Growing District Enrollment with Drones: San Diego Unified x Parks & Recreation​

About this episode

This episode discusses how a city partnership and drone competition helped increase enrollment at Millennial Tech Middle School in San Diego.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Robolink. The webinar recording can be accessed here. Discover how a city partnership powered the Aerial Drone Competition to become an enrollment driver for Millennial Tech Middle School, one of San Diego Unified School District’s growing schools.​ This edWeb podcast features two pioneers of middle and high school drone programs in San Diego: CTE Teacher Sarah Hillard and Abel Garnica from San Diego Parks and Recreation. Together, they outline what it takes...

People in this episode

Guests: Sarah Hillard, Abel Garnica

Topics covered

• drone programs
• enrollment strategies
• city partnerships
• education technology
• middle school education

Keywords

• drones
• education
• enrollment
• San Diego
• middle school
• partnership
• Robolink

Sponsors

Robolink

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Diego Unified School District

Places: San Diego, Millennial Tech Middle School

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