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Barrio Logan Seeks to Establish First High School

By Ana Tintocalis / Education Reporter,  KPBS Public Broadcasting
Published February 11, 2008 at 7:57 AM PST
This story was published more than 16 years ago.

A public charter school group in Logan Heights wants to establish the first high school in Barrio Logan. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

A public charter school group in Logan Heights wants to establish the first high school in Barrio Logan. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.  

The King Chavez charter school group already has five small campuses in Logan Heights that cater to Latino students in the inner city neighborhood.

Charter school official Tim Wolfe believes King Chavez students will continue to improve if they can attend a high school that's like their charter schools. He says two of the existing campuses are already making a difference with test scores. 

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Chavez: It's the poorest of kids in this country, 95 to 98 percent Latino. About 60 percent English language learners. So the fact that we can have those kinds of test scores with these kinds of students, it's a pretty successful achievement.

District officials have questions about the kind of specific teaching strategies the high school will use for its English learners. San Diego school board members will consider the King Chavez proposal at its meeting tomorrow.

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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