August 2012
165 posts
School Spirit
Pamela Burroughs, Class of 1963… Her Patches
Campus Life
Crawford Campus
Get Together
Class of 1982… 30th Year Reunion at the Lafayette Hotel, July 28, 2012.
Classmates
City of San Diego Councilwomen Sherri Schuler Lightner, Class of 1968 has a new Facebook page for her 2012 Re-election Campaign at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherri-Lightner-2012/311259605636671. *See also the following ePacer News Blog posting at: http://epacer.tumblr.com/post/23524195407/classmates.
July 2012
94 posts
What’s Happening!!
Have you seen the John Fry blog for people who attended Crawford High School? It covers things of interest for alumnus from the late 1950’s to the mid 1970’s and can be found by clicking on the following link at: http://coltcorral.blogspot.com/.
Memories
A Look Back
School Spirit
Nancy Myers Woodward, Class of 1972… Her Letter
Campus Life
2011 Crawford High School Football
FYI
Get Together
1963 Crawford Classmates recent July meet up.
Campus Life
1982
SDUSD
This summer, school districts from Oceanside to South County have tapped federal funds to offer free meals— snacks, breakfast and/or lunch— to children 18 or younger at school sites, parks, recreation centers and other locations.
San Diego Unified is serving meals in 69 places— 30 school sites and 39 community spots— and expects to serve 300,000 hot meals before the...
What’s Happening!!
The Will C. Crawford High School Alumni Facebook Wall and News Feed can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Will-C-Crawford-High-School-Alumni/302277597878?ref=ts. Get connected and reunite with classmates!
Classmates
National News - Major League Baseball All-Star Stamps Dedicated in Cooperstown. First-Day-of-Issue ceremonies took place on July 21, 2012. And, Kadir Nelson, Class of 1992 hits another home run with his artwork with this new set of four new commemorative stamps by the U.S. Postal Service. *See also the following ePacer News Blog article at: http://epacer.tumblr.com/post/26585690508/classmates.
FYI
Target has been a great partner for San Diego Unified Schools. Here is another way they are helping. Check this out and look up a San Diego Unifed School that you want to help out with Target at: http://apps.facebook.com/givewithtarget/.
SDUSD
SDUSD - The calendar for the 2012-13 school year has been approved by the Board of Education. Finalizing of some of the dates were delayed due to negotiations with district labor unions over furlough days and other adjustments due to state budget reductions. Here are the important dates in the 2012-13 school year:...
Get Together
Classmates
Steve Gunderson, Class of 1975; Kimiko Glenn (center) and Matthew Patrick Davis in The Nightingale at the La Jolla Playhouse, July 22, 2012.
Classmates
LaMar Hasbrouck, Class of 1983 is featured in an ABC 7 News Chicago interview about West Nile Virus at the following link: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Fhealth&id=8750402.
Looking Back
1982
Good Times
2012
Campus Life
School Days
What’s Happening!!
In the News - The San Diego Unified School District board voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 to float a general obligation bond measure on the November 2012 ballot to pay for campus renovations and technology upgrades throughout the district. Despite the fact that the unsure voter in today’s economy can no longer afford to support education like it once had.
Getting the initiative on...
SDUSD
Just In - U.S. flags at San Diego Unified schools and buildings will be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. The flags will fly at half-staff until sunset on July 25, 2012.
Good Times
SDUSD
Who is going to vote themselves to increase their own tax burden?
In the News -The San Diego Unified School District is poised to ask voters to support a $2.8 billion bond measure in November of 2012, a property tax that would generate revenue for campus renovations and technology upgrades while offering relief to its strapped general fund.
Getting the initiative on the ballot would cost the...
Campus Life
A Look Back
Good Times
Lady Colt Rocky DelCastillo
Remember
Former Crawford High CHAMPs Principal Hurst
Memories
Back When
1982 ASB
Crawford Neighborhood
The next time you’re driving along El Cajon Boulevard and through the community of El Cerrito you might want to look out for the new signage displayed above.
Looking Back
1985
Education
Lawsuit Settled - Eight years after California settled a lawsuit promising hundreds of millions of dollars to repair school facilities, more than 700 schools still are waiting for their share of funds.
San Diego Unified received nearly $2.58 million in emergency repair funds, but is still waiting on $2.96 million that was promised.
Williams v. California, filed in 2000 by the American Civil...
SDUSD
The graphic above shows student enrollment at district-run schools since 1998.
Fewer Teacher verses Fewer Students - While the number of students and teachers has fallen in the past decade, they haven’t declined by the same degree. In 2011, the district actually had fewer students per teacher than most years in the previous decade.
What’s often missing from the district’s hearings are statistics...
School Spirit
Lady Colts
Crawford Neighborhood
The “Restore Our Lamp Post Project” is the result of the efforts of residents in the Rolando neighborhood wanting to make a substantial improvement to the appearance of old ornamental lamp posts by cleaning and painting them. Thanks to generous Rolandans who hit the fundraising goal of $1,500 in donations and volunteers— 35 lamps posts have been refurbished with only 75...
Crawford High
School Facilities Proposed Upgrade to Include Stadium Lighting
Abstract from the El Cerrito Community Council January 2012 Newsletter
“The preferred plan for Crawford’s athletic facilities includes stadium lights at a relocated football field. The new location for the football field is at Trojan Avenue and Sharron Place, were the baseball and tennis courts are now.”
“In addition to use for...
Classmates
City of San Diego Council Members - Todd Gloria, District 3; Sherri Lightner, District 1 and Marti Emerald, District 7. Hillcrest Brewing Company reelection fundraiser event for Sherri Schuler Lightner, Class of 1968, July 12, 2012.
Crawford Community
Summer Day Camp at Chollas Lake. The City of San Diego Park & Recreation Department is offering Summer Day Camp for kids 8 to 14 at Chollas Lake Center. Monday through Friday from noon to 5pm, July 23 to August 31, 2012.
What’s Happening!!
San Diego Council President Tony Young along with MTS CEO Paul Jablonski and Board Chair-man Harry Mathis unveil giant murals at the 47th Street Trolley Station in southeastern San Diego that encourage local students to graduate from high school and aspire to higher degrees. Another dozen large-scale photographic installations are now going up on walls of public facilities and private buildings....
School Days
Campus Life
Education
State funding cuts have meant fewer summer school seats even for San Diego Unified students in danger of being held back.
Education
Essential school supplies are in high demand this fall with more than 15,000 homeless youths in San Diego County, according to officials. With this in mind the San Diego County Office of Education is conducting a supply drive and asking for donations from companies, organizations and the public. The 2012 Drive for Success needs donations that include everything from backpacks to toothbrushes....
SDUSD
In the News - San Diego Unified School District trustees okay sale of school property to raise money to offset a projected $120 million dollar budget.
Timeline for School Property for Sale
*June 22: SDUSD school board votes to put seven surplus properties on the market
*June 27: Public agencies notified of available properties
*June 28: Advertisements for properties first published
*September 7:...
Classmates
Scott Shaw, Class of 1968 at the San Diego 2012 Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Centeris an experienced professional cartoonist/writer in the fields of comic books, animation, advertising, and toy design. His first published comics story appeared in the underground comic book Gory Stories Quarterly. He co-created-with Roy Thomas-the funny animal superhero series Captain Carrot and His...
Classmates
Scott Shaw, Class of 1968 at the 1982 San Diego Comic-Con. The event was held at Convention and Performing Arts Center and the Hotel San Diego with 5,000 people in attendance.
