San Marcos Unified will soon begin search for new superintendent
SAN MARCOS – The San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) will begin searching for a new superintendent soon after the new Governing Board is seated...
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San Marcos Unified faces growing budget deficit ahead of new leadership
SAN MARCOS — As school board elections near and the San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) has begun transitioning elementary and middle school students back...
Election 2020: North County’s School Board Candidates
Over the past two months, The Coast News sent electronic questionnaires in four batches to North County candidates in different levels of government, including federal...
Election 2020: Nine candidates for three San Marcos Unified seats
SAN MARCOS – The San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) has three open seats this November, and after a tumultuous few months, candidates told The...
San Marcos school board OKs reopening plan amid superintendent’s resignation
SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos Unified School District held a governing board meeting Tuesday, Sept. 15, and unanimously approved a reopening plan for the...
San Marcos Unified Superintendent Carmen García resigns
SAN MARCOS – The San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) announced at Tuesday’s board meeting that Superintendent Dr. Carmen García has resigned effective immediately. Assistant...
San Marcos Unified to hold second vote on reopening plan
SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) will hold a governing board meeting on Sept. 15 to vote on in-person instructional models...
Student enrollment drops in San Marcos, Encinitas school districts
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dan Brendel contributed reporting to this article. REGION — Early data from two school districts show enrollment dropped as distance learning began, with...
San Marcos Unified approves special tax district, new school bonds
SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos Unified School District board approved a special tax district on July 21 to support as much as $150 million...
San Marcos Unified reopening plan fails at board meeting
SAN MARCOS – The San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) board held a meeting last Tuesday, July 21, to present and vote on a reopening...
San Marcos plays host to first “State of Your Community” event
SAN MARCOS — In February, San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones spoke at her first State of the City Address, a speech given at California State...
San Marcos 10K takes runners over 1,100 feet of climbing — I was crazy enough to join them
It’s 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning. The alarm goes off and I think, “What in the heck am I getting myself into?”...
San Marcos elected talk housing, business at first candidate forum
The nine candidates for the San Marcos City Council and mayor’s seat sat facing about 70 people inside of the sanctuary at the Rock Church....
What’s new at local schools
Students starting school across the region are seeing a lot of changes at some of their schools — new classrooms, new playgrounds and new administrators. ...
San Marcos Unified superintendent retires, citing husband’s health
San Marcos Unified School District Superintendent Melissa Hunt said the tumultuous year of boundary changes, complaints about school overcrowding and budget constraints did not lead...