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20-661: Wilson Middle School can refer to: Wilson Middle School (California), a middle school in the San Diego Unified School District Wilson Middle School (Florida), a middle school in Tampa, Florida, part of Hillsborough County Public Schools Wilson Middle School (Texas), a middle school in the Plano Independent School District Wilson Middle School (Washington),

40-497: A 5.9 grade level equivalent for the average student. At that time the school was among the twenty high schools in California with the worst academic performance. In 2002 it had an API of 506, an increase by 62 points. By 2000 the reading achievement scores had risen by an average of 2.4 years. By the 2010s Hoover High received renovations that improved its football stadium. Artie Ojeda of NBC San Diego stated that it then had "one of

60-539: A high dropout rate in addition to poor academic performance. The school joined the City Heights Educational Initiative, along with two other high schools and San Diego State University , in 1998 as part of an effort to improve. In 2000 the school met its California state accountability target. This was the first time it had done so in 15 years. Circa 2000 Berman, by then a California Department of Education employee, wrote an independent review of

80-473: A member of the Hoover class of 1946, gave the school a 2-square-foot (0.19 m ) chunk of an ornamental archway from the original building. His son gave it to him as a gift around 1973, as the renovation had destroyed portions of the original campus. The piece is to be either used in the 2015 renovation, or displayed separately. In 2015 Michael Shefcik, the supervisor of plant operations at Hoover, discovered that

100-687: A middle school in the Yakima School District Wilson Middle School (Wisconsin), a middle school in the Appleton Area School District See also [ edit ] Castor Gardens Middle School , formerly Woodrow Wilson Middle School, a historic middle school in Philadelphia, PA [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with

120-475: A program in which teachers learn to recognize signs of trauma in students. Suspensions from school were reduced by 80%. In 1999 the school had a 444/1000 Academic Performance Index (API), the lowest score in San Diego County. It had a statewide rank of the lowest 10% (first decile), and the lowest 20% of schools with similar demographics. The Gates-MacGinitie reading assessments at this school resulted in

140-500: A red-tile roof and unreinforced concrete, giving it a Spanish-style appearance. As part of a tradition related to signing their yearbooks, 12th grade (senior) students climbed a tower that became a signature defining aspect of the campus. In 1954 California Concerts (also referred to as Jazz Goes to High School) was a live album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded at Stockton High School and Hoover High. The school underwent renovations in

160-402: A sculpture in the library was actually a 1940 30-inch (760 mm) Works Progress Administration (WPA) statue, titled Girl Reading and created by Donal Hord , depicting a girl reading a book. As of 2016 the school had over 2,100 students. The school consists of 73% Hispanic, 10% African American, 10% Indochinese, with Asian at 1.8% and white at 1%. Hoover is a Title 1 school. That status

180-520: Is a comprehensive, public secondary school in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California , United States. It is part of San Diego Unified School District . It is one of the oldest schools in San Diego. The school was established in 1930 and named in honor of then U.S. President Herbert Hoover . The first principal was Floyd Johnson. It originally opened as a beige stucco building with

200-412: Is determined by the number of students who receive free or reduced lunch. 90% of Hoover students qualify for meal eligibility. The City Heights neighborhood, in the school's attendance area, houses many immigrant families and low income families. As of 2015 Hoover High is establishing a wellness center which will offer counseling services as well as some medical services. In 2013 the school enacted

220-497: Is governed by a seven-member elected board of education; five adults and two preferential-voting Student Board Members. Adult board members are elected by district for four-year terms. Student Board Members are elected annually by high school students. The superintendent is appointed by the school board. From 2010 through 2013 the superintendent was Bill Kowba, a retired Navy rear admiral. On February 26, 2013, Kowba announced his retirement, effective June 30. The next day, February 27,

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240-563: The Ocean Discovery Institute , a nonprofit that works to teach kids about science and conservation, to bring a $ 15 million tuition-free learning and research center to the City Heights neighborhood. The building will be a permanent campus for the nonprofit and will include two laboratories, a garden, a community kitchen and a residence for a live-in staff member. The Living Lab allows the nonprofit to reach all 10,000 students that attend and feed into Hoover High School . In 2010,

260-502: The changes made at Hoover. The review, titled "A focus on literacy: Hoover High School in San Diego," was published in the California High School Newsletter . Around 2015 the school was scheduled to receive a renovation of the administrative area and main entrance, and parents and community members lobbied for a restoration of the tower and other historic architectural features as part of this renovation. Burt Nestor,

280-463: The district launched a farm to school program in an effort to bring locally grown produce to schools. The program seeks to provide students access to as much local, regional, and California grown produce as possible. In addition to produce grown at farms, the district has a Garden to Café program which allows schools to be certified by the San Diego Department of Environmental Health allowing

300-489: The early 1970s. The tower and other architectural features were erased by the renovation. As of 2004, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Douglas Williams, the authors of Five Years Later , stated that before 1998, Hoover had been known as the "ghetto school" of San Diego USD, and that schools with higher academic performances poached the best students from Hoover. Adam Berman, who previously taught at Hoover, wrote that in 1988 Hoover had low teacher morale, acts of violence, and

320-450: The interim superintendent. Jackson was terminated in August 2024 after an internal investigation found that he had committed sexual misconduct and retaliation against two former district management employees. Deputy Superintendent Fabiola Bagula took over as acting superintendent. List of primary and secondary schools in San Diego organized by district In 2017, the district partnered with

340-458: The nicer high school stadium facilities in San Diego". In 2012 the school began holding football games at night. Some residents of Talmadge were unhappy with this, so a legal battle between the school and residents was begun, and night football games stopped in September 2013. In 2014 a judge ruled that the night football games could continue. This San Diego County school-related article

360-506: The same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilson_Middle_School&oldid=1182154226 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages San Diego Unified School District The district

380-483: The school board unanimously appointed elementary school principal Cindy Marten as the new superintendent. The quick appointment, without a search process or community input, was described as "highly unusual - virtually unheard of" by The San Diego Union Tribune . On May 18, 2021, Marten left her job as superintendent to become the United States deputy secretary of education , with Lamont Jackson replacing her as

400-433: The school to grow and serve their own produce. San Diego Unified School district is the second largest school district in California and the largest in San Diego County. The district covers most of San Diego with the exception of San Ysidro , which is served by San Ysidro Elementary School District and Sweetwater Union High School District . Hoover High School (San Diego, California) Herbert Hoover High School

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