Orange County School Boards Association honors coalition of OC superintendents Nichole Pichardo January 28, 2021The county’s 28 public school superintendents received top honors this week from the Orange County School Boards Association. During a...
High schoolers compete in the 53rd annual Orange County Academic Decathlon Ian Hanigan January 27, 2021Around this time of year, hundreds of students would typically gather over two consecutive Saturdays to compete for individual and...
Weekly roundup: Supporting students experiencing homelessness, a state budget starting point, and more Ian Hanigan January 15, 2021Spectrum News 1 recently spotlighted a social services liaison for the Santa Ana Unified School District who’s working to provide...
California Department of Public Health issues new COVID-19 guidance for schools Ian Hanigan January 14, 2021State health officials on Thursday announced updated guidance for K-12 schools, outlining requirements for campuses that have already reopened along...
Here are a few takeaways from the governor’s proposed budget Ian Hanigan January 10, 2021Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his preliminary spending plan for 2021-22 on Friday, laying out a $227.2 billion blueprint that would...
COVID-19 updates from 2020 Staff reports December 31, 2020Below is our running COVID-19 digest for 2020, with older stories posted at the bottom of the page. For the...
Governor announces new plan and financial incentives to encourage safe return to in-person instruction Nichole Pichardo December 30, 2020Citing evidence that younger learners pose a lower risk of transmitting COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a new...
Rethinking what it means to connect: 10 Orange County teachers share their 2020 perspectives Ian Hanigan December 30, 2020How do we begin to describe 2020? And how will we look back on it? Over the last 12 months,...
Mijares: A year of distress and disruption also highlighted our resilience Al Mijares December 28, 2020It is impossible to overstate the challenges our schools were presented with this year, from having to immediately pivot to...
Pandemic or not, Pacifica High School’s Adopt-A-Child brings holiday cheer Ian Hanigan December 23, 2020Pacifica High School’s annual Adopt-A-Child event been a winter tradition for more than 30 years. And it wasn’t about to...