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Author Ian Hanigan

Ian Hanigan

Ian Hanigan serves as chief communications officer for the Orange County Department of Education, overseeing the Communications and Media Services unit. Along with producing stories and videos for the OCDE Newsroom, this team facilitates copywriting, video production, media relations, graphic design, web design and event support for OCDE. Prior to joining the department in 2015, Ian spent eight years as public information officer for the 30,000-student Irvine Unified School District. Before that, he was a local journalist, writing for the Long Beach Press-Telegram from 1999 to 2003 and the South Bay’s Daily Breeze newspaper from 2003 to 2006. His beats included education, city government, business and aerospace.

News blocks

Weekly roundup: A dental clinic at Angel Stadium, new shoes for Santa Ana students, and more

Ian Hanigan
December 6, 2019
A pair of local sports franchises scored some big points with local students and families this week. As the Orange County Register reported, the nonprofit group Team Smile teamed up with the Los Angeles Ange... Read More
Hall of Fame plaques

OCDE’s chief technology officer gets inducted into an IT Hall of Fame

Ian Hanigan
December 5, 2019
A well-known membership association that supports school-based IT professionals has inducted OCDE Chief Technology Officer Carl Fong into its Hall of Fame. CITE, short for California IT in Education, was est... Read More
Staff and parents

OCDE Alternative Education looks to deepen connections with local families

Ian Hanigan
December 3, 2019
As a principal in OCDE’s Alternative Education division, Vern Burton sees the bigger picture in his work. “I really think our program can be instrumental in helping to transform communities, and that starts ... Read More
Students in front of a "Happy Thanksgiving" sign

Garden Grove students awarded Thanksgiving meals for accomplishing goals

Ian Hanigan
November 27, 2019
Turkey? Check. Stuffing? Check. Mashed potatoes and yams? Check and check. A group of students from Clinton Elementary and Doig Intermediate schools in Garden Grove Unified took home all the key ingredients ... Read More
Ashley Lopez with school and club staff members

Middle schooler wins placemat design contest encouraging family dinner conversations

Ian Hanigan
November 26, 2019
Thanksgiving is an ideal time for families to gather around the dinner table and reconnect. But one local student thinks healthy dinnertime discourse should be a year-round effort — and she's come up with a cle... Read More
Staff poses with award

OC esports federation supported by OCDE is honored as a public-private partnership

Ian Hanigan
November 21, 2019
An esports league that started in Orange County before expanding into a national federation has been honored as a model public-private partnership by the Orange County Business Council. Funded by the Samueli... Read More
Students around a table with labtops

OC middle school students get a jump on National History Day projects

Ian Hanigan
November 20, 2019
In March, hundreds of local students will present their original websites, papers, documentaries, performances and exhibits at OCDE's annual National History Day-Orange County competition. But first comes a ... Read More
Medical students point to an X-ray image

Santa Ana school’s partnership with UCI gives students a preview of medical careers

Ian Hanigan
November 18, 2019
It’s a Friday afternoon with a three-day weekend on deck, and about a dozen UCI medical students are gathered in a crowded classroom at Santa Ana’s Middle College High School. Dressed in bright white lab coa... Read More

Weekly roundup: Tails of kindness in Anaheim, local honors, Veterans Day tributes, and more

Ian Hanigan
November 15, 2019
Did you know Wednesday was World Kindness Day? The Anaheim Elementary School District did. In celebration, author Lisa Wiehebrink paid a visit to James Madison Elementary School with enough copies of her boo... Read More
Students working on robotics

OC campuses named America’s Best STEM High Schools by Newsweek

Ian Hanigan
November 13, 2019
Seven Orange County campuses have earned a place among the top 500 in Newsweek magazine's ranking of America's Best STEM High Schools. Troy High School from the Fullerton Joint Union High School District lea... Read More
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Orange County Department of Education
Al Mijares, Ph.D.
County Superintendent of Schools

Contact

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And if you’re a member of the media in need of information about the Orange County Department of Education, you can contact Communications Officer Ian Hanigan at ihanigan@ocde.us or 714-966-4008.

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