The board meets at the Eugene Brucker Education Center located on the former site of the historic San Diego State Normal School.

[7] The quick appointment, without a search process or community input, was described as "highly unusual - virtually unheard of" by The San Diego Union Tribune.

Jackson was terminated in August 2024 after an internal investigation found that he had committed sexual misconduct and retaliation against two former district management employees.

[9] In 2017, the district partnered with the Ocean Discovery Institute, a nonprofit that works to teach kids about science and conservation, to bring a $15 million tuition-free learning and research center to the City Heights neighborhood.

The building will be a permanent campus for the nonprofit and will include two laboratories, a garden, a community kitchen and a residence for a live-in staff member.