The IUSD school year will be reduced by four days this year as a result of the precipitous drop in state funding, and employee groups have agreed to take eight additional furlough days in 2010-11.

On March 9, the Board of Education ratified a contract agreement – which included the furlough days – with the Irvine Teachers Association, and Board members approved similar settlements with other IUSD bargaining groups. (The district currently has a tentative agreement with the California School Employees Association, which represents its classified employees.)

In a letter to staff and the community, Superintendent Gwen Gross said furloughs are “far from ideal,” but necessary to cope with California’s fiscal crisis. As a result, Dr. Gross announced that all IUSD schools will be closed on June 7, June 8, June 14 and June 15 to accommodate the districtwide furloughs, which will help bridge a budget gap projected to exceed $20 million in 2010-11.

To read the full letter, Click Here. For the latest on the state budget and its impact on IUSD, Click Here.

Congratulations to all students who participated in The 29th Annual Irvine Unified School District Science Fair Sponsored By The Broadcom Foundation on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Northwood High School!  To view the list of Division Award Winners and Outstanding Project Award Winners, please click here for Individual Projects and here for Group Projects.

Information for the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF)
All 6th through 8th grade Division Award Winners (Blue Ribbons) ONLY may register for OCSEF.  All 9th through 12th grade students who participated in the IUSD Science Fair, whether they won a ribbon or not, may register for OCSEF.  Both individual projects and group projects may be submitted for all grades.

The IUSD Board of Education has approved a historic plan to place energy-generating solar panel systems atop 21 district sites. Once the project is completed, it will be the largest solar deployment for a public school system in California, and possibly the United States.

The clean, silent renewable energy systems will save the district $17 million in energy expenses over 20 years based on conservative estimates. In addition, this unique partnership with SunEdison and SPG Solar will make solar energy production part of the district’s curriculum.

To learn more, Click Here

Registration for Winter 2010 is now open for all classes! Irvine Adult School has classes in English as a Second Language, Career Skills, Computer Applications, Classes for Seniors, Floral Design, Test Preparation (GED and SAT), Personal Skills Lab, and Parent University. We’ve added many new classes such as online ESL classes, Book Clubs, Basic Phonics for ESL students, Readers Digest Book Club for Seniors, Brain Fitness, Spanish for the workplace, and more! If you did not register for classes yet, please browse our course catalog. Register today before these popular classes fill! All our registration is online this year.

Visit the Irvine Adult School Website to see the class schedule and to register.

To read a recent article about the Irvine Adult School by Orange County Register columnist Teryl Zarnow, Click Here

The Irvine Unified School District is at the vanguard of the “green schools” movement – and others are taking note. In a recent edition of Green Technology Magazine, writer Racquel Palmese details IUSD’s efforts to conserve, recycle and explore new technologies in the pursuit of sustainability.

To view the story, Click Here

For details regarding the Algebra Placement Test in July 2010, Click Here. Information current as of January 28th, 2010, please check back often as details are subject to change.

Enrollment for new Kindergarten students begins Friday, March 5, 2010.

The City of Irvine and Irvine Unified School District present "Welcome To Kindergarten" (district-wide Kindergarten information nights) on Wednesday, February 10 and Monday, March 8, 2010, at 7:00pm at the City of Irvine located
at 1 Civic Center Plaza.

Kindergarten Round-Up (Orientation) is conducted at each elementary school on Thursday, April 29, 2010.

For more information, visit the City of Irvine Cild Care Coordination Office

The IUSD School Readiness Program serves families with children from 0-5 years of age. Did you know that the School Readiness Program offers the following services?

• Classes for preschool age children and toddlers
• Kindergarten readiness classes
• Parent education classes/seminars on health, development & parenting strategies
• Health and Nutrition Counseling
• Physical Exams

For more information, visit our website. Click Here