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Change in School Board Elections

New! Additional Informational Meetings

February 7 at 6:30 p.m. – Rincon Middle School, 925 Lehner Avenue, Escondido, 92026
February 8 at 6:30 p.m. – Hidden Valley Middle School, 2700 Reed Road, Escondido, 92027
February 15 at 6:30 p.m. – Del Dios Middle School, 1400 W. 9th Avenue, Escondido, 92025
February 16 at 6:30 p.m. – Mission Middle School, 939 E. Mission Avenue, Escondido, 92025
February 22 at 6:30 p.m. – Bear Valley Middle School, 3003 Bear Valley Parkway, Escondido, 92025

Child care will be provided.

View the Trustee Area Draft Maps
Comment on the School Board Election Process

This winter the Escondido Union School District’s Board of Education is moving towards changing the process by which school board members are elected. In order to ensure timely compliance with the California Voting Rights Act of 2001, the school board will be establishing by-region school board trustee elections. Instead of a singular at-large election across the city, the school district would be divided into five trustee areas. Voters in each established trustee area would then vote to elect a singular school board member. The five elected officials would then act as one board and represent the entire school district.

If approved, this would be implemented during the 2012 election cycle. Current school board seats would remain until current members’ terms expire. They then would be filled using the by-trustee regional process.

The following school board meetings are planned to discuss possible by-trustee regional boundaries. Interested parents and community members are invited to attend. The board will make a final decision on the by-trustee regional boundaries at the March 8 meeting.

November 29, 2011
December 8, 2012
January 12, 2012
February 9, 2012
February 23, 2012
March 8, 2012

Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. at at the Carilyn Gilbert Education Center, 2310 Aldergrove Ave., Escondido, 92029

Top Stories

Kindergator

Recently Bear Valley Middle School was privileged to welcome Brett Boone, former professional baseball player who played for the San Diego Padres at one time, and has won a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger
Award, plus being named to the All Star Team on more than one occasion. He spoke to students about the importance of a good education, teamwork, and character. The event supported the LA trimester action plan lesson “Jackie Robinson.”

MobLE

To kick off 2012, a panel of 21 college students representing 14 universities visited Mission Middle School 8th graders to talk about college. Many of the students in the panel are Grant Middle School alumni. The college students attend a variety of universities: Niagra University (New York), Binghamton University (New York), La Salle University (Pennsylvania), Quinnipiac University (Connecticut), University of Colorado at Boulder, Simpson University (CA), CSU Northridge, CSU San Marcos, CSU Long Beach, CSU East Bay, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, and University of Redlands. The college panel spent an entire day on our campus and gave six presentations. Their stories and advice were inspiring! We look forward to future college events like this to help motivate our students to reach for the stars!

In Bremerton, Washington, they are developing iPod-in-the-classroom programs modelled after EUSD's own iRead program. Read the whole story here.

Baseball Player Visits BVMS
College Panel at MMS
EUSD's iRead Serves as Model

School Board Focus Goals

2011-2012 School Board Focus Goals Adopted Goals

EUSD Focus (PDF; English and Spanish)

Goals with Measurable Outcomes (PDF)

Goals with Key Steps (PDF)

Principal Expectations (PDF)

2011-2012 Professional Development (PDF)

Important Links

On August 17, 2011, many district staff met at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido for an inspiring open to the new school year. Central was the underlying message: It Begins with Me. To see a glimpse of that morning and idea, watch this movie.

School Choice 2012-2013 Application Process

Application Notification will be mailed home the week of November 1st-November 4th.

School Choice Application Window will be from November 7th-December 9th.

School Choice Lottery will be taking place by January 31st.

School Choice Status Notification will be taking place by February 29th.

School Choice Documents and Forms

Unification Study Report

Escondido Unification Study - Board Presentation

Job Openings

EUSD Employee Wellness: GOT HEALTH!
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EUSD Special Education Review Report