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Ocean Beach Women Lead Fight Against Unfettered Technology in Schools
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (720+ words) As technology advances, it is injected into the educational curriculum for children. Naturally, many parents have questions, concerns, and convictions. A national coalition of parents and educators called Schools Beyond Screens is advocating for research and evidence-based guidelines to be…...
Point Loma High's Noel Pomerleau Named "High School Teacher of the Year'
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (371+ words) By Madison Beveridge / Point Loma-OB Monthly / June 11, 2026 Noel Pomerleau of Point Loma High School, the San Diego Unified School District's 2026 High School Teacher of the Year, teaches yoga, physical education and human body systems and has served in a variety…...
Ocean Beach Woman Helps to Lead Parent Push Back Against Too Much Screen Time in Class for Kids in SD Unified
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (643+ words) By Katie Anastas / KPBS / "May 28, 2026" On an April morning in downtown San Diego, Elizabeth Johnson and a half-dozen other parents with children in the San Diego Unified School District gathered to protest. Johnson stuck letters onto a piece of cardstock…...
Students at Correia Middle School Win Awards for Their Documentaries on the Declaration of Independence
2+ week, 1+ day ago (462+ words) by Dave Schwab / Peninsula Beacon " Times of San Diego / May 27, 2026 C-SPAN, a public affairs network created in 1979 as a nonprofit public service, and Cox Communications run the annual Student Cam competition, which presents awards and recognizes winning students, grades 6-through…...
City Council to Ponder Library and Rec Center Cuts " Cabrillo Set to Close
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (343+ words) On April 27, the mayor sent a memo to the City Council laying out three options for cutting costs at libraries: Option 1 focuses on preserving hours in Districts 4, 8, and 9 (historically underserved communities), while cutting hours at 14 other branches. Six of these…...
Point Loma High School Principal Set to Retire
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (470+ words) by Scott Hopkins / Times of San Diego / April 29, 2026 There will be new leadership at Point Loma High next school year, after the current principal announced his early retirement. David Jaffe took the job with the school three years ago, succeeding…...
Trump's DOJ Investigating "Race' in Admissions at UC San Diego Medical School and Two Others
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (418+ words) The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities. The Justice Department opened the investigations Wednesday into possible discrimination at the medical schools…...
It's the 14th Annual "Skate for the Kids' Fundraiser for OB Elementary " March 15 " at Robb Field Skate Park
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (245+ words) Ocean Beach Surf & Skate Shop and Ocean Beach Elementary PTA are teaming to hold the 14th annual Skate for the Kids fundraiser on March 15 at Robb Field Skate Park. All proceeds from the event will go to the school's PTA to…...
UCSD Continues to Exclude Public and Its Students From 1000-Acre Coastal Reserve in Rich Neighborhood
4+ mon, 17+ hour ago (1118+ words) By Quinn Welsch / Courthouse News Service / January 30, 2026 For Ghalia Mohder, "the Knoll" is more than just a tall mesa overlooking the view at Scripps Coastal Reserve along the San Diego coastline. Mohder said that she first discovered the Knoll " and…...
As a Principal I Would Rather Join than Suspend
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (309+ words) Say what? Students are facing being suspended from school for standing up| against ICE's muggings and cold-blooded killings of citizens? Based on what? Doing the right thing? I mean if I was still a principal of a school and my…...