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 […]
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Renee Cavanaugh continues to lead school board race, Shawnee Barton Merriman concedes
As of 6 p.m. on Saturday night, Renee Cavanaugh, a retired educator who is the only incumbent seeking reelection, was leading the four Unified School District candidates at 31.34%, with Fitzhugh Lee, a retired naval aviator, trailing closely behind at 29.45%. Bill Sandke, a former Coronado council member, was in third with 22.2% of the […]
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Coronado High School student wins award in film competition
Lilia Spiegel, a student at the Coronado School of the Arts, has won an award of recognition from “The Best Shorts Film Competition.” The award was given for Spiegel’s documentary film, “Low Tech Friend,” which illuminates friendship around the world in the age of social media. “I am so honored to be recognized by […]
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Coronado Unified reports district excels across English, Math and Science
Coronado Unified leaders said they are reviewing safety policies in the aftermath of a recent missing-child incident. “Changes are happening immediately,” board President Alexia Palacios-Peters said. “This is not something that is being pushed to later, it’s happening now because this absolutely cannot happen. We will continue to have discussions about that and do everything […]
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Campaign finance reports for Coronado school board candidates
Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly characterized the contributions made to Shawnee Barton Merriman from nonprofit leaders. The second contribution from a separate nonprofit leader is not the second largest contribution to her campaign, but rather among the largest out-of-state contributions. After school board races conclude in a few weeks, two trustees will […]