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South Bay Union serves about 5,500 students in preschool through eighth grade from communities in Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and southern San Diego, many of whom are considered low-income and identify as Hispanic or Latino. Any approved consolidation option would impact hundreds of the district’s students.
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