San Diego Schools are concerned with closing the achievement gap and providing opportunities for its students from preschool to graduation. The task is challenging because of the districts size, diversity, and socio-economic makeup. One way that San Diego Schools are trying to meet these challenges is by attacking the problems from both ends.
The San Diego Schools and their famous home team the San Diego Padres are in the 13th year of a community service initiative that provides motivation and financial incentives to high school students. The Padres Scholars program was started in 1995 to encourage and help San Diego Schools students to attend a four-year college.
The program provides selected San Diego Schools scholars with $5,000 upon graduation- provided they have met grade and behavior standards. Padres players pay for the first half of the funds and team management the second. To qualify as a Padres Scholar, a student in the San Diego Schools must participate in AVID.
The AVID program is an elective that targets students in San Diego Schools who are the first to attend college in their family, or are from a low-income group, and show academic...
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