with their own and their superintendent’s personal priorities, but who doesn’t necessarily reflect the concerns of constituents, it is a tainted appointment.
The San Dieguito Union High School District is hiring a new superintendent, Anne Staffieri, who has deep local ties, the Board of Trustees announced May 10.
Coastal North San Diego County high school journalism programs provide more than just a means for students to share campus news. It’s also inspiring them to look at bigger issues, analyzing how they affect their lives and their greater community while encouraging their peers to do the same.
No one can deny that students need, now more than ever, a place of learning where acceptance of the “other” can be advanced and where under-represented student populations can learn about their own histories with pride and dignity. It’s how to apply those worthy objectives is where it gets tricky.
