Board President Cody Petterson (right), Board Trustee Sharon Whitehurst-Payne (second from left), Student Board Member Ashley Ordaz (center), Board Trustee Sabrina Bazzo (second from left), and Board Action Officer Marty Stultz (left) during a San Diego Unified School District meeting on Sept. 30, 2025 in University Heights. / Ariana Drehsler for Voice of San Diego

San Diego Unified School District officials told us they can’t say how many kids their schools fit, so we can evaluate how enrollment decline compares to facility capacity.

VOSD Podcast co-host and education reporter Jakob McWhinney explains the district’s reasoning and why he was trying to get this information.

Also on the show, co-host and editor Scott Lewis explains why a change at the Registrar of Voters has made it easier to qualify ballot measures with signatures from registered voters. He’s got some nerdy history to unpack about how the Registrar’s previous guidelines killed other ballot measures.

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