La Jolla Cluster Association Update
- Community Education Committee is launching a speaker series. To date, three events are scheduled: A March 22nd screening of the documentary film, “Race to Nowhere,” to be followed by a panel discussion, and the April 26th presentation by Lynn O'Shaughnessy, local author of the Amazon bestseller, “The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price.” Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods (richardlouv.com), will speak on May 17th. All three events begin at 6:30 pm at Parker Auditorium, LJHS. The committee is looking for individuals and companies that would like to sponsor our community education events. To learn more, please contact Sharon Jones at sharonlj@san.rr.com.
- Finance Committee - After meeting with board member Scott Barnett and district operations officer Phil Stover in October, the LJCA board decided not to facilitate a community-wide meeting about district finances. The financial picture continues to change quickly, with budget numbers and board decisions changing weekly. For this reason, the LJCA board chose to instead link published articles to our site to help keep our community informed.
- Intra-Cluster Activities Committee – Teachers from all three LJ elementary sites will be working and meeting together in January 2012 to begin shared professional development for next year’s changes related to math curriculum standards. Thank you Girard Gourmet for giving us a discounted rate so we could provide a nice lunch to our educators.
- School site foundation leaders and principals from grades K-8 recently met to share information and plan for 2012-13.
- District Relations Committee – Complying with San Diego Unified Board’s implementation of a “Community Based Education Reform Model,” LJCA has been surveying and meeting with teachers, administrators, and staff in order to develop a document which would potentially become a partnership agreement between the La Jolla Cluster of schools and the district.
- Technology Committee – Technology teachers from each of the sites met at 4:15 p.m. January 9 at the Muirlands Middle School library and discussed current challenges, ideas, equipment, and coordination among schools.
- Safety/Transportation Committee - The La Jolla Y is offering transportation to Muirlands Middle School and La Jolla High School beginning Jan 30th (minimum amount of students needed.) A certified school bus driver and Y staff member will assist in the safe transportation of the students. Please fill out the document and hand-in directly to the YMCA (forms can also be found at the YMCA front desk.) Contact Jen Rivieccio at (858) 453-3483, ext. 145 or jrivieccio@ymca.org for more information.
- Be sure to check our Press Room page to stay updated on important educational and SDUSD issues.
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