Bell Junior High School

Bell Junior High School

Infobox School


name = Bell Junior High School
schooltype = Public
location = 620 Briarwood Rd.
San Diego, California. 92139
United States of America
telephone = (619) 479-7111
established = 1969
grades = 6-8
enrollment = 1,500
faculty = 65
principal = Kristi Dean, Michael Dodson
mascot = Trojans
colors =
district = San Diego Unified School District
website = http://bell.sandi.net

Bell Junior High School, more often called Bell, is a middle school serving grades 6-8 in the in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego.

History

The school first opened doors in 1969 and was named after American inventor Alexander Graham Bell. For 2006, a school Accountability Report Card list student demographics with 39.5% Filipino, 36.2% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 5.5% White. An Academic Performance Index in 2006 place it schoolwide at 681 where 800 is the California State goal. [cite web |url=http://studata.sandi.net/research/sarcs/2006-07/SARC302.pdf |title=SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD |date=Spring 2007 |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-09-27 |publisher=San Diego Unified School District] As of 2007, the school changed from a junior high school to a middle school. Uniforms became mandatory in the 2007-2008 school year due to the fact of inappropriate clothing and gang emblems.

Landfill

Before opening its doors, part of the site was designated a sanitary landfill known by various names "Bell Junior High School Landfill", "Paradise Valley Landfill" and "Sweetwater II Landfill". [cite web |url=http://swrcb2.swrcb.ca.gov/wqpetitions/docs/petitions/a1834petition.pdf |title=Re: Bell Junior High School Landfill - Facilitv ID 9000000916 |date=2007-03-19 |accessdate=2007-09-27 |format=PDF |publisher=Best Best & Krieger] The buildings are not on the landfill, however, the students' playing field is on top of the landfills deck located southeast portion of the campus. [cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051002/news_1m2dump.html |title=S.D. schools, county at odds over former landfill |date=2005-10-05 |accessdate=2007-09-27 |publisher=San Diego Union Tribune |first=Helen |last=Gao] According to a report done in 2005 by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, a mandatory Solid Waste Assessment Test concluded that there were 26 volatile organic compounds and various metals that "exceeded water quality objectives." [cite web |url=http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb9/eo_report/reports/9-14-05%20eo%20report.pdf |title=Executive Officer's Report |publisher=San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board |date=2005-09-14 |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-09-27]

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