9/11- ten years later, the work still matters
When I first heard about the attack on the World Trade Center, I had just walked into the E. Jackson Street office of the School Leadership Cooperative, a group that coordinated meetings, events, and other projects for groups that supported local school councils (LSCs).
The Coop’s executive director, Andy Wade, told me that there had been a hijacking and that Chicago was a potential target. It was about 9:30 central time and we knew very little more than that, but there was a sense that something terrible was happening.
We went into our meeting anyway. The people in the room were some of the best, smartest, most trustworthy
An opening ceremony will be held later this month for Luther Burbank High School's new $6.9 million sports complex, which includes a new state-of-the-art turf playing field, track, scoreboard, bleachers for 25,000, classrooms, restrooms and a concession stand. The complex is being paid for through a facilities construction bond passed by voters in 2003. The complex also includes an innovative rainwater capturing system that will be used to reclaim water for use in landscaping. The Titans are scheduled to play their first home football game in several years on the field on September 23 against the Hiram Johnson Warriors.
Two new language immersion programs opened this week in SCUSD schools: a Mandarin Chinese class at William Land Elementary School and a Hmong immersion class - the first of its kind in California - at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School. 
