School administrators, parents launch rideshare program-NC TIMES

Participants hope effort will reduce congestion around San Elijo middle, elementary schools
ANDREA MOSS – NC TIMES
San Elijo Middle School administrators are taking aim at some of the traffic congestion around their campus with a new ride-sharing program that matches parents with each other for school-carpooling purposes.
Gary DeBora, assistant principal of the school, said last week [...]

SAN MARCOS: Budget cuts loom for schools : North County Times

District may lay off teachers to balance books
By GARY WARTH – Staff Writer | Thursday, February 26, 2009
(click link to see photo) Dan Willey teaches his eighth-grade U.S. history class Thursday at San Elijo Middle School in San Marcos. The San Marcos Unified School District may have to lay off teachers because of expected budget [...]

Makeover for San Marcos school district detailed

Board will pare down $628 million project list
By Linda Lou UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER November 13, 2008
In an ideal world, the San Marcos Unified School District already would have the $628 million it would need to complete a long list of modernization projects.
That’s what district officials estimate it will cost, with inflation, to rebuild San Marcos [...]

San Marcos school board candidates seek to maintain high district standards

With only one of three board members seeking re-election as their terms end, the San Marcos Unified School District’s board of trustees is guaranteed to have a new look during the next four years.
But that does not necessarily mean the board will have a new direction. All four candidates in the race have good things [...]

New speed radar sign for San Elijo Middle School

HMS Construction Inc. will upgrade speed radar signs at Knob Hill Elementary, Woodland Park Middle School, Twin Oaks Elementary, San Marcos Elementary and San Elijo Middle School.

Incumbents in San Marcos School District bow out

Trustees say it’s time for new faces
By SHAYNA CHABNER – NC TIMES Staff Writer | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:36 PM PDT
There could be an extensive shake-up in leadership at several inland school districts in November with news this week that four longtime trustees in Escondido, San Marcos and Fallbrook will leave their seats open [...]

California School Finder Site Launched

California School Finder site was just launched. You can easily access data on local public schools. You can compare schools side-by-side with the latest school rankings, course offerings and information. The information provided on the web site comes from the California Department of Education.
www.schoolfinder.ca.gov

San Marcos School district news

The San Marcos Unified School District reaffirmed their commitment to building energy efficient and environmentally correct schools Monday night, approving a resolution that gives the board guidelines for building and updating schools. San Marcos’ efforts to build green schools will include adding natural light to classrooms by using windows and sky lights to decrease [...]

School district to vote on attendance boundaries

By Linda Lou
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
March 7, 2008
SAN MARCOS – At one point, the San Marcos Unified School District had considered building two elementary schools in San Elijo Hills, a large development in the southwest corner of the city.
But only one was built because the district couldn’t afford to buy land for a second one. The [...]

Some San Marcos parents oppose school boundary changes

By: NOELLE IBRAHIM – NCT Staff Writer
Trustees set to vote on alterations March 12 | Wednesday, March 5, 2008 11:02 PM PST

SAN MARCOS — A handful of parents at a meeting Wednesday spoke against portions of recommended revisions to the San Marcos Unified School District’s attendance boundaries for the next school year that would require [...]