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Clairemont Times Serving Clairemont, Bay Park, Linda Vista & Kearny Mesa
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JANUARY 2015
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Still Time to Register! Spring Classes Begin Jan. 26 at San Diego Mesa College
Linda Vista Skate Park Design Meeting Community Notice
Nearly 300 More Student Parking Spaces and 117 New Classes Being Offered for a Total of 1,816 San Diego Mesa College welcomes new and returning students to its spring semester, which begins January 26. The 16-week semester starts Jan. 26 and ends May 23; other short term classes are also offered. In response to student demand, Mesa has added 117 class sections – a nine percent increase from last spring. Emphasis has been placed on adding Math and English classes, which are among those most in demand. One of the most popular offerings at Mesa College this spring will be the addition of approximately 272 parking spaces in Lot #1. In a domino effect, the opening of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building last fall allowed for the removal of the Modular Village, which was returned to student parking in Lot #1. Spring semester will also see the opening of an English Village to accommodate more English classes. Signing up for classes is almost as easy as turning on your computer. Just follow the five simple procedures under “New Students” tab on the Mesa College website, www.sdmesa.edu. At $46 per unit, California community colleges offer an affordable way to secure a college degree. Click the financial aid link on any of the college’s website to learn more about various avenues to secure financial aid. SEE Mesa College, page 8
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January 15, 2015 • 6:00 PM Linda Vista Rec Center 7064 Levant Street, San Diego 92111 Members of the public are invited to participate in the discussion of the skate park. The public will have the opportunity to review and comment on site amenities and design layout. Schmidt Design Group, Site Design Group and the City of San Diego will introduce the project scope. We will discuss opportunities, needs, community goals, and request community input. This project provides for the design and construction of a new skate park, including lighting and associated Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility requirements. City of San Diego Community Notice
Circulate San Diego announced the winners of its “My Trolley Looks Like”Art Contest at an awards ceremony Monday at Toler Elementary. The contest challenged students at Toler Elementary, grades K-5, to design their own trolley station – and then interpret that idea into an original work of visual art (drawing, painting, mixed media or digital). Circulate San Diego and Toler Elementary hosted the contest as a way to engage students and families in the upcoming public transit improvements coming to the area called the Mid Coast Trolley extension.Toler Elementary school is a quarter-mile from the planned Balboa trolley station, or a 5-minute walk. “It’s very rewarding to see students at such a young age reflect in their artwork how important the trolley will be to our community,” said Jeff Barfield, a Circulate San Diego Board Member as well as Chairperson of the Clairemont Community Planning Group and a former Toler Elementary student. There were 50 entries and the winning artwork is impressive.The Grand Prize went to Ashlyn Gonawela, a 2nd grader who designed a piece showing people of all ages and colors getting on/off a trolley station by the beach. Other winners included a trolley station made from Legos, a transit station Diorama, as well as traditional drawings and paintings depicting the new trolley station. SEE Toler Elementary, page 4