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 […]
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Elected school board trustees take office
As a result of elections last month, Renee Cavanaugh and Fitzhugh Lee are the newly elected Coronado Unified School District trustees. Before the Dec. 13 school board meeting, Superintendent Karl Mueller administered oaths for Cavanaugh, a returning trustee and former CUSD educator, and Lee, a first-time school board member. The board voted to keep trustee […]
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Coronado students show higher college and career readiness
Local high school students showed mixed results in recent evaluations of academic achievement, according to a report presented at the Coronado Unified School District. High School Principal Karin Mellina said students significantly improved their scores for college and career readiness, but recorded substantially lower scores in a state assessment of student performance. In a report […]
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State university guarantees Coronado Unified student admits
College application submissions are around the corner and over a dozen Coronado students graduating this spring are taking advantage of a program to secure a spot at a local university campus. Coronado Unified School District and California State University, San Marcos, a public university in San Diego’s North County, approved an agreement last school year […]
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Agreement reached between Coronado Unified and teachers union
An eight-month-long process of contract negotiations between the Coronado Unified School District and the Association of Coronado Teachers came to a close after the two parties reached agreement on a 4% salary increase for teachers. The union’s initial demand for 10% more pay was rejected by the district as it faces substantial budget shortfalls, which […]
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Renee Cavanaugh and Fitzhugh Lee leading in school board race
Unofficial election results this week show Renee Cavanaugh and Fitzhugh Lee significantly leading in polls for the two open Coronado Unified School District trustee seats. Cavanaugh, a retired educator who is the only incumbent seeking reelection, and Lee, a retired naval aviator and CUSD parent, had each garnered more than 3,900 votes as of Nov. […]
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A salute to veterans in the Coronado community
Smiles decorated the faces of Coronado Middle School students as U.S. veterans and current service members paraded through a “Line of Gratitude” procession the Thursday before Veteran’s Day, surrounded by small American Flags waved in the air. The procession – mostly parents of the schoolchildren – was part of a larger celebration that featured speeches […]