San Marino High School Principal Dr. Wu presented the 2025–26 school goals to the San Marino Unified School District Board of Education on Sept. 9, telling the board the school will focus on campus safety and wellness, fiscal sustainability for athletics, community outreach and strengthening academic and postsecondary preparation.

Safety measures include plans to add cameras in campus blind spots and to develop fencing and secure access around the 400 Building as part of upcoming modernization work. Dr. Wu said staff will bring back a restorative practices trainer to orient new teachers and use homeroom time for targeted conversations about behavior and safety, and that the school plans to review California Healthy Kids Survey results to track student perceptions of safety and belonging.

Academically, Dr. Wu discussed accreditation work (WASC), the district’s AP program achievements, and new course offerings: the school will introduce an anatomy and physiology class taught by a new teacher trained on Anatomage tables. The school will also add interventions tied to NWEA testing results — homeroom interventions for students scoring in lower bands using IXL and teacher tutoring — and plans a Saturday seminar plus a new internship program in conjunction with two local physicians (one in San Marino and one in neighboring Arcadia).

Staffing changes presented included two new science teachers (one replacement and one growth hire), a new music director, a new math teacher added for enrollment growth, a special education replacement for a retirement, and a district TOSA for ELD who will teach two periods to maintain classroom connection while serving the district.

Dr. Wu also said the school is considering offering AP Physics when the current honors physics teacher retires. She said the decision to move to AP would be timed with hiring a successor for that position.

Why it matters: The goals outline near‑term priorities likely to affect student schedules, staffing, safety protocols and extracurricular budgets.

Board direction: The principal identified budget conversations underway with district business staff and boosters about athletic transportation funding lost from prior city support and said the school will work with the new district Public Information Officer on communications and website improvements.