Author: John Gartman

49,000 existing square feet shrunk down to 21,500. Winners: none. Losers: the kids who love basketball, tetherball, gaga, hopscotch, wall-ball, tennis, and just generally have fun goofing around on the hard-court.   This post is the first time anyone has exposed the real numbers at stake - the district has been mute on the square footage reduction.If you only have 30 … Continue reading 🏀New Heights’ design also shrinks blacktop 56%🙀🤷‍♂️

We've been saying for weeks that the district's new school design has been built on grossly exaggerated numbers for the remaining playing field size and green space - from the day they first unveiled actual numbers to the public in late September. Turns out they admitted it themselves in the Del Mar Times on November … Continue reading 🌳DMUSD says it’s an increase but it’s a decrease😩

The Del Mar Times published an update on the district's new "Design 2022" school at the Heights. We found the district's math sort of ... well ... interesting. The district reports that the new, increased field size has grown to 76,020 square feet, which the board President described as a "pretty impressive response" to community … Continue reading District Dazzles Today With “Design 2022” Math Skills

It's hard to believe: Play Outside Del Mar started only a week ago! In that time, we've had an overwhelming community response to saving the fields. We depleted our supply of yard signs not once but twice, and even exhausted our vendor's supply of the metal H stakes that hold the signs.We've been deep throughout the community and had … Continue reading Thank you and an update . . .

The surprise of the night at the DMUSD board meeting -- where the bulk of the night was spent discussing the slashed field size -- was the district going underground on the field size, stripping all numbers from their slide show presentations and oral discussions. We'd publicly challenged their field size calculations (either 79,221 square … Continue reading After the public challenges their math, District goes underground on the new field square footage

After the rebuild, Heights' students (and our community) will lose the majority of the current Heights' fields - and end up with the smallest fields in the district - by a long shot. Del Mar Heights will drop from the 3rd largest fields to the smallest, on a redesign for less students! After the Pacific … Continue reading HEIGHTS FIELDS WILL BE DMUSD’S SMALLEST – AFTER THE REBUILD

🚌TONIGHT AT 5:45 PM - 👊STAND (OR SIT) WITH US AT THE DMUSD BOARD MEETING! Save the Field, Rain or Shine STAND WITH US TONIGHT at the DMUSD board meeting starting at 5:45 p.m. at 11232 El Camino Real San Diego CA 92130. It will be a long process since our turn won’t come up … Continue reading STAND WITH US TONIGHT

Comparison of DMUSD Schools Including School Fields and Park Space Hot off the press! Our latest analysis, comparing DMUSD school playing fields and community park areas nearby. What's the point and what's the takeaway? Every bar on this graphic shows the sum total of community available play space next to the public schools in DMUSD. … Continue reading Our Newest Favorite Image

click on this link to watch it! Why would you want to lose such a beautiful and timeless baseball field to structures and a parking lot for a new school with a smaller student population? Our field of dreams is worth saving for our future World Series Champions. It shouldn’t just be a footnote in … Continue reading Fox 5 Covers Our Field of Dreams. It’s Awesome. Click below to watch!

I'm a visual person, so I spent some time searching for the one visual that goes to the heart of the Del Mar Heights rebuild in the most efficient way. This one rose to the top. To learn more about it, click on the image.