The San Diego Unified School District plans to remove middle school grades from four schools that teach transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. Three will lose their middle school grades next year: Audubon, Fulton and Golden Hill.

Superintendent Fabiola Bagula said school leaders brought concerns to her in 2023, when she was deputy superintendent. They worried they weren’t offering the same student experience as middle schools, she said.

“The area superintendent said the same thing,” Bagula said. “I went to talk to the person that was in charge of our instruction. She said, ‘Yes, I'm concerned. I don't think we are offering the same sort of benefits of the schedule and all of the electives to our K-8s.’”

On Friday, Area Superintendent Steven Dorsey told Audubon and Fulton famili

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