Soon to be a sixth-grade student, Antonella Rebecca Aurora Smith is days away from starting a new chapter in her life. Amid summer camps and back-to-school shopping, Smith (who goes by the name Ara) is about to start middle school on Monday, Aug. 18. At 11, Ara literally carries her future in her hands, a […]
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Coronado Unified plans to outline budget solutions
In the face of a $2 million budget shortfall, Coronado Unified School District trustees have vowed to make up the deficit with funding cuts and revenue increases. But they won’t say how all of that is going to happen until this fall. At the last regular school board meeting on June 18, Coronado Unified trustees […]
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Class of 2025 celebrates graduation – and looks to the future
Hearty cheers and hollers ignited at the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” at Niedermeyer Field the evening of June 12, celebrating the Coronado High School class of 2025 as they walked into their graduation ceremony. Logos of local and out-of-state universities, inspirational quotes and other personal designs decorated the caps of the more than 250 […]
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Valedictorian Jaya Jost aims to discover a cure for cancer
Jaya Jost was overwhelmed with joy and relief when she learned she had been admitted to her dream school. “I went into my room and I closed my doors and I didn’t tell anyone I was opening the portal and then I opened it,” said Jost, describing the moment she learned about her admission to […]
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Salutatorian Dylan Nasori hones future plans on treating cancer
Dylan Nasori learned he was the 2025 Coronado High School salutatorian over a phone call during a field trip to the San Diego Zoo with his Advanced Placement Environmental Science class. “It’s definitely very exciting,” he said about the recognition. Nasori, 17, will attend UC Berkeley for bio-engineering following a high school immersion in academics, […]
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CUSD will vote on a policy allowing 9th graders off campus
The Coronado Unified School District is considering allowing freshmen to leave campus during lunchtime beginning next year. On June 18, the governing board will vote on changes to its open-campus policy, which was last adopted and reviewed in 2018, and currently permits sophomores, juniors and seniors at Coronado High School to leave campus during lunch. […]
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CUSD to identify budget solutions for a $2.1M deficit in 2026-27
The Coronado Unified School District will revise its 2025-26 budget in order to make $2.1 million in cuts. The amended budget will be presented in June. During the regular board meeting in May, Deputy Superintendent Donnie Salamanca brought forth a letter from the San Diego County Office of Education, directing the district to make the […]
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Coronado school leaders will still sue Veolia amid questions of transparency
At a special Coronado Unified School District board meeting on April 9, trustees decided to continue their litigation against Veolia North America – a court action that has since sparked controversy about how and why public school leaders initiated the lawsuit. District President Alexia Palacios-Peters said the board vote was 3-2, with trustees Renee Cavanaugh, […]
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Coronado Unified reports on its student discipline guidelines
Coronado Middle School has the highest number of suspensions in the city’s Unified School District, on par with the statewide average. That number more than doubled in the last five years with 3.4% of students suspended at least one day in the 2023-2024 school year compared to a 3.2% statewide average. Looking at the district […]
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CUSD approves academic calendars for the next two years
The Coronado Unified School District governing board adopted tentative district calendars for the next two years that would mean classes start earlier in August and end earlier than in the past. The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 18, in the approved 2025-26 school year calendar, with school ending on Thursday, June 4. The […]
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Students at Sacred Heart Parish School participate in science and engineering fair
For the past six weeks, 84 middle schoolers at Sacred Heart Parish School have been investing their time, energy and creativity into projects that went on display at the science and engineering fair on Feb. 26. In a room filled with posters, replicas, models, artwork and experiments, each project tapped into life skills that went […]
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Coronado Unified adopts revised heat day release protocols
A committee of district employees, students and parents is proposing changes in the calendar for Coronado public schools, aimed at addressing final exams scheduling for high school students, but concerns about heat-day events prevail. At the Feb. 20 school board meeting, committee members urged CUSD trustees to consider starting classes for the 2025-26 year on […]
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CUSD approves salary increases for classified, management and unrepresented employees
Classified employees of Coronado Unified School District will receive a 5% salary increase following contract agreements the board approved for the 2024-25 school year. Classified employees, represented by the California School Employees Association, will see a 4% salary increase retroactive to July 1. According to a district document, there will be an additional 1% increase […]
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Coronado High School writing competition celebrates creativity
Coronado High School sophomore Sierra Burton took first place in the Coronado High School creative writing club’s sixth annual short story competition. The contest is open to all high school students and provides an opportunity to celebrate talented writers outside of a classroom assignment. The instructions for the competition were to write a story in […]
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New technology to map Coronado schools
Guardian Vision Solutions, an organization that equips first responders with maps to expedite emergency rescues, is partnering with the district to do pro bono work that will map schools in the district using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to help prevent, respond to, and recover from threats. This decision was announced at the Dec. 13 […]
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Rates will increase at swimming complex
In the school board meeting on Dec. 13, the board approved rate increases for public use of the swimming area at Coronado High School. The fees will rise according to four tiers of criteria, with a 20% fee increase to the winter rate of the instructional pool. Deputy Superintendent Donnie Salamanca said the Brian Bent […]