Increasing student achievment is School Board’s top priority
By James R. Riffel/San Diego News Network
The Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District Tuesday night established six priorities around which to build a 2010-11 budget, and ordered staff to determine how much the package will cost. The list was narrowed from 15 priorities proposed last week for divvying up the general fund of about $1 billion. The original group was 14, but staff split one into two separate items. The top priorities range from the general, such as having a broad curriculum that includes activities outside the classroom, to the specific, like not increasing class sizes. The others were raising the achievement levels of all students, the top vote-getter; allowing diversity, integration and choice; providing a safe and supportive environment, and creating a high-tech 21st Century learning environment. (more...)