Local Schools Gearing Up to Switch Campuses

By Ana Tintocalis / Education Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published August 13, 2007 at 11:39 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

A couple of Clairemont middle schools are gearing up to switch campuses. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

A couple of Clairemont middle schools are gearing up to switch campuses. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

Kroc Middle School and the Creative, Performing Media Arts magnet school will make the switch in 2008, but the planning begins this academic year. The swap provides a better match for each school in terms of size. The magnet has a large student population on a small campus. Kroc has a small student population on a large campus. Micheal Peacock is one of many parents who rallied for the change.

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Kroc will reopen as a science and technology school. District officials say they need to iron out the naming rights for the new school and pinpoint how much it will cost to make the swap. The transition is a way to keep Clairemont students in Clairemont. Ana Tintocalis, KPBS News.

Ana Tintocalis

Ana Tintocalis was a member of the KPBS radio news team from 2001 to 2011. She first served as a as a producer for "These Days" (now "Midday Edition") and then later as the station's education reporter. After graduating from California State University, Long Beach with a journalism degree, Ana began working as a field reporter and anchor at KLON Radio 88.1 FM in Long Beach, covering breaking news in Orange and Los Angeles counties. During that time she also freelanced for other print and broadcast news organizations, such as Metro Networks, the Associated Press, and Santa Clarita Our Times. In 2001, Ana traveled for more than three months in Cuba where she produced a radio series focusing on the street music in Havana. Upon returning from her journey, Ana freelanced as a reporter covering court cases for the Antelope Valley Press, a newspaper based in Palmdale, California.

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