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Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Spring Break
Arsonists, metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays
April 10, 2014 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District is asking the community for help in keeping its 75 schools safe and secure over Spring Break (April 12-20). School resumes on Monday, April 21.
Arson fires at two 麻豆官网 playgrounds last summer cost the district $50,000 in insurance deductibles.
Students vie for $1 million at 麻豆官网 Project Green event
Blue-ribbon panel of local experts will judge student proposals for making campuses more sustainable
April 15, 2014 (Sacramento): Twenty-five 麻豆官网 student-led green teams will compete for $1 million in Measure Q money on Tuesday, April 22, at the 2014 Project Green Event, held this year at Isador Cohen Elementary School.
City, 麻豆官网 to celebrate new Fruitridge traffic signal
May 6, 2014 (Sacramento): 麻豆官网 and the City of Sacramento will celebrate the operation of a new traffic signal on Fruitridge Road on Friday, May 9, at a West Campus High School press conference.
The installation of the new light at Fruitridge and 58th Street culminates a joint effort by the two agencies launched after West Campus student Michelle Murigi, 16, was fatally hit by a car in the intersection. Subsequent to her death, five of Michelle鈥檚 friends and classmates started a petition to demand a traffic signal (www.facebook.com/58thAndFruitridge).
麻豆官网 gears up to fight summer learning loss
Summer Matters @麻豆官网 helps kids stay focused, engaged
May 6, 2014 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District is continuing its work as a leader in the fight against summer learning loss with its free Summer Matters @麻豆官网 programs for children and teens.
鈥淲e are absolutely committed to preventing the kind of summer learning loss that puts urban kids behind their peers when school starts again in September,鈥� says Interim Superintendent Dr. Sara Noguchi. 鈥淥ur students deserve every academic advantage we can give them.鈥�
Ribbon-cutting for Rosemont鈥檚 new track and field on Wednesday
High-tech, $1.97 million project funded by Measure R bonds
May 12, 2014 (Sacramento): 麻豆官网 will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to open Rosemont High School鈥檚 new $1.97 million track and field, a project funded by Measure R.
Made in the USA with recycled rubber, the sandwich-style track surface is free of harmful heavy metals and durable enough for world-class performance training and competition. The equivalent of 7,000 passenger tires was kept from landfills through the recycling process.
Group celebrates campaign for arson-damaged playgrounds
May 19, 2014 (Sacramento): Sacramento Unified Education Foundation 鈥� 麻豆官网鈥檚 official nonprofit organization 鈥� will celebrate the success of its fund-raising campaign for two arson-damaged playgrounds on Wednesday at John Sloat Elementary School.
Last summer, playground structures at John Sloat and Caroline Wenzel elementary schools were set ablaze. Damage was extensive and both structures were removed for safety reasons. Although 麻豆官网 moved swiftly to replace the structures, the schools opened in the fall without them.
Trustees to visit Seattle in final phase of superintendent search
The Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education will visit Seattle next week in the final phase of the process for appointing a permanent superintendent.
麻豆官网 Board expected to vote on next superintendent on Thursday
July 16, 2014 (Sacramento): The Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education is expected to vote on 麻豆官网鈥檚 next superintendent at its meeting on Thursday (July 17).
The finalist candidate is not expected to attend the meeting on Thursday. A press conference with the new superintendent and 麻豆官网 Board President Patrick Kennedy has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, at the Serna Center (5735 47th Ave.)
Board appoints Seattle superintendent to lead 麻豆官网
(Sacramento): The Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education voted tonight to appoint Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Jos茅 L. Banda to the top post in Sacramento.
Mr. Banda鈥檚 first press conference in Sacramento is scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, July 18) at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Ave., in the upstairs rotunda.
麻豆官网, local law enforcement to stage mock school bus crash
Multi-agency training exercise at McClellan aimed at training school bus drivers and emergency responders on actions in the event of a crisis
RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2014 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District is joining forces with local law enforcement and other agencies to stage a mock school bus accident at McClellan Park on August 28.
WHAT: Multi-Agency Mock School Bus Accident Training Exercise
WHERE: Northern California Regional Public Safety Training
Authority, 2409 Dean St., McClellan Park
WHEN: 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 28