Schools Notch a Fundraising Milestone and a National Safety Award — While Federal Bilingual Policy Stirs Debate
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The San Diego County Office of Education's Stuff the Bus school-supply campaign surpassed its one-hundred-thousand-dollar fundraising goal, ultimately raising one-hundred-fifteen-thousand-two-hundred-and-thirty-six dollars — enough to fill nearly eight-thousand-nine-hundred backpacks for students experiencing homelessness. The result was published September 25th. In a county where housing instability is a structural challenge, the tangible outcome of nearly nine thousand students starting the year with proper school supplies marks a meaningful community achievement.
SDCOE also received the 2025 FBI Director's Leadership Award for its work prioritizing safety and security across the county's K-through-12 community — a federal recognition of the county office's approach to school safety infrastructure, protocols, and inter-agency coordination.
On facilities funding, multiple San Diego County school districts are seeking voter support for construction bonds. The clearest reported case is Measure L, a twenty-three-million-dollar bond proposal tied to building a new high school in one of the county's more sprawling rural districts. School facilities bonds typically require a fifty-five-percent supermajority, and they often represent the only mechanism rural districts have to fund capital construction.
A proposed federal rule that would move Head Start programs toward English-only instruction remains open for public comment through October sixth. Staff at a Vista Head Start program have spoken out publicly, telling KPBS that bilingual English-Spanish instruction helps very young children — among the most vulnerable in the education system — feel secure and confident. The comment window closes in nine days.
Tonight's community calendar includes the Mental Wellness for Artists Resource Fair, Youth Edition, at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park from five to eight p.m. and listed as free admission, the Coronado School of the Arts Instrumental Music Fall Recital at the Black Box Theatre at 650 D Avenue with tickets from five to ten dollars, and the District 2 candidates forum at the Conference Center at Liberty Station, hosted by the Point Loma Association and the League of Women Voters of San Diego. Separately, Billy Strings performs at Pechanga Arena at seven-thirty p.m. in a sold-out show that will generate heavy traffic and rideshare congestion around the Midway District.