Bell Junior High School

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Location
Bell Junior High School
620 Briarwood Rd. San Diego, California. 92139 United States of America
Information
School district	San Diego Unified School District
Principal	Kristi Dean, Michael Dodson
Enrollment	1,500
Faculty	65
School type	Public
Grades	6-8
Mascot	Trojans
Established	1969
Homepage	http://bell.sandi.net

Bell Junior High School, more often called Bell, is a middle school serving grades 6-8 in the in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego.

[edit] History

The school first opened doors in 1969 and was named after American inventor Alexander Graham Bell. For 2006, a school Accountability Report Card list student demographics with 39.5% Filipino, 36.2% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 5.5% White. An Academic Performance Index in 2006 place it schoolwide at 681 where 800 is the California State goal.^[1] As of 2007, the school changed from a junior high school to a middle school. Uniforms became mandatory in the 2007-2008 school year due to the fact of inappropriate clothing and gang emblems.

[edit] Landfill

Before opening its doors, part of the site was designated a sanitary landfill known by various names "Bell Junior High School Landfill", "Paradise Valley Landfill" and "Sweetwater II Landfill".^[2] The buildings are not on the landfill, however, the students' playing field is on top of the landfills deck located southeast portion of the campus.^[3] According to a report done in 2005 by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, a mandatory Solid Waste Assessment Test concluded that there were 26 volatile organic compounds and various metals that "exceeded water quality objectives."^[4]