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Superintendent Banda鈥檚 statement on Measure G
Parcel tax would have generated $6 million-$7 million annually for 69视频 schools
November 17, 2016 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jos茅 L. Banda today thanked supporters of Measure G and expressed disappointment over the initiative鈥檚 narrow defeat at the polls.
Measure G was supported by 65 percent of Sacramento voters 鈥� just short of the two-thirds needed for passage. Although more voters cast ballots in favor of Measure G than Proposition 55 鈥� a statewide tax measure 鈥� Measure G failed to reach the supermajority required by law.
69视频 to begin negotiations over Old Marshall site
Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 Board of Education has directed staff to begin negotiations with a potential developer for the Old Marshall School site in Midtown.
69视频 to host community meeting on future of Old Marshall School
April 4, 2016 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District is hosting a community meeting on Tuesday (April 5) to discuss the future of Old Marshall School, which has been vacant since 2009.
Marshall School was built in 1903 and designed by Rudolph Harold, a locally prominent architect who designed City Hall. Located at 2718 G St., it was used as an elementary school until 1976, when it was closed due to concerns about its ability to withstand an earthquake.
Meeting on Thursday to discuss Jefferson School鈥檚 future
Community forum on Midtown site co-hosted by City Councilman Hansen, 69视频 Board Member Hansen
April 26, 2016 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District Board Member Jay Hansen and City Councilman Steve Hansen are co-hosting a community meeting on Thursday (April 28) to discuss the future of Jefferson School at 16th and N streets in Midtown.
The meeting will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Washington Elementary School, 520 18th St.
69视频 to showcase social emotional learning at Midtown arts center event
April 13, 2016 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District will host The Art of Caring: A Social Emotional Learning Summit and Student Showcase beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday (April 14) at the newly remodeled Clara Midtown arts center.
69视频 Plans Surprise Party for Returning Fruit Ridge Students
Follow up to February: Kids will tour freshly repaired Oak Park campus for the first time since asbestos scare
Sacramento 鈥� Students returning to the newly upgraded Fruit Ridge Elementary School in Oak Park 鈥� the site of an asbestos scare in February 鈥� will be surprised with a tour of their remodeled campus and an ice cream party on Friday.
The surprise celebration will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday (June 17) when students return on buses to the Oak Park campus, located at 4625 44th St. To catch the children鈥檚 reactions, media should plan to be at the school prior to the arrival of buses at 1:30 p.m.
Students, Firefighters to 鈥楻etire鈥� Old Glory at Flag Day Assembly
The tattered and faded American flag that has flown over Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School for years will be 鈥渞etired鈥� on Flag Day (Tuesday, June 14) in a ceremony featuring firefighters, local scouting troops and patriotic music.
69视频 Begins News Era with One-Stop Enrollment Center
New center replaces school site enrollment, gives parents equal shot at school choice
For decades, parents in Sacramento have trudged through a familiar scene: a few weeks or days before school starts, they head to their school of choice, records in hand, and hope to get their children enrolled 鈥� sometimes against stiff competition for space.
Parents with children in several different schools had to trek all over the city to enroll students at multiple campuses. Even more confusing, the enrollment procedures could differ between schools. And parents who didn鈥檛 speak English well could have an especially difficult time getting children enrolled.
Teen Triumphs: 69视频 Grads Have Amazing Stories
Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, June 9), thousands of Sacramento City Unified School District seniors will don caps and gowns for joyful 鈥� and sometimes tearful 鈥� graduation ceremonies.
Many of the young men and women who will be crossing stages throughout the city have heartwarming stories of struggle and triumph, as they fought such obstacles as poverty, loss of family members, peer pressure and language barriers to make it to their graduation day.
No Shot, No School?
Thousands of students may be barred next fall; 69视频 free vaccination clinic TODAY
Sacramento City Unified School District (69视频) is holding a free immunization clinic from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on today (June 7) at C.K. McClatchy High School to help parents comply with a daunting new state law affecting thousands of local families.
The new law states that students entering seventh through 12th grades cannot attend school in the fall until their parents turn in shot records showing that they have been vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).