Birney Elementary Joint-Use Field Dedicated

Ribbon cutting and enjoying the new turf at the Willie Serrano Joint Use Field.

Board of Education President Richard Barrera joined Mayor Jerry Sanders, Council Member Todd Gloria, Birney International Studies Magnet School Principal Amanda Hammond-Williams and other dignitaries in the dedication of the Willie Serrano Joint Use Field on Jan. 28.

The project now opens the park to the community, via Park Boulevard, during times when the school is not in session.
The project is a community partnership of the school district, City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department, and University Heights Recreation Council as they returned an historic recreation asset to the University Heights community and a beautiful field to the students of Birney.

 The field is named after Willie Serrano, a Birney sixth grader whose life tragically ended in 1978.

At the end of the Ribbon Cutting ceremony the Birney student body formed a “Happy Face” on the new natural turf field.

For joint use information, contact Randy White, real estate specialist, at (858) 637-3687.

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