La Jolla public schools have 97% attendance rate, higher than SDUSD average
Torrey Pines Elementary School Principal Nona Richard says all students have access to the same “rigorous curriculum.”
(Elisabeth Frausto)
Cluster Association also hears district’s plans for a ‘digital academy’ for online students next school year and its summer program ‘for anybody.’
May 24, 2021 4:34 PM PT
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The five San Diego Unified School District schools that make up the La Jolla Cluster are reporting attendance rates higher than the district average, according to SDUSD Area 5 Superintendent Mitzi Merino.
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district attendance rate is 93 percent; La Jolla Cluster attendance is at 97 percent for both hybrid in-person/online instruction and online-only learning, Merino said at the La Jolla Cluster Association’s May 20 meeting.
Representatives of the La Jolla Cluster Association, which contains the five La Jolla campuses in the San Diego Unified School District, heard details about the district’s adoption of restorative justice practices at the association’s May 20 meeting, the final one this school year.
La Jolla Cluster parents protest continued school closures
Parents and students from the five La Jolla Cluster schools protest ongoing San Diego Unified School District closures Feb. 18 outside Bird Rock Elementary.
(Elisabeth Frausto)
La Jolla parents and students gather outside Bird Rock Elementary School to protest ongoing school closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Includes video)
Feb. 18, 2021 1:13 PM PT
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A large crowd of La Jolla parents and students gathered outside Bird Rock Elementary School the morning of Feb. 18 to protest ongoing school closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The parents, whose children attend the five San Diego Unified School District sites in La Jolla, said they are frustrated that schools remain closed to regular in-person instruction without a firm date or criteria for reopening.