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Main entrance at West Creek Academy
Summary of the high points from SCV Moms Blog live podcast with SUSD Superintendent Judy Fish (please correct/add in comments as this is from memory)
- Reiterated school closings for Emblem and Bouquet, clarified Emblem students will attend Highlands (with a few nabes feeding Foster)
- Was noncommittal on teacher pink slips
- Discussed Bridgeport being impacted with over 900 students, but that there is a “general over capacity in the district”. Bridgeport, along with a handful of others, will not have ‘open enrollment’ but the balance of SUSD will be open enrollment
- New school will be named “West Creek Academy” not “West Creek Music Academy” with an initial focus on music but will extend to other performing arts (SCVTalk’s inside look at West Creek)
- Supe Fish defended the focus on music vehemently, citing UCI research on the subject linking music proficiency to math, language, and other key subjects (they do some cutting edge stuff with music @ UCI, like this)
- West Creek will have a significant focus on international / cultural awareness, including foreign languages — TBD on which
- Will “absolutely not” drain fine arts resources away from other SUSD schools
- Enrollment priority given to West Hills / West Creek kids, but open to SUSD — possibly open to residents outside SCV (wow)
More detail at tonight’s SUSD Board Mtg, public session starts @ 8pm. AGENDA
Great job, SCV Moms, for arranging this discussion with Superintendent Fish and channeling the many questions from the community during this critical time!
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